Toyota to Use Prius as Electric Generator for Japan Households
20 Jul 2011, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You know those little train sets you used to have as a kid? They usually come with an alternative current to continuous current converter that you could use to power every other electric motor in a ...
Mitsubishi Introduces Two New Budget i-MiEV Versions
6 Jul 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi decided to release two new versions of its electric i-MiEV, which are to battle competition such as the Nissan Leaf in its home market. The company has thus announce...
First Ferrari FF in Japan Sold in Charity Auction
5 Jul 2011, 06:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Italian embassy in Tokyo (Japan) yesterday hosted a charity auction intended to raise money for the city of Ishinomaki, which was severely hit by the earthquake in Japan in March 2011. This init...
Nissan to Begin Testing Electric e-NV200 in Japan and Europe
4 Jul 2011, 12:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan Motor Company has announced that global proving tests of an electric vehicle (EV) based on the compact commercial vehicle NV200 will begin shortly. For the first phase, the Japan Post Service...
Mazda Demio Sales Start in Japan
30 Jun 2011, 14:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The revised and refreshed version of the Demio (known as the Mazda2 in Europe) just gone on sale in carmaker’s home market of Japan, being offered in all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam ...
Mazda Production in Japan Full Speed Ahead
28 Jun 2011, 09:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The effects of the disaster which struck Japan on March 11 seem to slowly fade away, as Mazda today announced its assembly plants in the country have returned to normal operational levels, including...
Nissan Launches Lafesta Highway Star 7-Seater MPV in Japan
16 Jun 2011, 08:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan and Mazda announced their collaboration under the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) back in January, saying that the Japanese market Mazda Premacy (know as the Mazda5 MPV in Europe and N...
Spectators Can't Outrun Buemi's Toro Rosso
6 Jun 2011, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A very unlikely incident took place last weekend on a circuit in Chiba, Japan, where the Red Bull F1 team was performing a show meant to benefit the victims of the quake and tsunami which struck Jap...
Toyota US Sales Drop Sharply in May
5 Jun 2011, 12:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking a bit longer than its competitors to add the numbers and come up with a final figure, Japanese automaker Toyota announced at the end of last week the sales numbers for the month of May. Accor...
Toyota Back to Near Normal Production in June
31 May 2011, 18:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having been one of the major contributors to the huge dip in production in Japan last month, due to the natural disaster that hit the Asian country on March 11, Toyota is slowly picking up the piece...
Japan April Output Dips 60 Percent
31 May 2011, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The March 11 disaster which struck Japan wreaked havoc in the local automotive industry, one of the most advanced on the planet. Fearful of releasing the production numbers for the month of April, t...
Japan to Pump Money into Tsunami-Shattered Auto Industry
30 May 2011, 14:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Facing an increased pressure to reestablish the blooming automotive industry, in June the Japanese authorities, backed by Development Bank of Japan, will kick off a support program aimed to help the...
Honda US Back at Full Throttle in August, Civic Output Still Affected
27 May 2011, 03:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following one of the worst natural disasters in Japanese history, local auto makers and parts suppliers have been fighting to get back on their feet and resume production at the pre-March 11 levels....
Nissan to Build Minicar with Mitsubishi
20 May 2011, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A deal that has been in the works for quite some time now has been completed in Japan, where two of the biggest automakers on the market, Nissan and Mitsubishi, agreed to expand their collaboration ...
Chevrolet Volt Zooms into Japan
19 May 2011, 06:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And now, the fight has reached Japan... After years of utter Toyota Prius domination on the hybrid vehicles sector in the US, the Americans fight back, throwing into the electric and plug-in electri...
US Car Sales to Reach 16 Million by 2013
18 May 2011, 07:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a long time since the US auto market, until recently the biggest in the world, hasn't seen such a big number attached to its yearly performance sheet. According to a study conduc...
Ford Finds Replacement for Japanese Car Paint
29 Apr 2011, 03:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effects of the twin disaster from Japan on March 11 will continue to make themselves visible for months to come, that's a fact, but at times these effects come in the most unexpected shapes...
Nissan to Recover Faster than Toyota from Quake
27 Apr 2011, 06:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The biggest automaker on the planet, Toyota, surprised the industry by announcing last week that full production, completely free from the shortages caused by the disaster of March 11, will be resum...
Toyota to Resume Full Production in Seven Months
22 Apr 2011, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two months after the twin disaster that struck Japan nearly brought to its knees the automotive industry, the pieces of the puzzle are beginning to come together, at least as far the production proc...
Japan Watching Radiation Levels on Its Cars
20 Apr 2011, 05:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Soon after the March 11 tsunami crippled important parts of Japan, the automotive industry was struck by a disastrous parts shortage. With more production freezes than production days on the calenda...