Hans Greimel

By tapping early into the three-row all-electric crossover segment with its EV9, Kia expects to lift the image of the entire brand.

Nissan's newest electric powertrain advance will deliver an integrated unit that is 10 per cent smaller in size and 30 per cent less expensive to produce.

Toyoda piloted his family's namesake company through the trade tensions of the 1980s. He also represented the Toyoda clan on the board for 57 years, making him the automaker's longest serving director. He is also the father of current Toyoda CEO Akio Toyoda.

Among the executives to get promotions are global design chief Simon Humphries, who takes on a wider role, and chief compliance officer Masanori Kuwata, who will lead electrification at Lexus.

Toyota cites new facts and figures to back up its claim that a multipronged approach of blending EVs with hybrids and other green technologies will do more good in the global battle to cap carbon dioxide emissions.

Koji Sato will be Toyota's next president and CEO, as Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company’s founder, steps up to become chairman.

Toyota has a new proposal to fight global emissions: Make old cars greener by converting them to all-electric or hydrogen powertrains.

The plan could include EV production in the United States as early as 2026-2027. The automaker also will partner with Envision AESC Group, a Chinese-owned battery maker.

Toyota executives promise that coming advances in batteries, electric motors, semiconductors and carbon-neutral fuels will give hybrid vehicles an extended lease on life through 2050.

Honda and Nissan are sounding upbeat as they raise full-year earnings forecasts, citing progress in sorting out the semiconductor shortage and improved profitability.

Mazda's updated mid-term plan comes as the automaker races to recoup lost production from earlier in the year and tilts output toward higher-margin crossovers for the key North American market.

Toyota started recalling the bZ4X in June, just two months after the EV went on sale. The callback also affected the Subaru Solterra, a rebadged version sold by Toyota’s partner.

The Ioniq 6 is the most aerodynamic vehicle ever produced by Hyundai. No tweak was too small to achieve the 0.21 drag coefficient, compared with 0.29 for the Ioniq 5, which landed this year.

The technology will build upon Subaru’s stereo camera system and use artificial intelligence to improve computer recognition in hard-to-see situations, such as when road lane markers are covered in snow.

The Prius put Toyota on the map as green car hero No. 1 when the hybrid arrived in 1997. But with the fifth-generation redesign just around the corner, the Prius' hybrid drivetrain faces a test for relevance.