Hans Greimel

Toyota says its push into next-generation EVs will bring new hyper-efficient manufacturing techniques that the company may even supply to partners to help drive scale and cut costs.

Toyota is readying a slew of new batteries for a wave of next-generation electric vehicles and completely overhauling its vaunted production system for even more efficient manufacturing.

Panasonic said it will announce the site of a new North American battery production site by March 2024.

Rebounding Mitsubishi Motors expects North America to emerge as the Japanese carmaker's top profit centre and second-biggest global market in the current fiscal year as it reins in incentive spending and gets traction from the Outlander plug-in hybrid crossover.

New Toyota CEO Koji Sato, who took office April 1, outlines his three-step plan to achieving 'significantly enhanced' productivity and profitability in Toyota's coming line of electric vehicles.

Hyundai calls the new front lighting motif the Seamless Horizon Lamp. Preview photos show a striking front identity created by the illuminated line across the front fascia.

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.