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Battery Is Burning Issue
for Electric Cars' Future

Manufacturers racing to make batteries that won't burst into flame

Jan 11, 08 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - One main obstacle is holding back the electric car, the Wall Street Journal reports: its unfortunate tendency to burst into flames. Lithium-ion batteries, the only kind small and light enough to power the industry’s designs, have a history of overheating in laptops and other consumer electronics. You can’t... More »

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Toyota • electric cars • auto industry • Chevrolet Volt

Toyota Poised to Overtake GM

Plans to build 9.95 million vehicles, widen lead as largest automaker

Dec 25, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Toyota, the most profitable automaker in the world, says it will increase production by 5% to a record 9.95 million vehicles in 2008, opening up a lead over General Motors, Reuters reports. Toyota, which sold 9.36 million vehicles in 2007, also expects sales to increase 5% in 2008... More »

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Toyota • General Motors • Detroit • automaker • sales • auto industry • auto sales

Robots Could Care for Elderly

Toyota unveils new technology aimed at targeting Japan's aging population

Dec 6, 07 6:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Toyota’s new robot can play the violin, and the car-maker hopes it could be used in the future to care for the elderly, AFP reports. The 5-foot-tall robot has 17 hand and arm joints, giving it enough dexterity to play an error-free “Pomp and Circumstance” today. Toyota wants... More »

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elderly • Japan • Toyota • robot

Nov. Sales Languish for Big 3

Ford and GM announce production cuts as US sales slump continues

Dec 4, 07 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Ford and GM will join Chrysler in cutting production in early 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal today, following sluggish November sales and anticipated weak demand driven by continued economic fallout. Only Ford saw a modest 0.6% improvement in US sales last month, while GM sales were down 11%... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • General Motors • Honda • automaker • Ford • auto industry • auto sales

Japan to Pay Widow After Husband Dies
of Overwork

Toyota employee
on constant overtime

Nov 30, 07 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A Japanese court ruled today that the government must pay damages to the widow of a white-collar employee at Toyota who died from overwork, the AP reports. Kenichi Uchino had put in more than 80 hours of overtime per month for at least half a year before collapsing in his... More »

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Japan • Toyota

Toyota Drives Home the Green Point

Catching flak for opposing tighter fuel standards, car giant polishes eco-cred

Nov 29, 07 10:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Toyota is rolling out a big PR campaign that stresses its green credentials—under attack now that the car giant has teamed up with Detroit to fight tighter fuel standards. A new ad shows a Prius being built out of sticks in a meadow, and the company crows over its... More »

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Toyota • Honda • Toyota Prius

Toyota Unveils Driving Simulator

Huge dome rocks and rolls on rails

Nov 26, 07 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Toyota today unveiled its new driving simulator, a 7-meter-across dome with 360-degree imaging that mimics the experience of real driving by rocking on a rail. Toyota will use the simulator to test safety features without endangering drivers, see how tiredness and intoxication affect driving, and develop safety features for specific... More »

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Toyota • driving • auto industry • car safety • safety testing • cars

Toyota: Not Easy Seeming Green

Green activists turn against Toyota over opposition to fuel economy laws

Nov 15, 07 3:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Toyota set a new green standard ten years ago with its ahead-of-its-time Prius hybrid and projects an image of environmental responsibility. But now the green community is using Toyota for target practice, Newsweek reports. The Japanese carzilla is generating fury with its new low 14 mpg Tundra and Sequoia models,... More »

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greenhouse gases • global warming • Toyota • fuel economy • Prius • Tundra • Sierra Club

Toyota Explores Plug-in Prius

All-electric version of hot-selling car could be only a few years away

Nov 10, 07 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Toyota is launching a three-year study of US consumer demand for a new version of the popular Prius that could run exclusively on electric power and be recharged in a standard electric socket. Toyota may yet beat rival General Motors to market—GM has set a 2010 target date for... More »

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California • Toyota • General Motors • Toyota Prius • electric cars • Chevrolet Volt

Toyota Loses Quality Grade

Mag denies carmaker rubber stamp as
Ford, US cars close reliability gap

Oct 16, 07 8:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey won't rubber stamp Toyotas with a high grade anymore, the Wall Street Journal reports. Recent low marks for the Camry V-6 and Tundra V-8 have robbed the carmaker of its automatic okay, while Ford and other US firms are closing the reliability gap. Toyota's other... More »

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Toyota • Ford • Consumer Reports

Pay Cuts Will Affect 25% of GM Workforce

New 'non-core' classification nearly halves $51/hour pay

Oct 4, 07 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - UAW’s new contract with GM will mean lower wages for a quarter of union employees, Bloomberg reports. The 16,766 jobs labeled “non-core” in the deal would drop to $28 an hour, down from $51 an hour. “This is the beginning of the end of the well-paid... More »

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United Auto Workers • Toyota • General Motors • Honda • labor costs

Dow Dips on Monday Overreach

A rough housing report doesn’t help

Oct 2, 07 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The market was mostly down today, after investors corrected for yesterday’s record-breaking spike, and a new drop in a home-sales index stirred mortgage anxieties. The Dow dipped 40.24 points to 14,047.31, with one strategist telling MarketWatch, “The fundamental news didn’t warrant the rally.”... More »

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Toyota • housing market • Dow Jones • General Motors • National Association of Realtors • Ford • Nasdaq • S&P 500

10 Cheapest Rides to Own

Don't sacrifice your bank account to the wheel with gas and insurance costs

Sep 11, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Affordable cars start at the sticker price—the lower the better. But over time, insurance payments and gas costs add up. Forbes searches out the 10 vehicles that will leave the smallest footprint on your wallet.
  1. Toyota Yaris
  2. Honda Fit
  3. Toyota Corolla
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Toyota • list • Honda • Ford • Hyundai • Chevrolet • Kia • Pontiac • auto industry • cars

Chrysler Pilfers Toyota's Top
US Executive

Firm's highest-ranking non-Japanese
ever jumps ship

Sep 6, 07 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota North America's president will become the new co-president and vice chairman of Chrysler, the Detroit Free Press reports. Jim Press, the highest-ranking non-Japanese exec in Toyota's history, brings a reputation as a talented manager to Chrysler, which is in the process of transforming into a private company after being... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • Detroit • Robert Nardelli • Tom LaSorda • Jim Press • auto industry

GM Scores With Crossovers

New models steering customers back onto American lots in droves

Sep 4, 07 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In its fierce battle with Asian automakers to reclaim the hearts and keys of American drivers, GM has three reasons to celebrate: the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, and Saturn Outlook. The company’s crossover vehicles combine the look of an SUV with the higher fuel economy of a sedan—and... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • General Motors • Detroit • Honda • Ford • Buick Enclave • GMC Acadia • Saturn Outlook • cars

Gibbs Eyes Switch to Toyota

NASCAR team will leave GM after 16 years

Aug 31, 07 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Gibbs Racing is in talks to move to Toyota Motorsports after 16 years and three series championships with General Motors, ESPN reports. The announcement is expected to come Wednesday morning at a press conference that could include Gibbs team drivers Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. Neither Toyota nor GM... More »

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Toyota • Tony Stewart • General Motors • Denny Hamlin • Kyle Busch • Joe Gibbs Racing

Honda Hybrids Dying to Catch Up with Prius

Toyota's green car stands out as more enviro-friendly

Aug 28, 07 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honda rolled out America's first hybrids a few years ago, but now they're scrambling to reclaim the roads after Toyota out-greened them with the enviro-hip Prius. What happened? Honda’s stylin’ was so “Civic” that nobody knew their drivers were commuting to save the world. If you can't show... More »

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environmentalism • Toyota • Honda • Prius • hybrid car • cars

Asian Traders Sweat New Dive

Fourth day of losses hits markets

Aug 16, 07 11:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a late Wall Street rally yesterday, Asian stocks plummeted for the fourth day in a row—driven as much by panic as by any other factor. Toyota, Canon and Mitsubishi all slipped badly, along with the Morgan Stanley Capital International Asia-Pacific Index, which was off 1.8 percent, and... More »

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Toyota • stocks • Nikkei • Asian markets • Canon • Mitsubishi

'Blood Hits Streets' as Asian Markets Plunge

Continuing credit woes trigger steepest dive
in six years

Aug 16, 07 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian stock markets continued to slide today, pounded by fears of a global credit squeeze, recording their most precipitous drop in five years, Reuters reports. South Korea's Kospi index skidded 6.9 percent as major corporations and financial institutions took horrific beatings. Australia's Rams Home Loans Group revealed it can't... More »

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stock market • Toyota • Asia • Asian markets • global credit • Kospi index • Samsung • Bank Mizuho

Credit Fears Sink Asian Markets

Nikkei drops as subprime crisis
rocks world

Aug 15, 07 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global credit turmoil rocked Asian markets today, pushing Japan’s Nikkei to 2007 lows, as US and Canadian firms struggled to meet payments and Wal-Mart and Swiss Bank UBS released disappointing forecasts. Through it all the Yen rose, as risk-averse investors turned to some safe havens in Japan, Reuters reports. More »

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Japan • Toyota • subprime mortgages • Sony • Nikkei • yen • Asian markets • credit market • Bank of Japan • Wal-Mart

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