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Toyota makes push for solid-state battery technology for EVs

Jul 6, 2023
If the carmaker is successful, it could revolutionize the electric vehicle industry and Toyota's place in it.
If successful, the technology will be a gamechanger. But Toyota says they're still a few years out from putting the new battery on the market.
Yuichi Yamazaki

Sales of fully electric vehicles nearly doubled in 2022. Which carmakers came out on top?

Jan 6, 2023
EVs account for about 5% of car purchases, according to automotive website Edmunds. Rivals to Tesla are making inroads.
Tesla still holds an estimated 60% of the EV market, but its share has been declining.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Southern car plants are humming, but worker vaccinations have stalled

Jun 21, 2021
Auto makers are trying to figure out the best way to encourage more workers to get vaccinated.
General Motors’ Spring Hill, Tennessee site, along with most car plants, is continuing to require masks for employees building cars as many plants struggle to reach a level of herd immunity.
Courtesy of GM

Amazon wants tax incentives, Texas knows the drill

May 3, 2018
As Amazon considers locations for its second headquarters, incentives are on the table.
Toyota was offered more than $50 million in financial incentives and tax abatements from the Texas Enterprise Fund and the city of Plano to move its North American headquarters to Plano, above.
Courtesy of Amanda Roark/Toyota

Kobe Steel falsified data about the strength of its metals used in planes and cars

Oct 10, 2017
Copper and aluminum from the Tokyo-based company went into products at about 200 companies.

Toyota and Mazda team up to open U.S. plant

Aug 4, 2017
Toyota and Mazda are planning to build a $1.6 billion plant in the U.S. in the next few years. Toyota’s worth about 20 times what Mazda is, so it’s unclear what Toyota is getting from the partnership, but the new plant is rumored to produce electric vehicles. Click the audio player above to hear the […]

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A sales slump for cars can mean deals for buyers

May 2, 2017
Car sales in the U.S. are down, compared to last year, for the fourth straight month. That’s largely across the board. Ford, GM, Fiat-Chrysler and Toyota all reported lower sales. That means the bonanza that the auto industry has been enjoying for the past several years may be cooling off. That means dealership lots are […]

Are foreign automakers feeling pressured by Trump?

Apr 10, 2017
Toyota is investing $1.3 billion to upgrade 30-year-old equipment at its manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. The factory is going to start producing a new Camry in June. The automaker says this investment has been in the works for years and was not driven by the border tax floated by President Trump. But that doesn’t […]

Trump’s Toyota Twitter feud: does it matter?

Jan 6, 2017
Toyota is the latest company whose stock took a hit after the president-elect threatened to punish the carmaker for its plans to build Corollas in Mexico. Toyota’s planning to move production out of Canada, not the U.S. In any case, that makes Toyota his first foreign target for a tweet about tariffs. Michelle Krebs, a […]

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