Automakers Unveil Steps for U.S. to Speed Up Self-Driving Vehicle Deployment December 3, 2020 By David Shepardson A group representing major automakers is unveiling a detailed proposal Wednesday aimed at making it easier to deploy thousands of...
Texas Judge Finalizes $200M-Plus Award in Lexus Defects Case October 31, 2018 A final judgment upholds a jury award of more than $200 million to a Dallas-area family against Toyota over what...
Toyota Eyes Future When People Don’t Buy Cars, Pushing Ride-Hailing Ties, Insurance September 27, 2018 By Kevin Buckland, Nao Sano and Kae Inoue Toyota Motor Corp., Asia’s biggest carmaker, is preparing for a potential future where people don’t buy cars. That’s behind the...
Finding Toyota Negligent in Accident, Texas Jury Awards $242M to Family August 20, 2018 A Texas jury awarded damages of $242 million to a Dallas family after finding that defects in the family’s Lexus...
Toyota Launching App-Controlled Car-Sharing in Hawaii July 16, 2018 Toyota Motor Corp. launched a Honolulu, Hawaii car-sharing service that enables customers to use smartphones to unlock and start cars...
Toyota’s $1B Investment in Ride-Hailer Grab Opens Door to Data-Driven Insurance June 20, 2018 By Naomi Tajitsu By pumping $1 billion into ride-hailing firm Grab, Toyota Motor Corp. stands to gain a passenger-side view of tens of...
Arizona Sees No Need to Tighten Rules on Self-Driving Cars After Uber Fatality March 21, 2018 By Heather Somerville Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self-driving cars in...
Israeli Firm Among Those Seeing Profit in Telematics Data February 20, 2018 By Kevin Buckland and Pavel Alpeyev The road to profits is paved with good data. Every hour, a modern car processes about 25 gigabytes of information...
Kobe Steel Can Expect Spate of Lawsuits for Its 10 Years of False Data October 12, 2017 By Christie Smythe and Margaret Cronin Fisk Kobe Steel Ltd.’s legal problems are just beginning in wake of the company’s disclosure that it falsified data for years...
Toyota Makes Strategic Investment in Grab, SE Asia’s Leading Ride-Sharing Firm August 30, 2017 By Kevin Buckland Toyota Motor Corp. is pushing deeper into the ride-sharing business. The Japanese carmaker is making a strategic investment in Grab,...