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Toyota Suspends Tokyo Factory Operations After Suspected Cyber Attack

Toyota Motor Corp. said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected cyber attack. No information was immediately available about …

Toyota Settles Lawsuit That Blamed Employee’s Suicide on Overwork, Harassment

TOKYO (AP) – Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its employees. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda has apologized to the family, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday. Monetary details of …

Toyota Constructs a Sensor-Laden Entire City to Test Its Self-Driving Cars

In late February, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gathered with a handful of Shinto priests in a white tent at the foot of Mount Fuji. The group prayed — as is customary when embarking on new builds in Japan …

Japan Chipmaker Renesas Says Normal Production at Fire-Hit Plant to Take 100-120 Days

TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Tuesday it would take at least 100 days to get back to normal production at its fire-hit plant, even as the government urged some Taiwanese companies to help with alternative chip production. …

Japanese Carmakers Assess Effect on Supply Chain of Renesas Chip Plant Fire

TOKYO – Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other Japanese carmakers scrambled on Monday to assess the impact on their production of a fire at a Renesas Electronics chip plant that could aggravate a global semiconductor shortage. Renesas has said it will …

Amazon Helping Toyota Build Cloud-Based Data Services That Include Insurance

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. build a platform to help manage and monetize data gathered from the automaker’s global vehicle fleet, the companies said on Monday. Toyota said its Mobility Services Platform will enable …

Report: Testers in California Logged 2.8M Autonomous Miles Last Year

Each year technology’s promise of having autonomous vehicles ruling the roads seems to be a bit more fleeting, or at least a bit further off, but that hasn’t stalled the efforts of would-be makers of self-driving cars to deliver a …

Jury Says Toyota Must Pay $16M to Southern California Dealer in Lawsuit

Toyota has been ordered to pay nearly $16 million to a Southern California dealer who alleged the company’s Prius recalls didn’t fix safety problems. The Los Angeles Times says an Orange County jury decided Monday that Toyota had breached “good …

Toyota’s $1B Investment in Ride-Hailer Grab Opens Door to Data-Driven Insurance

By pumping $1 billion into ride-hailing firm Grab, Toyota Motor Corp. stands to gain a passenger-side view of tens of thousands of cars across Southeast Asia, tracking how fast they drive, how far they travel and the time they spend …

Kobe Steel Can Expect Spate of Lawsuits for Its 10 Years of False Data

Kobe Steel Ltd.’s legal problems are just beginning in wake of the company’s disclosure that it falsified data for years about the durability of aluminum and copper used in airplanes, trains and vehicles. The Japanese company, which supplies many of …