Japan Truck Manufacturer Hino Admits It Faked Emissions Data for 20 Years August 5, 2022 By Yuri Kageyama TOKYO (AP) – Hino Motors, a truck maker that’s part of the Toyota group, systematically falsified emissions data dating back...
NHTSA to Review if Pony.ai Complied With Crash Reporting Order March 29, 2022 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with...
Cyberattack on Toyota Supplier Shows How Small Firms Can Pose Big Threat March 3, 2022 By Elaine Lies The cyberattack on a Toyota Motor Corp. supplier that brought the automaker’s domestic production to a halt shows how more...
Toyota Suspends Tokyo Factory Operations After Suspected Cyber Attack March 1, 2022 Toyota Motor Corp. said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a...
Toyota Settles Lawsuit That Blamed Employee’s Suicide on Overwork, Harassment February 2, 2022 By Yuri Kageyama TOKYO (AP) – Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its...
Toyota Constructs a Sensor-Laden Entire City to Test Its Self-Driving Cars April 29, 2021 By River Davis In late February, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gathered with a handful of Shinto priests in a white tent...
Japan Chipmaker Renesas Says Normal Production at Fire-Hit Plant to Take 100-120 Days March 30, 2021 By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Tuesday it would take at least 100 days to get back to...
Japanese Carmakers Assess Effect on Supply Chain of Renesas Chip Plant Fire March 22, 2021 TOKYO – Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other Japanese carmakers scrambled on Monday to assess the impact on their production of...
Amazon Helping Toyota Build Cloud-Based Data Services That Include Insurance August 18, 2020 By Paul Lienert Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. build a platform to help manage and monetize data...
Report: Testers in California Logged 2.8M Autonomous Miles Last Year March 17, 2020 By Don Jergler Each year technology’s promise of having autonomous vehicles ruling the roads seems to be a bit more fleeting, or at...