Mazda Motor Corp. will make Toyota-brand subcompacts at its new plant in Mexico, allowing Japan’s top automaker to strengthen its North American model lineup. Under the agreement announced Friday, Mazda will annually produce 50,000 subcompacts, based on the Mazda2 but under the Toyota brand by mid-2015. Toyota Motor Corp. will invest in equipment and other […]
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Toyota Celebrates Thai Unit’s 50th Anniversary
BANGKOK (Kyodo) — Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday held a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its Thai unit, highlighting its major contributions to the Thai auto market. Toyota Motor Thailand Co. is the biggest player on the local market in terms of output and sales. TMT, established in 1962 as Toyota’s first production […]
Toyota’s Hybrid Sales Top 2M in Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it has sold more than 2 million hybrid vehicles in Japan since 1997 when its first hybrid hit the Japanese market, buoyed by robust sales of such hybrids as the Prius and Aqua passenger cars. The automaker sold roughly 1.03 million hybrid cars globally in the January […]
Toyota Announces Voluntary Safety Recall of Certain Scion iQ Vehicles
TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2012 – Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS), today announced that it will conduct a safety recall involving approximately 11,200 Scion iQ vehicles to inspect the front passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) weight sensor cables and install new protective covers over the sensors. The front passenger seat assembly of the Scion iQ […]
Aqua Tops Prius as Best-Selling Car in Japan
Toyota Motor’s Aqua hybrid was the top-selling car in Japan in October, selling 24,192 units to top the rankings for the first time since its debut in December last year, industry bodies said Tuesday. The small hybrid car has thus replaced Toyota’s Prius hybrid, which had remained the best seller for 16 months in a […]
American Suzuki Files for Bankruptcy Protection
BREA, Calif. (AP) — American Suzuki Motor Corp. on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it will cease selling automobiles in the U.S. as part of a plan to restructure its business. The company, based in Brea, Calif., is the sole distributor of Suzuki Motor Co. vehicles in the continental U.S. In […]
Aerodynamic Investigation of Jet Reaction
Research at the University of Huddersfield could help ensure that a daring Briton soon becomes the fastest man on two wheels, reaching speeds of 425 mph and beyond. Richard Brown is determined to wrest back the world motorcycle land-speed record for Britain with his machine Jet Reaction, powered by an afterburning jet based on a […]
GM Gets New Credit Lines Totaling $11B
General Motors says it has received $11 billion in credit lines from 35 financial institutions in 14 countries. The lines of credit include a $5.5 billion, three-year credit facility and another $5.5 billion line for five years. They replace GM’s existing $5 billion credit line that was to expire in 2015. Chief Financial Officer Dan […]
Custom gear boxes designed for high torque, low speed applications
Applimotion introduces custom gear motors for your high torque low speed and low profile applications. The assemblies combine precision gearing and direct drive frameless motor kits to form a new high torque alternative to coupling a servo motor to a traditional gear box. Applimotion combines its ULT, UTH, and UTS low profile frameless motors with […]
Auto Industry Could Ease Manufacturing Slowdown
Indiana’s manufacturing industry has seen its recovery stall, and experts predict things will get worse as many of the state’s largest companies feel the effects the European financial crisis and slowing growth in China. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the state lost an estimated 1,400 manufacturing jobs in September. That’s been followed by […]