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  • Toyota cuts Feb. output, expects to miss annual target on chips crunch

    January 18, 2022 03:05:13 AM

    Toyota had been aiming for a high February production plan to meet strong demand.

  • Toyota increases overseas car production as output slumps in Japan

    July 28, 2022 04:29:13 AM

    Toyota's overseas output climbed 5.6 percent to 3.35 million vehicles through June, while production in Japan fell 18 percent to 1.73 million.

  • Akio Toyoda: All-EV plans are a threat to Japan

    September 19, 2021 12:00:01 AM

    Toyota's leader is warning the government that its road map to net-zero emissions needs to be better tailored for the nation's economy.

  • Toyota to restart Japan production after cyberattack on supplier

    March 01, 2022 02:07:42 AM

    Production lines will be switched back on at its 14 factories across the country, Toyota said.

  • Japan gets its head into the EV game — cautiously

    October 24, 2021 12:00:01 AM

    To crack the code of building low-cost electric vehicles, Japan's automakers intend to leverage their skills at tried-and-true lean manufacturing and kaizen.

  • Toyota invests $461 million in Kentucky complex; Lexus ES to move back to Japan

    October 29, 2021 01:43:32 PM

    The Japanese automaker will also offer permanent jobs to 1,400 employees currently working there through Kelly Services, as well as to all future employees.

  • Meet the Canadian who’s building a company for Toyota

    October 11, 2021 12:00:01 AM

    Newly appointed COO Sinead Kaiya is charged with making growth and sustainability a reality at Toyota Motor's autonomous-driving technology unit.

  • Toyota to build U.S. battery plant, eventually localize EV production

    October 18, 2021 06:00:00 AM

    The factory is expected to begin production in 2025, and it will eventually supply electric vehicles and hybrids built in the region.

  • Toyota keeps plan to build 9.7M vehicles despite factory stoppages

    August 10, 2022 05:22:51 AM

    The automaker will suspend production on three lines at its Motomachi plant in September. That follows suspensions at its Tsutsumi plant.

  • Toyota cuts July global production plan by 50,000 vehicles

    June 22, 2022 06:43:59 AM

    Toyota cut its July global production plan by 50,000 vehicles.

  • Toyota reconsiders production plans as disruptions pile up

    March 09, 2022 08:18:54 AM

    Toyota is reviewing its production plans as mounting global disruptions hinder its attempts to raise output.

  • Mazda's U.S. factory vibe switches from Ford to Toyota

    April 11, 2022 12:00:01 AM

    The executive who runs Mazda's newest assembly plant says there is lots to learn from Mazda's gargantuan Japanese partner, Toyota.

  • How Toyota is managing an unprecedented global supply chain crises

    April 03, 2022 12:00:01 AM

    Keeping the flow of new Toyotas and Lexuses coming to U.S. dealers amid dozens of simultaneous threats falls to two executives who manage it all the Toyota way.

  • Toyota to build plant in N.C. capable of making up to 1.2M batteries a year

    December 06, 2021 01:21:51 PM

    The $1.3 billion plant will eventually make batteries for as many as 1.2 million hybrid, plug-in hybrid and BEVs per year, the automaker said.

  • Now it's Toyota's turn in the crucible

    August 23, 2021 12:00:01 AM

    Toyota and Lexus dealers, who have been getting by for months with some of the leanest inventories in history, will see that trickle of vehicles dry up further.

  • Does Toyota's new battery factory mean a new U.S. assembly plant?

    October 22, 2021 10:38:25 AM

    Toyota Motor North America's announced plans to build a battery plant may require the Japanese automaker to build another assembly plant in the U.S.

  • One of Toyoda's ‘Seven Samurai' is recreating Aisin

    May 09, 2022 12:00:01 AM

    Toyota Group megasupplier Aisin is grappling with how and when to shift to a new lineup of electrified products. Profits made from today's internal-combustion vehicles will lead to investment in EV products.

  • Toyota eyes North Carolina for first U.S. battery plant, report says

    November 19, 2021 07:15:45 AM

    The automaker hasn’t made a final decision, but is expected to partner with Panasonic at the operation.

  • Toyota upbeat on U.S. despite slide

    August 07, 2022 07:00:01 AM

    Toyota's positive assessment comes after the U.S. economy shrank for a second-straight quarter and as U.S. companies initiate such belt-tightening measures as precautionary job cuts.

  • Toyota's first EV seed: North Carolina battery plant

    December 10, 2021 03:22:53 PM

    Toyota's announced a $1.29 billion battery plant in Liberty, N.C., will have capacity for 1.2 million battery packs per year, suggesting more local investment will follow.

  • Toyota's Project ETA is answer to ‘Dude, where's my car?'

    March 07, 2022 12:00:01 AM

    Project ETA is aimed at giving Toyota customers who order their vehicles a more precise view of where they are after they roll off the line.

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