Hans Greimel

Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta says the carmaker is ready to turbocharge its turnaround, possibly build a new U.S. plant and adopt a build-to-order mindset for more efficient retail sales.

Toyota smashed earnings records across the board in the latest fiscal year, but now it's tapping the brakes as market uncertainty and inflation cast new shadows.

A new factory would come after Nissan completes its transition from a discount, volume player to a quality, value brand, COO Ashwani Gupta said.

Nissan has returned to full-year profit for the first time in three years and the advance brings Nissan closer to achieving CEO Makoto Uchida’s goal of delivering a sustainable 5 percent operating profit margin.

Subaru's outlay shows the all-wheel drive specialist is finally turning its focus to full-electric vehicles after introducing its first serious contender, the Solterra crossover, only this year.

Toyota recorded all-time highs for revenue, operating profit and net income as global group sales advanced 7.6 percent to 8.23 million vehicles in its latest fiscal year.

Rebounding Mitsubishi Motors Corp. stepped up its recovery in the latest quarter, bouncing back to profitability on better sales and beneficial foreign exchange rates.

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.

The last plant churning out Datsun vehicles has ceased production, less than a decade after former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn resurrected the brand with grand visions of mass volume.

The Nissan Z car, a 400-hp, twin-turbo symbol of the struggling Japanese automaker's revival, is the latest product launch to be derailed by global supply chain woes.

Nissan's move is part of a push to equip nearly every new model with lidar safety technology by the end of the decade. It lets vehicles conduct high-speed emergency maneuvers on the highway without a hand on the wheel or foot on the brake.

Reviving Datsun was a key strategy of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn. He wanted to expand into emerging markets, but sales never reached optimistic forecasts.

Entering the EV era will require Lexus to not only engineer all-electric cars but reengineer the production process that builds them.

EV production should account for about 40 to 50 percent of Honda's total output in North America in 2030, or around 800,000 battery-electric vehicles.