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Honda to import US-made SUV, luxury sedan to Japan this year
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (171+ words) Honda to import US-made SUV, luxury sedan to Japan this year'Nikkei Asia Honda to import US-made SUV, luxury sedan to Japan this year Acura brand to make Japanese debut as path opens for American models TOKYO -- Honda Motor will begin…...
Vietnam's VinFast taxi and car rental affiliates merge ahead of IPO
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (159+ words) Vietnam's VinFast taxi and car rental affiliates merge ahead of IPO'Nikkei Asia Vietnam's VinFast taxi and car rental affiliates merge ahead of IPO EV-only Vingroup ride-hailer GSM eyes foreign stock exchange listing next year HO CHI MINH CITY -- A taxi…...
Electric vehicles: News & Insights
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (333+ words) Vietnam production's lower cost helps to keep price among lowest in market Honda affiliate and Mazda adopt standard for cost savings, convenience Sense of crisis behind top carmaker's appointment of 'chief industry officer' Automaker sees strong Chinese sales of new…...
Japanese automakers seek to challenge Chinese rivals in Indonesia
3+ week, 1+ day ago (167+ words) JAKARTA -- Japanese automakers are launching a sales offensive in Indonesia as they look to become more competitive with their Chinese rivals after th Japanese automakers seek to challenge Chinese rivals in Indonesia Move comes after Jakarta ends subsidies for imported…...
Vietnam's VinFast targets 300,000 EV sales in 2026, a 50% jump
3+ week, 2+ day ago (167+ words) HO CHI MINH CITY -- VinFast is targeting a 50% increase in electric vehicle deliveries, to 300,000, for 2026, when it also hopes to break even, a loft Vietnam's VinFast targets 300,000 EV sales in 2026, a 50% jump Loss-making carmaker looks to sell more cars in…...
China's car price war cost industry as much as $68bn in 3 years
3+ week, 2+ day ago (183+ words) HONG KONG -- A bruising price war in China's auto market wiped out up to more than 471 billion yuan ($68 billion) in industrywide revenue over the pas China's car price war cost industry as much as $68bn in 3 years Report suggests Beijing's curbs…...
Toyota names Kenta Kon as new CEO
3+ week, 6+ day ago (110+ words) TOKYO -- Toyota Motor announced on Friday the appointment of Kenta Kon, the Japanese automaker's chief financial officer, as the next president and CE Toyota names Kenta Kon as new CEO Current CFO to take up new role in April TOKYO…...
Japan's Aisin to build two new Indian auto part plants
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (137+ words) NAGOYA, Japan -- Automotive supplier Aisin will spend roughly 32 billion yen ($204 million) building production facilities at two locations in India, Japan's Aisin to build two new Indian auto part plants Supplier to make automatic transmissions as demand grows in India Aisin…...
Daihatsu debuts mini commercial EVs with industry-leading 257-km range
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (180+ words) TOKYO -- Japanese automaker Daihatsu Motor debuted'electric versions of two of its mini commercial vans on Monday, with hopes that their industry-lead Daihatsu debuts mini commercial EVs with industry-leading 257-km range Japanese latecomer to sector hopes to catch up after delay…...
Foxconn and Mitsubishi Fuso to jointly manufacture EV buses in Japan
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (172+ words) Foxconn and Mitsubishi Fuso to jointly manufacture EV buses in Japan'Nikkei Asia Foxconn and Mitsubishi Fuso to jointly manufacture EV buses in Japan New company to utilize Japanese company's domestic factory KAWASAKI, Japan -- Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, or Foxconn,…...