Toyota's mixed messages on electric drive
US: Government will exit automakers only when viable
No specific timetable exists for the government to relinquish stakes in General Motors and Chrysler, a top US official has…
JAPAN: Full steam ahead at busy hybrid plant
Toyota's Takahiro Fujioka has got something most auto plant managers would kill for right now: assembly lines running at almost…
JAPAN: EVs viable only as compact commuters – Toyota
Electric vehicles are a viable option but only as compact commuters, a senior Toyota official said on Thursday. "Even though…
JAPAN: Prius pips Insight in May’s ‘battle of the hybrids’
Toyota's new Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling vehicle in May with monthly sales of 10,915 units. The Prius outsold Honda's…
JAPAN: US Toyota Prius build still on hold
Toyota will start building - from assembly kits, as at present - the third generation Prius hybrid in China early…
JAPAN: Toyota to lease out 200 hybrids
Toyota Motor Corp is to lease out close to 200 plug-in hybrid vehicles in Japan in collaboration with a number…