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…