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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Toyota Chief Technology Officer Hiroki Nakajima
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Toyota to debut its own version of Tesla EV-making tech in China
The Shanghai plant is under construction and due to start producing cars in 2027.
BYD’s electric vehicle plant under construction in Szeged, southern Hungary, in August. The automaker is also eyeing new factories in France and Spain.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2026
Legacy carmakers risk losing mass market to Chinese rivals
Chinese carmakers have an edge in mass-market vehicles from sheer scale, faster development and lower costs.
A plug-in hybrid BYD ATTO 8 SUV. BYD, China's largest hybrid vehicle exporter to Europe, sold more plug-in hybrids than fully electric models in the first eight months of the year.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2026
China’s $7.5 billion EU hybrid boom faces new curbs under deal with bloc
Since the EU imposed additional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs in 2024, Chinese automakers have increasingly turned to plug-in hybrids.
Maros Sefcovic, the EU trade commissioner, speaks to journalists during a news conference in Beijing on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2026
China and EU strike deal to?halve Chinese hybrid exports
The “shared understanding” would “moderate” China’s export of the cars to the EU, and would cut the imports of several million cars over four years.
Suzuki's "e SLY" fully electric minicar is unveiled in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2026
Suzuki undercuts BYD as competition grows in market for low-budget EV minicars
The arrival of Suzuki’s first fully electric minicar adds to signs Japan is becoming a key battleground for electric versions of the tiny vehicles.
Reeling from electric vehicle-related losses, Honda is pivoting to gasoline-electric hybrids and slashing expenses in the Indian market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2026
Cost pressures and deadlock force Honda to rework India strategy, sources say
The automaker is partnering with Tata Technologies after its Japanese and Indian managers failed to agree on which suppliers to use for upcoming cars.
A 2026 Toyota Land Cruiser is displayed during media day of the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit in January.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 3, 2026
Asian carmakers besting U.S. rivals at home, with China poised to join fray
U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of allowing Chinese firms to enter the U.S. market, worrying U.S. carmakers.
Trucker Li Bao at the wheel of his e-rig in Yulin, China. Li says it costs about 200 yuan to recharge his truck, or less than a third of what he used to pay to fill up his rig with diesel.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2026
China’s shift to electric trucks offers resilience as diesel prices rise
E-truck sales surged almost 80% in the first half from a year earlier, amid the U.S.-Iran war and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.
Sony Group’s business has shifted increasingly toward games, music and film, reducing the importance of the CES technology show as a venue to display its strategy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2026
Sony to skip CES show after Honda EV venture dropped
The company’s business has shifted increasingly toward games, music and film.
Tesla vehicles arriving at a port in Yokohama. The Model Y was Japan's most imported car in the first half of the year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2026
Tokyo offers the world’s cheapest Tesla Model Y at less than $23,000
Tesla has been highlighting the subsidies in its ads in Japan, targeting customers in the market dominated by domestic brands.
Electric vehicles charge in the parking lot of the Ultium Cells facility in Lordstown, Ohio.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2026
How Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revival
Since Trump returned to office, an array of automotive, environmental, trade and immigration policies has undermined factory projects and employment.
Millions of people are using their solar panels and batteries to generate energy and sell excess back to the grid.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2026
Almost anyone can make money selling electricity with AI, batteries and solar panels
Millions of people are using their solar panels and batteries to generate energy and sell excess back to the grid.
A Nissan Leaf on a vehicle production line. Honda and Nissan have agreed to jointly develop and standardize operating systems and other core components for software-defined vehicles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2026
Honda and Nissan to jointly develop components for software-defined vehicles
The move is aimed at splitting huge development costs and countering U.S. electric vehicle giant Tesla and Chinese competitors that lead the field.
Noriya Kaihara, Honda's executive vice president, said the automaker plans to localize more production of its hybrid power trains in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2026
Honda eyes U.S. to build newest factory, top executive says
The carmaker is seeking to expand its lineup of gas-electric hybrids models from 2030.
China's biggest car recall ever requires nine automakers to address the dangers of retractable door handles popularized by Tesla particularly for electric cars.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2026
Tesla and other automakers begin record vehicle recall in China
The automakers said they will recall a total of about 4.3 million vehicles over concerns that doors may be difficult to open in an emergency.
Prototypes of Suzuki Motor's first electric minivehicle, the e Sky
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2026
Suzuki unveils electric minivehicle that has a 310-kilometer range
Suzuki has yet to set a price for the model, due to come out this fiscal year, but aims to make it affordable enough to encourage a shift among gasoline car owners.
BYD's Racco electric kei car is displayed during a media event in Tokyo on July 28.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 21, 2026
BYD’s tiny car has a big mission in Japan
The Shenzhen-based firm is the first foreign player to make a dedicated effort to tackle the boxy kei jidosha, or light car, a quintessentially Japanese vehicle category.
BYD is betting that its Racco minicar will help it break into the Japanese market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2026
BYD tries where others failed with tiny EV designed for Japan
The world’s largest maker of electric vehicles says its recently unveiled Racco has attracted more than 1,000 orders in the first few weeks.
Global sales in June, including those of subsidiary Daihatsu Motor, fell 1.1% from a year earlier to 926,688 units, Toyota Motor said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Toyota sales fall for fifth month on Iran turmoil and China
Soaring oil and raw-material costs, along with disrupted supply routes, are squeezing global manufacturers as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.
BYD’s Racco electric "kei cars" during a media event in Tokyo on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2026
BYD takes on rivals in Japan with its own electric minicar
Debuting a “kei car” puts BYD up against the country’s biggest automakers in their home market, which few foreign brands have successfully cracked.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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