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The theme of this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, held from October 23 to November 4, was ‘fun driving for us, eco driving for the earth’, and we saw some quirky models as well as the latest alternatively fuelled vehicles...Mitsubishi’s PX-MiEV The hybrid concept...
Tags: electric motor, land glider, Suzuki Swift, petrol engine, Skydeck, United Kingdom, London, Sedans, MIEV, Suzuki SX4, Tokyo Motor Show, Lotus Cars, Car manufacturers, Electrification, Alternative propulsion, Technology Internet
Sanyo Electric Co. plans to sell part of its nickel-hydrogen battery business to improve its chances of obtaining early approval from foreign competition policy authorities to become a subsidiary of Panasonic Corp., sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Tags: Honda Motor Co., Honda Motor Corp., friendly cars, profits forecast, Medivation Inc., Sanyo Electric Co., Tokyo Motor Show, tax breaks, imported cars
Toyota Motor Corp’s hybrid Prius car has won the title of Car of the Year Japan for 2009-2010, the organizer said Wednesday. The committee also selected Volkswagen AG’s Golf five-hatchback as the Import Car of the Year for this year. The executive committee...
Tags: Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, motor shows, hybrids vehicle, Sanyo Electric Co
Honda is planning to launch the hybrid, stylish version of the 2011 CR-Z in the year 2011. It shall be a 2 seater sport car. Eventhough the the industrial version only in 2011, Honda is planning to display the vehicle in this year's Tokyo Motor Show...
Tags: Automobile, Autos, honda, Japan, Makes and Models, Recreation, Tokyo, Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it will globally sell 500 units of its premium two-seater Lexus sports car—the LFA—from the end of next year as it looks to revive a flagging market by returning to the roots of exciting-to-drive cars. The sports car,...
Tags: Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota Motor Corp, Business › Toyota, sports cars, ev ii
At the Tokyo Motor Show, which starts Wednesday, Toyota is banking on gasoline-electric hybrids — and Nissan and Honda on fully electric cars — as Japan’s top automakers jostle to dominate the next phase in green technology...The show will be marked by...
Tags: Tokyo Motor Show, electric cars, Nissan, Honda Motor Co, Japan, hybrids vehicles, Indian, Toyota Motor Corporation, motor showing
With Japanese consumers tightening their purse strings amid the global economic slowdown since last autumn, department stores incurred substantial drops in sales and profit in the first half of the current business year, according to results released...
Tags: Citi Global Markets Japan, Japan Airlines Co., Tokyo Motor Show, ANZ, NZPA, nz dollar
Besides showing off its well-known hybrids, Toyota will take a slightly different tack at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show to display a green sportscar with a special kind of gasoline engine. The FT-86, inspired by a sporty Corolla model from the 1980s called...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., electric cars, Nissan Leaf, Tokyo Motor Show, British Columbia, concept cars, motor showing, Subaru, sports cars, leaf electric
Average wages at Japanese companies with at least five employees fell 3.1% in August from a year earlier to 273,360 yen for the 15th straight month of decline, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the labor ministry. Of the total wages,...
Tags: Honda Motor Co, Toyota Motor Corp., Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, U.S, Tōkyō
Softbank Mobile Corp started selling on Friday the iPhone 3GS in Japan, the new version of Apple Inc’s smartphone that boasts enhanced performance compared with the 3G version that was already on the market. More than 200 people lined up at Softbank Mobile’s...
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