Signage is seen at an Amazon facility in Bethpage on Long Island in New York, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) build a platform to help manage and monetize data gathered from the automaker’s global vehicle fleet, the companies said… Continue reading Amazon to help Toyota build cloud-based data services
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Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Changes
Bill Fay, senior vice president of automotive operations, TMNA, is retiring after more than 38 years with the company, effective September 1, 2020. Fay has held key sales positions at four regional TMNA offices and senior-level roles at the company’s headquarters operations, including group vice president and general manager of the Toyota division, where he… Continue reading Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Changes
Hyundai Motor America Names Fred DePerez Vice President of Product Line Management and Sales Planning
Hyundai’s Product Line Management group focuses on ways to improve performance by analyzing target customers, segment dynamics and the dealer’s engagement level of each Hyundai vehicle. Sales Planning analyzes industry-wide trends and identifies national and regional growth opportunities for Hyundai. Retail Operations manages Hyundai’s national incentive spending, certified pre-owned programs and sales planning activities. DePerez… Continue reading Hyundai Motor America Names Fred DePerez Vice President of Product Line Management and Sales Planning
Auto Stock Roundup: TSLA Stock Split, Ford Recalls, NIO’s Q2 Show & More
Last week, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (“CAAM”) unveiled vehicle sales data for the month of July. Auto sales in July rose 16.4% year over year to 2.11 million units, marking the fourth consecutive month of gain registered by the world’s biggest auto market. The main highlight of the July auto report in China was… Continue reading Auto Stock Roundup: TSLA Stock Split, Ford Recalls, NIO’s Q2 Show & More
How Lotus CEO Phil Popham is shaping the firm’s future
Popham says there will be versions of Lotus’s new car that can fit all of the company’s existing price ranges, depending on specification, starting at today’s £55,000 and reaching £110,000 for the best-equipped and fastest. Existing models will be phased out in the medium term but will overlap “for a while” as Lotus monitors and… Continue reading How Lotus CEO Phil Popham is shaping the firm’s future
China’s CATL is developing new EV battery with no nickel, cobalt, exec says
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), a Tesla supplier, is developing a new type of electric vehicle (EV) battery that contains no nickel or cobalt, a company executive said on Saturday. Nickel and cobalt are key ingredients in the batteries that power EVs. Battery makers from Japan’s Panasonic Corp to South… Continue reading China’s CATL is developing new EV battery with no nickel, cobalt, exec says
@Toyota: Mazda and Toyota Further Commitment to U.S. Manufacturing with Additional Investment
$830 million to increase state-of-the-art technologies and training programs. HUNTSVILLE, Ala., (Aug. 13, 2020) – Today, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, (MTM), the new joint-venture between Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation, announced an additional $830 million investment to incorporate more cutting-edge manufacturing technologies to its production lines and provide enhanced training to its workforce of… Continue reading @Toyota: Mazda and Toyota Further Commitment to U.S. Manufacturing with Additional Investment
Nikola says open to cooperation with Hyundai Motor on hydrogen technology
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. electric commercial truck maker Nikola NKLA.O said it is open to collaborating with Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) on hydrogen technology, following a media report it had reached out to the Korean automaker. FILE PHOTO: The Hyundai logo is seen during the first press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France,… Continue reading Nikola says open to cooperation with Hyundai Motor on hydrogen technology
Hyperion says it’s developed a hydrogen-powered supercar, now it needs money
With little more than sketches and not fully baked prototypes, a crowd of electric vehicle startups have rounded up billions from investors. Can that fund-raising engine drive a hydrogen-powered car? Hyperion Companies Inc., a decade-old Los Angeles outfit, is entering the race for speculative transportation capital today when it pulls the cover off a supercar… Continue reading Hyperion says it’s developed a hydrogen-powered supercar, now it needs money
@Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Donates Personal Protective Equipment for Medical Frontlines to City of Nagoya Health & Welfare Bureau
2020-08-12 Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) announces that it has provided 10,000 sets of medical personal protective equipment (isolation gowns) to the City of Nagoya Health & Welfare Bureau. This is a part of the Kokoro Hakobu Project* being undertaken by Toyota Motor Corporation and other Toyota Group companies. The bureau will subsequently supply these… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Donates Personal Protective Equipment for Medical Frontlines to City of Nagoya Health & Welfare Bureau