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Hyundai Motor pips Volkswagen to become world’s 2nd-largest automaker
Seoul: Hyundai Motor Group has outperformed Volkswagen Group to become the world’s second-largest automaker in terms of operating profit, industry data showed on Thursday. According to automotive industry data, Hyundai Motor Group…
- Bangalore
Kannada activists remove English signboards in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The ‘Maha Abhiyan’ campaign organised by a group Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV) demanding prominence for Kannada language on signboards turned violent on Wednesday with the activists smashing the English signboards and…
- Technology
Toyota, Lexus adopt Tesla’s EV charging standard
San Francisco: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has reached an agreement with Elon Musk-run Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on its battery electric vehicles (BEVs) beginning in 2025. Several…
- India
Toyota recalls around 168K vehicles over fire risk
San Francisco: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has recalled around 1,68,000 recently manufactured vehicles in the US over a potential fire risk. The recall involves certain 2022 and 2023 model-year Toyota Tundra and…
- Technology
Toyota claims battery breakthrough that could boost electric cars
London: Toyota says it has made a technological breakthrough that will allow it to halve the weight, size and cost of batteries, in what could herald a major advance for electric vehicles, a…
- Business
Toyota to use AI to design future vehicles
Tokyo: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has started to research AI-based car design using the generative artificial intelligence technique developed by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). The company said that designers can leverage…
- Automobile
Toyota discloses data leak affecting 2.6 lakh car owners
New Delhi: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has admitted another incident in which data of around 260,000 car owners was exposed to the internet for a decade. Last month, the company issued an…
- Business
Much before talk of diesel car ban, sales down to 17.6% of total volume
Chennai: The news about an Indian government committee suggesting a ban on diesel cars from 2027 has sowed the seeds of uncertainty in the minds of diesel car buyers today, said top…
- Business
Toyota apologises after 2.15 mn customers’ vehicle data exposed for a decade
Tokyo: As connected cars become mainstream globally, Toyota has issued an apology after it discovered that millions of customers’ partial data was made public “due to misconfiguration of the Cloud environment” for…
- Business
Toyota admits 300,000 customers’ data was leaked for 5 years
Tokyo: Automaker Toyota has revealed that personal information of nearly 300,000 customers may have been exposed since July 2017. In a statement, the car maker said that e-mail addresses and customer management…
- Automobile
Gadkari launches Toyota’s pilot project on flex fuel hybrid vehicle
New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday launched Toyota’s pilot project on flex fuel-strong hybrid electric vehicle (FFV-SHEV) that can run on 20 to 100 percent ethanol.…
- World
China heat wave hits Apple, Toyota suppliers as production halted
Hong Kong: The scorching summer weather in China has hit Apple and Toyota suppliers as the government ordered most factories to suspend production until the end of this week for planned power…
- Automobile
Toyota cuts production due to Covid lockdown in Shanghai
Tokyo: Toyota says it will suspend operations at more production lines at its factories in Japan this month due to the coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai, media reports said. The firm says the…
- Business
Toyota Group signs MoU with Karnataka for Rs 4,800 crore investment
Bengaluru: The Toyota Group of Companies, comprising Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts, on Saturday announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the Karnataka government to invest Rs 4,100…
- Automobile
Strong competition coming Tesla way with budget segment electric cars
New Delhi: Within a couple of years, Tesla will face strong competition from traditional automakers like Volkswagen, Toyota and Stellantis, which released their ambitious vehicle electrification plans last year, a new report…
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