Japanese Cars
Hybrids 19.7% of New Cars Sold in May 2012 in Japan
19.7% of new cars sold in Japan in May 2012 were hybrid cars, up 11 percentage points from last year. There we…
続きを読むToyota PHV / EV to Home Power Sharing
While “power sharing” sounds like a phrase you would expect to hear in the context of a Greek coal…
続きを読むMitsubishi Mirage Gets Kei-Car Rivaling 27.2 km / L Fuel Economy
It seems like just yesterday that I was writing here about how Nissan had improved fuel economy for their Moco…
続きを読むNissan's Moco Kei Car Improves "Idling Stop" To Get 27.2 km / L
Nissan has improved the fuel efficiency of it’s kei car Moco, as well as evolving the “idling stop…
続きを読むToyota Aqua Jumps to #2 with Prius Maintaining #1 Crown
Toyota’s new Aqua (called the Prius C in overseas markets) hybrid made a dramatic leap to number 2 in Ja…
続きを読むToyota 86s in Japan's Car Auctions
The Toyota 86 and it’s cousin, the Subaru BRZ, have been making headlines. At last — fun Japanese …
続きを読むMitsubishi's "Global Car" Mirage to Start Production in China in 2014
Another week, another global automaker teaming up with a local partner and starting production in China This t…
続きを読むSkyactiv Tech Wins 2011 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal
Mazda’s Skyactiv technology is making headlines again — this time netting the principle researcher…
続きを読むHonda Introduces Rare Earth Metal Recovery Tech for Old Hybrid Car Batteries
Hybrid sales are booming all over the world, but particularly in Japan — where it is expected that hybri…
続きを読むMazda CX-5 "Clean Diesel" Reverses Diesel's Decline in Japan
For years it’s been nigh-on impossible to register a diesel vehicle in Japan. Not completely impossible,…
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