Posts Tagged ‘news’
Pruis Regains Top Spot in Japan's February New Car Sales
I guess it takes more than the removal of Japan’s government “EcoCar” incentive scheme to da…
Read MoreJapan's New Cars Sales Down 14.3% in February
Well, the headline figure may not seem that great, but the year-on-year decline in new car sales of 14.3% in F…
Read MoreZero Sports: Zero Profit
It’s not all progress and flashy tech in the world of EV (electric vehicle) start ups. Much as the ̶…
Read MoreJapanese Car Makers Reducing Production In Japan
Perhaps in response to the recent strength of the Yen and the availability of cheap foreign labor in growing m…
Read MoreMitsubishi Delica D:2 Coming March 10th in Japan
Mitsubishi today announced a new compact minivan – the Delica D:2 – scheduled to be sold across Ja…
Read MoreToyota Revises Profit Forecast for 2011 Q1 Upwards
After a rough 2010, Toyota is revising its expected operating profit in 2011 Q1 up from 380 billion Yen ($4.6 …
Read MoreToyota Vitz (Yaris) Hybrid Coming Soon
The upcoming Vitz (in Japan) / Yaris (everywhere else) hybrid is something else that is likely to be stealing …
Read MoreUS New Car Sales Grow by 17%
I thought this story about US vehicle sales was an interesting counter-point to the post I wrote yesterday abo…
Read MoreJapan's New Car Sales Slump in January 2011
New vehicle sales in Japan have slumped in January 2011 by 21.5% compared with the same period last year. This…
Read MoreOsaka, Kyoto and Kobe Create Unified EV Charging System
Following on from my previous post about solving the problem of EV charging at apartment (apa-to in Japanese) …
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