Browsing: Japan

Isuzu Motors has officially opened The EARTH lab., a JP¥40 billion (US$248 million) electric vehicle development facility at its Fujisawa…

Honda has revised its interim carbon reduction targets and removed electrified vehicle sales as a key management metric in its…

Joby Aviation and Toyota Motor Corporation have launched the initial phase of a strategic manufacturing alliance by establishing a joint…

Waymo has established a new German subsidiary as part of its preparations for future robotaxi operations in Europe, marking the…

Legacy automakers in the United States, Japan and Europe are at risk of falling further behind competitors that are accelerating…

CaoCao Mobility and autonomous driving technology company May Mobility have formed a strategic partnership to commercialize robotaxi services in international…

Applied Intuition has expanded its Self-Driving System (SDS) to Japan, introducing advanced driver-assistance capabilities less than a year after launching…

WeRide, Geely Farizon, and Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings have signed an agreement to jointly develop a purpose-built right-hand-drive robotaxi, with…

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is preparing to expand its electric vehicle incentive programme, proposing higher subsidies for battery-electric and plug-in…

Tesla’s vehicle registrations in Japan nearly tripled in May from a year earlier, according to data from the Japan Automobile…

Murata Manufacturing has introduced a new soft-termination chip multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) designed for automotive applications, claiming it is the…

Mitsubishi Electric said it will begin shipping samples of its fifth-generation silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (SiC-MOSFETs) later this month,…

Chinese autonomous driving technology company Momenta has obtained a permit to conduct road testing and demonstration operations for intelligent connected…

Japanese battery equipment manufacturers have established a new venture focused on developing modular electric vehicle (EV) battery factories, an approach…

EAS Batteries has started commercial sales of its UHP-601300-LFP-22 cylindrical lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell, which incorporates Asahi Kasei’s…

Nexeon, a UK-based developer of silicon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, has received an investment from Honda through the automaker’s…

Chinese automaker Chery is expanding its international ambitions into Japan’s highly competitive kei car segment through a newly established electric…

Toyota has reportedly suspended development of a planned battery-electric Lexus saloon that was expected to enter production later this decade,…

Bosch MC Battery Service Innovations, the battery services joint venture established by Bosch and Mitsubishi Corporation in 2025, has launched…

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said it will expand access to Tesla Supercharger stations for its electric vehicle customers in Europe…