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Mazda has agreed to license Toyota Prius' hybrid technology from Toyota, as part of its Building Block Strategy, which calls for efficiency-boosting measures in every aspect from introducing more efficient drivetrains, lowering weight count, to using hybrid and other systems like start-stop and regenerative ...
Seow Yaohan | March 10, 2010
Just as the media storm over the Toyota fiasco is seemingly dying down, a report of a driver experiencing braking problems with his second-generation Toyota Prius once again thrusts Toyota into the limelight, and for all the wrong reasons.
In California yesterday, James Sikes, the ...
Starting off the Geneva Motor Show coverage is the Lexus CT 200h, a rival to Audi A3 and BMW 1-Series that is described by Lexus as “the first full hybrid vehicle to be launched in the premium compact segment”. CT 200h will remain as a ...
Seow Yaohan | February 12, 2010
Perhaps it is the fear of looking bad in the eye of the public, or perhaps it is down to a genuine sense of regret, but Toyota has rejected an energy efficiency and ecological quality award handed out by the Japanese Government's Ministry ...
Seow Yaohan | February 10, 2010
Honda has decided to recall a further 437,000 vehicles due to faulty airbags, adding to a global recall that has lasted 15 months and involved nearly one million vehicles. Of the 437,000, 378,000 vehicles are in the U.S., 41,000 in ...
Seow Yaohan | February 10, 2010
Toyota has finally decided to recall almost half a million of the Prius and two other hybrid cars over the braking issue. And UMW Toyota Motor is following suit, announcing that there will be a special service campaign from February 12, aimed at fixing ...
Seow Yaohan | February 8, 2010
In the face of unprecedented events—the massive recall and Toyota Prius' brake issue, that is—Toyota Motor President and CEO Akio Toyoda made a formal apology in his first public appearance since the media storm started two weeks ago. But, ironically, the Japanese media were ...
Seow Yaohan | February 4, 2010
Toyota Prius, the most high-tech hybrid car to date, could be the latest Toyota to suffer from quality issues—this time with the regenerative brakes. Japan’s Transport Ministry has ordered Toyota to investigate 14 reports of momentary brake failure filed since the third-generation ...
With Honda CR-Z hogging the limelight at the Detroit Auto Show, surely Toyota has something to show off too? Indeed, they do, unveiling a compact hybrid concept known as the FT-CH, a four-seater hatchback designed for urban commuting and targeted at a younger audience. ...
The 2011 Honda CR-Z has been officially unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. With the 2+2 CR-Z coupe-hatchback, Honda aims to introduce a sporty, fun-to-drive hybrid to a segment in which the current driver's car is Toyota Prius. CR-Z is based on ...
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