January 22, 2022
Toyota Land Cruiser customers in Japan face four-year wait
Motor industry giant Toyota has warned customers in Japan that they will have to wait for up to four years to take delivery of its new Land Cruiser SUV. The world's biggest carmaker says the delay is not related to the global chip shortage or the…
January 9, 2022
New Battery Tech Will Help Stop Electric Cars Bursting Into Flames
Graphene, an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms, has already been sampled by established car makers such as Ford who has used the innovative material on supercapacitors for the Mustang and F-150. Now, LA-based Nanotech Energy…
January 5, 2022
General Motors 90-year streak as top US car seller ends
US car giant General Motors has lost its title as America's top car seller for the first time in 90 years. Japan's Toyota claimed the top spot, selling more than 2.3 million vehicles last year, up 10%. GM said its sales, which fell 13%, were hurt by…
December 30, 2021
Tesla to recall 475,000 cars in the US
Tesla is to recall more than 475,000 cars in the US, according to documents filed with the US safety regulator. The electric vehicle firm announced it was recalling 356,309 vehicles because of potential rear-view camera issues affecting 2017-2020…
December 24, 2021
Mazda Miata designer Shunji Tanaka dead at 75
Shunji Tanaka, a key designer of the iconic Mazda Miata, has died at 75.Tanaka led the exterior and interior design of the Mazda MX-5 Miata, a lightweight Japanese roadster inspired by postwar-era British sports cars. The car went on sale in the…
December 15, 2021
Toyota launches $70B electrification push; Lexus will be all-electrified brand
Toyota Motor Corp. committed 8 trillion yen ($70 billion) to electrify its lineup by 2030, half of it to develop a battery electric vehicle lineup, as it looks to tap a growing market for zero-emissions cars and light trucks. But the world's biggest…
December 13, 2021
Max Verstappen’s win decided by a questionable call at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
As Max Verstappen battled the torrent of emotions coursing through him after winning his first Formula 1 world title, one word kept kept coming to his lips: "Insane." It seemed an appropriate way to describe not only a remarkable see-sawing race, in…
December 5, 2021
New Plant for Ultium Battery Materials on the Way
GM and POSCO Chemical have revealed plans to create a joint venture that will include the construction of a new plant to process battery materials for Ultium battery cells. The new plant will be aimed at processing Cathode Active Material (CAM),…
December 3, 2021
Nissan boss warns no end in sight to global chip shortage
The Omicron variant could add pressure to a chronic shortage of microchips used in car manufacturing, the boss of car giant Nissan has warned. Makoto Uchida said it was too early to say when normal deliveries, and therefore finished cars, would…
December 2, 2021
How high-speed electric vehicle racing is advancing tech
An electric scooter that can go 100 kmph (62 mph)? Meet the sleek new machine that's designed to leave the clunky scooters you see buzzing around suburban High Streets, in the dust."This is a race vehicle," says Nicola Scimeca, founder of YCOM, a…