Tag: Toyota

• Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 09:38 UTC

  Toyota's first plant in Brazil shut down

  

  Japanese giant carmakers Toyota this week closed its São Bernardo plant, the company's oldest factory in Brazil which had been established in 1962. It was there that the Land Cruiser “Bandeirante” and the Corolla models were built in South America. Toyota's administrative headquarters for Brazil and South America also operated there for decades. It was said to be the company's first production facility outside Japan.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

  World's top car manufacturer Toyota, suspends work in all Japan plants due to a “system malfunction”

  

  Toyota announced Monday the temporary suspension of operations in all 14 of its manufacturing plants in Japan due to a system malfunction on Tuesday. The issue did not seem to stem from a cyber-attack and the problem was being investigated, said company spokesperson Sawako Takeda. 

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 18:29 UTC

  Toyota plant in Argentina to increase production as of 2022

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández was told Wednesday at Casa Rosada that the Toyota automotive manufacturing plant in the city of Zárate will be producing 27,000 additional vehicles yearly, it was announced.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 08:06 UTC

  Toyota Argentina can't find 200 new workers who have finished secondary education

  

  Despite the pandemic, Toyota Argentina has become a success story. During 2020 it managed to keep production and this year it will have manufactured 140,000 Hilux and SW4 models, with a six months waiting list of customers, and negotiations with main offices in Japan for an investment to expand the plant in Zaraté, Buenos Aires province.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Toyota Brazil to build a Corolla sedan that runs on electricity, ethanol and gas

  

  Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will begin building a new version of the Corolla sedan in Brazil that will run on electricity, ethanol and gas, which it says will be the first vehicle of its kind in the world.

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Toyota recalls 2.43 million gasoline-hybrid vehicles for possible stalling

  

  Toyota Motor Corp on Friday said it was recalling a total of 2.43 million gasoline hybrid vehicles at home and abroad over a hybrid system issue which can lead to stalling.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Japanese manufacturers insist on a single market for its UK investments

  

  Britain will not get a Brexit deal better than the current single market, Japan’s ambassador to the UK has said. Koji Tsuruoka, who took up the role just over a fortnight before the referendum in June 2016, said Japanese firms are watching negotiations and will want to continue to be located in the single market after next March.

• Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:16 UTC

  Japan's steel scandal of falsifying quality data has global manufacturing repercussions

  

  Japan's Kobe Steel has increased the number of firms it says have been affected by its data fabrication scandal from 200 to 500, and has also found “inappropriate actions” relating to nine more products, including falsifying data. Earlier this week, Kobe admitted falsifying quality data on some of its products for up to a decade.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 03:31 UTC

  Brazil records brand new car sales recovery in first half of 2017

  

  The sale of brand new cars in Mercosur giant Brazil went up 3.65 percent in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 and crossing the psychologically significant 1-million-unit mark, according to auto industry sources. Brazil has been a traditional top-10 global market for cars.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 22:21 UTC

  Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as world's top leading automaker in 2016

  

  Toyota lost its crown as the world's top-selling automaker in 2016, company figures showed Monday, with the Japanese giant overtaken by Volkswagen as the industry prepares for an uncertain trade environment under Donald Trump. The German automaker moved back into the top spot despite being hit by a massive emissions cheating scandal that rocked its reputation.