Hans Greimel

Honda will debut an electric sports car concept, the Sustainia-C small EV concept and CI-MEV micro EV at the Japan Mobility Show.

Lexus' new global boss, Takashi Watanabe, says a big transformation is on the way as the automaker leaps into its next-generation electric vehicles.

The Italian supplier to Ferrari plans to "democratize" high-performance, all-electric brake systems for mass-market brands with a new technology that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence.

James Kuffner, the American computer expert who has lead Toyota’s Woven software subsidiary since 2018, will resign as CEO and hand the wheel to an automated driving veteran as the automaker readies the launch of a key operating system for cars.

Honda's U.S. deliveries jumped 45 percent to 347,000 vehicles in the last quarter, but demand in China was down 5 percent to 309,000 units, while sales in Europe declined 13 percent to 20,000 vehicles.

Global sales rose 32 percent to 309,000 vehicles, boosted by higher demand in North America and Europe.

New CEO Atsushi Osaki said the Japanese automaker also wants to get half its global volume – an estimated 600,000 units – from full-electric models in 2030.

Nissan must consider emergency measures to boost business in China, where sales have slumped, CEO Makoto Uchida said.

The agreement to finalize the terms of their partnership caps months of sometimes tense negotiations over issues such as the sharing of future intellectual property.

Carlos Ghosn, speaking via video from Lebanon at a Tokyo press conference, says former Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta was victim of "defenestration" and that the Renault Nissan alliance has retreated to the realm of "mini" deals.

Toyota says its push into next-generation EVs will bring new hyper-efficient manufacturing techniques that the company may even supply to partners to help drive scale and cut costs.

Toyota is modernizing its famed production system to take on Tesla in the EV era with a slew of new manufacturing technologies that will debut in just a few short years.

The profitability push will entail building more EVs in mixed production with combustion vehicles at existing assembly plants.

Gupta clashed with Nissan CEO Makato Uchida over Uchida's desire to close the negotiations with Renault on rebalancing the automakers' alliance quickly, with Gupta urging more caution, insiders said.

Toyota's normally staid and tightly scripted annual shareholder meeting is thrown a curve ball this year by a proxy adviser campaign that questioned the board's independence and the company's environmental policies.