Developing In-vehicle Data Transmission and Communications
By Kim Young-gyo Chery Automobile Co., China’s seventh-largest automaker, said Wednesday it has jointly built a laboratory with South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co., in a bid to boost their competitiveness in the vehicle networking technology. A trend has been growing recently in the automobile industry toward developing in-vehicle data transmission and communications [...]
Measure the fuel efficiency of vehicles
The government will introduce a new system to measure the fuel efficiency of vehicles next year, hoping to encourage automakers to develop more efficient models, officials said Tuesday. Under the new system, all existing and new vehicles to be tested must have an accumulated mileage of over 3,000 kilometers, to ensure they do not yield [...]
How to Get a Metrobank Car Loan
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Nissan Investment in the UK
Major Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. <7201> said Wednesday it will invest 192 million pounds in Britain to develop and make a new model of its Qashqai sport-utility vehicle. The investment is expected to secure jobs for some 6,000 people, the company said.
Labor and management groups from the Japanese automobile industry
Labor and management groups from the Japanese automobile industry jointly urged the government Wednesday to take urgent action to correct yen’s strength. The move by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association and the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers’ Unions came after the dollar fell below 80 yen in Tokyo trading Wednesday.
Used Vehicle Sales in Japan
Used vehicle sales in Japan rose for the first time in six months in May thanks to demand in northeastern areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, industry data showed Friday. Sales rose 0.3 pct from a year before to 289,464 units, still the second lowest level since the survey began in 1978 [...]
2011 Toyota Operating Profit
Toyota Motor Corp. <7203> said Friday its group operating profit in fiscal 2011 that ends next March is forecast to fall 35.9 pct from the previous year to 300 billion yen, the first drop in three years, partly because of the impact from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. For the April-September first half, Toyota [...]
Profit of Mitsubishi Car Company 2011
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. <7211> said Monday its group operating profit is expected to grow 24.1 pct from the previous year to 50 billion yen for the year to March 2012. The Japanese automaker expects its sales in emerging economies and cost-cutting efforts will more than offset the yen’s appreciation, higher material prices and increased costs [...]
Mitsubishi Offers Cheap i-MiEV Electric Vehicle Car
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. <7211> plans to release a low-cost version of its i-MiEV electric vehicle this summer, President Osamu Masuko said Monday. Buyers’ effective costs would be less than 2 million yen with the use of the government’s subsidiary program, compared with the current 2.98 million yen.
Japan Mazda Stops Mazda6
Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp. <7261> said Monday that it will stop producing Mazda6 medium-size cars at a U.S. joint venture with Ford Motor Co. The Japanese automaker plans to manufacture the next model of Mazda6, called Atenza in Japan, for North America at its plant in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, it said.