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Toyota recalling 381,000 Tacoma pickups because parts can fall off rear axles, increasing crash risk

Toyota is recalling about 381,000 Tacoma midsize pickup trucks in the U.S. because a part can separate from the rear axle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Masahiro Inoue, right, now overseeing Toyota’s business in South America, and Toyota Chief Executive Koji Sato attend a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Japanese automaker Daihatsu on Tuesday named a veteran at its parent company Toyota to replace its president as it tries to repair the damage from a scandal over cheating on vehicle safety tests. Inoue will become Daihatsu President effective in March. (Kyodo News via AP)

Scandal-mired Toyota group automaker Daihatsu reshuffles leadership

FILE - A car drives past the entrance to the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant is seen in Georgetown, Ky., Jan. 27, 2010. Toyota says it will invest $1.3 billion at its huge factory complex in Georgetown, in part so it can build an all-new three-row electric SUV to be sold in the U.S. The company says the money will help with future electric vehicle production, including the addition of a line to assemble battery cells into packs for other EVs. But it won’t add any new jobs to the complex, which now employs nearly 9,400 workers. The investment brings to nearly $10 billion the amount of money that Toyota has spent at the plant, the company said in a statement Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, file)

Toyota to invest $1.3B at Georgetown, Kentucky, factory to build battery packs and new electric SUV

Japan’s Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen

File - Toyota cars await shipping at the Toyota Logistics parking lot at the Long Beach Port on March 10, 2004, in Long Beach, Calif. Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden that’s meant to achieve a major upgrading of their defense alliance.

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Toyota Motor Corp. CEO Koji Sato bows in front of the media in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan 29, 2024. Toyota Chief Sato apologized Monday to customers, suppliers and dealers for flawed testing at a group company, which follows similar problems in recent years.(Kyodo News via AP)

Toyota chief apologizes for cheating on testing at group company — again

Toyota Chief Koji Sato has apologized to customers, suppliers and dealers for flawed testing at a group company, which follows similar problems in recent years.

Japanese carmaker that faked safety tests sees long wait to reopen factories

A Japanese automaker that cheated on safety tests for decades said Monday it doesn’t expect to resume shipping cars any time soon.

A factory of Daihatsu Motor Co. is seen in its headquarters in Ikeda, Osaka prefecture, western Japan Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary Daihatsu has shut down production lines at all its four factories Tuesday as transport ministry officials investigate the company’s improper tests for safety certification. (Kyodo News via AP)

Toyota small car maker Daihatsu shuts down Japan factories during probe of bogus safety tests

Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., has shut down production lines at all its four factories in Japan while transport ministry officials investigate improper tests for safety certifications.

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares fell Thursday after Wall Street hit the brakes on its big rally following disappointing corporate profit reports and warnings that the market had surged too far, too fast.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Stock market today: Asian shares fall as Wall Street retreats, ending record-setting rally

Asian shares have slipped after Wall Street slammed the brakes on its big rally following disappointing corporate profit reports and warnings that the market had simply gone too far, too fast.

Toyota recalling 1 million vehicles for potential air bag problem

Toyota Motor Co. said Wednesday it is recalling 1 million vehicles over a defect that could cause airbags not to deploy, increasing the risk of injury.

Japanese transport ministry officials arrive for the headquarters of Daihatsu Motor in Ikeda, Osaka, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Japanese transport ministry officials inspected Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu on Thursday, one day after officials announced it was suspending the small car unit's shipments of all vehicles in and outside Japan after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models. (Kyodo News via AP)

Toyota’s small car unit Daihatsu raided after faked tests lead it to suspend all vehicle shipments

Japanese transport officials have raided the offices of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu in a damaging safety scandal after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models.

Toyota teaming with Cirba Solutions to expand battery recycling network

Toyota Motor North America is teaming with battery recycling materials and management company Cirba Solutions to expanding its battery recycling network.

Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles

Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations.

Hyundai joins Honda and Toyota in raising wages after auto union wins gains in deals with Detroit 3

Hyundai has joined Honda and Toyota in raising factory worker wages after the United Auto Workers union reached new contract agreements with Detroit automakers.

Toyota is not advising people to park recalled RAV4 SUVs outdoors despite reports of engine fires

Toyota is not advising owners of 1.9 million recalled RAV4 SUVs to park them outdoors, even though U.S. safety investigators have four complaints about engine fires that can start with the vehicles’ ignitions turned off.

Toyota recalls nearly 1.9M RAV4s to fix batteries that can move during hard turns and cause a fire

Toyota is recalling nearly 1.9 million RAV4 small SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem with batteries that can move during forceful turns and potentially cause a fire.

Toyota more than doubles investment and job creation at North Carolina battery plant

Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and electric vehicle battery factory it’s constructing in North Carolina.

Toyota recalls 751,000 Highlanders in the US to make sure bumper covers and hardware can’t fall off

Toyota is recalling about 751,000 large SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem with the tabs that hold the front bumper covers on.

Toyota Motor Corp. CEO Koji Sato, with Idemitsu Kosan Co. President and CEO Shunichi Kito, speaks during their news conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Japan's top automaker Toyota agreed Thursday to work with Idemitsu, a major Japanese oil company, on technology for the mass production of solid-state batteries that promise to be a key component in electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Japanese automaker Toyota and energy company Idemitsu to cooperate on EV battery technology

Japan’s top automaker Toyota and Idemitsu, a major oil company, say they will cooperate on technology for mass production of solid-state batteries that promise to be a key component in future electric vehicles.

This photo provided by Honda shows the 2024 Pilot three-row SUV. Its distinctive TrailSport trim has a raised stance and all-terrain tires to enhance off-road capability. (Courtesy of American Honda Motor Co. via AP)

How does the new Honda Pilot stack up against the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander?

The Honda Pilot has become a byword for the affordable midsize SUV. With three rows and a fresh face, the Pilot is more enticing than ever.

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Founder of Joby Aviation says electric air taxis will be in service in 2025

Joby Aviation is working to develop electric-powered aircraft that will take off and land like a helicopter but fly like a small plane.

Ford announces leadership changes, adding more family to the mix

Ford says the great-great-granddaughter and great-great-grandson of founder Henry Ford would be taking on leadership roles in the company.

This aerial photo shows Toyota's Motomachi plant on March 1, 2022, in Toyota, central Japan. All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan shut down Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts.(Kyodo News via AP)

All assembly lines at Toyota’s auto plants in Japan have been shut down by computer problems

All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan have shut down over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts.

FILE - A customer puts gas in their vehicle, June 28, 2016, in Miami. The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so the fleet would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real world driving. The proposed numbers were released Friday, July 28, 2023, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which eventually will adopt final mileage requirements. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

US proposes 18% fuel economy increase for new vehicle fleet from 2027 through 2032

The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so the fleet would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real-world driving.

FILE - Denny Hamlin (11) and Kyle Busch (18) lead Chase Elliott (9), right, on a restart late in the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Pocono Raceway, with Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Long Pond, Pa. Hamlin and Busch return to Pocono Raceway a year after they suffered disqualifications and had their 1-2 finishes thrown out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Thanks to DQ, Chase Elliott tries to defend NASCAR win at Pocono earned without leading a lap

Chase Elliott left Pocono Raceway last year as a third-place finisher and learned when he landed in Georgia that he had been declared the race winner.

Toyota shareholders reject proposal demanding better performance on climate change

Toyota’s shareholders have rejected demands from some investors that the automaker do a better job on fighting climate change.

Japan’s Toyota announces initiative for all-solid state battery as part of electric vehicles plan

Toyota says it plans to make an all solid-state battery as part of ambitious plans for battery electric vehicles, amid mounting criticism Japan’s top automaker needs to do more to fight climate change.

FILE - Toyota officials celebrate the groundbreaking for the Toyota Technical Center in York Township, Mich., on June 11, 2015. Toyota says it will spend nearly $50 million to build a vehicle battery testing laboratory at its North American research center in Michigan. The company said Thursday, June 8, 2023 that the lab in York Township south of Ann Arbor will test batteries made for hybrid and electric vehicles at a new factory in North Carolina, as well as from battery suppliers. (Alex McDougall/Ann Arbor News via AP, file)

Toyota to build $50 million lab in Michigan to test batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles

YORK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Toyota says it will spend nearly $50 million to build a vehicle battery testing laboratory at its North American research center in Michigan.

In this photo released by Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota’s Corolla racing car powered by liquid hydrogen runs on the racing course during a 24-hour race at Fuji International Speedway in Oyama town, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The hydrogen-fueled Corolla has made its racing debut, part of a move to bring the futuristic technology into the racing world and to demonstrate Toyota’s resolve to develop green vehicles. (Toyota Motor Corp. via AP)

Toyota debuts hydrogen-fueled Corolla race car as auto racing begins shift away from gas guzzlers

OYAMA, Japan (AP) — In a sprawling circuit near Mount Fuji, a humble Corolla running on liquid hydrogen has made its racing debut, part of a move to bring the futuristic technology into the racing world and to demonstrate Toyota’s resolve to develop green vehicles.

An electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory being built by Toyota is shown while under construction near Greensboro, North Carolina on Monday, May 15, 2023. The plant will supply batteries to Toyota's huge complex in Georgetown, Kentucky, which will build Toyota's first U.S.-made electric vehicle. (Toyota via AP)

Toyota to invest $2.1 billion more in N.C. battery plant, will build big SUV at factory in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory that’s under construction near Greensboro, North Carolina.

Toyota, Daimler Truck, Hino, Mitsubishi Fuso joining forces in ecological technology

German truck maker Daimler, Toyota and two other automakers plan to work together on new technologies, including the use of hydrogen fuel, to help fight climate change.

Toyota Raize hybrid vehicle produced by Daihatsu Motor Co. is unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2019. Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top automaker. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Toyota discloses improper crash tests at Daihatsu subsidiary

Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top automaker.

Koji Sato, President of Toyota Motor Co., poses for a photo at Toyota’s office in Tokyo, Friday, April 21, 2023. Toyota’s new president Sato has promised what he called an aggressive shift on “electrification,” while acknowledging criticism that Japan’s top automaker has fallen behind. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

Toyota’s new president vows to step up electric vehicle push

Toyota’s new president Koji Sato has promised what he called an aggressive shift on “electrification,” while acknowledging criticism that Japan’s top automaker has fallen behind.

FILE - Toyota's Shoichiro Toyoda makes remarks at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, during a forum on the Toyota Motor Corp. and the U.S., past and future. Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Toyota founder’s son, who led global growth, dies at 97

Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets, has died. He was 97.

Koji Sato, center, Toyota chief branding officer and CEO-designate poses with his management teams, Kazuaki Shingo, left, chief production officer, Yoichi Miyazaki, second left, executive vice president, CFO, Hiroki Nakajima, second right, executive vice president, CTO, Simon Humphries, right, chief branding officer, during a press conference Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Tokyo. Sato, who was appointed the next president at Japan’s top automaker Toyota, introduced a management team Monday that he said will lead an aggressive push on electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Toyota’s CEO-to-be outlines leadership team bullish on EVs

Koji Sato, appointed the next president at Japan’s top automaker Toyota, has outlined a management team that he says will lead an aggressive push on electric vehicles.