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Is Tesla Bigger Than Toyota? It’s Complicated
The Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
Many investors, including those using financial data terminals such as Bloomberg’s, were seeing something very different — that Tesla still had to gain more than $25 billion in market value to surpass Toyota.
June 15, 2020Toyota Shifts Factories to Face Shields, Will Help Device Makers
(Akio Kon/Bloomberg News)
Toyota Motor Corp.’s idled manufacturing facilities in the U.S. will make much-needed face shields and masks, and the Japanese automaker is closing in on deals with medical-device makers to help them boost production.
March 27, 2020Toyota Recalls 3.2 Million Vehicles Globally to Fix Fuel Pumps
Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks sit at a dealership in Lakewood, Colo., on Feb. 27, 2019. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 3.2 million vehicles worldwide, more than half of which are in the U.S., to fix faulty fuel pumps.
March 4, 2020Toyota, Honda Extend China Shutdowns as Virus Gathers Pace
Employees work on a Honda auto plant assembly line in Wuhan in November 2019. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. were among carmakers extending shutdowns at their China plants as the country steps up measures to fight the deadly coronavirus.
February 7, 2020CARB Chair Chides GM, Toyota for Backing Trump on Fuel Rates
Vehicles drive in traffic down a California freeway in September 2019. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News)
California’s top environmental official criticized General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. for backing the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke the state’s authority to regulate auto emissions, saying she hoped car companies had learned by now to work with the powerful agency.
February 5, 2020Toyota Halts Operations in China
People with face masks arrive at a train station in Bangkok on Jan. 27. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images)
Toyota Motor Corp. is halting production in China and other companies suspended operations or asked employees to work from home as they grapple with a SARS-like coronavirus that has killed more than 130 people and is threatening a key growth market.
January 29, 2020Moody’s Lowers Toyota Credit Outlook on Industry Challenges
Moody's lowered Toyota's credit outlook due to to industry struggles. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg News)
Toyota Motor Corp. had its credit outlook lowered by Moody’s Investors Service, showing even the world’s most valuable carmaker isn’t safe from turmoil in the industry.
January 23, 2020Toyota, Honda Recall 6 Million Vehicles for Faulty Air Bags
The 2016 Toyota Avalon, shown here at the Chicago Auto Show in 2015, is included in the recall. (Andrew A. Nelles/Associated Press)
The Toyota recall concerns air bags that may not inflate; the Honda recall covers air bags that may hurl shrapnel at drivers and passengers.
January 22, 2020Toyota’s 2020 Forecast Nudges It Closer to Volkswagen
The front of a Hino truck, a Toyota subsidiary. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Toyota Motor Corp. is forecasting sales of 10.77 million vehicles worldwide during 2020, nudging it closer to No. 1 automaker Volkswagen AG.
December 17, 2019Toyota Having Trouble Keeping Hybrid Car Models in Stock
The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime is shown at the AutoMobility L.A. auto show Nov. 21, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press)
Toyota Motor Corp. has a problem with selling its hybrids — it can’t get enough of them.
December 5, 2019