Japan
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The WalkCar is a small battery-powered skateboard from Japan.
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Japanese Hot Springs Maintain Serenity With Nissan Leaf Electric Cars
Nissan Leaf electric cars will be used for a new car-sharing program in rural Japan.
Stephen Edelstein -
Toyota Sienta Hybrid MPV (Small Minivan): Forbidden Fruit Or Bizarre Oddity?
Toyota redesigns a minivan oddity for its home market.
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Toyota, Honda, Nissan Set Details Of Hydrogen Network In Japan
Honda, Nissan, and Toyota will fund hydrogen fueling stations in Japan.
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Tokyo's Toyota Mirai Dealer & Hydrogen Fueling Site: Photo Gallery
The 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell sedan will go on sale in limited regions of California later this year, but it's already available in Japan. On a recent trip to Japan, your correspondent had a chance to head to downtown Tokyo to take a look at the combination of a dedicated Mirai showroom...
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Despite Quick Charging, Toyota Exec Says Electric Cars Won't Work For Long Ranges
The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car's chief engineer criticizes battery-electric cars.
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The topic of the press release issued late last Wednesday was not the sort of thing to set green-car fans' hearts racing: "Statement...Re: North American Production Portfolio". But buried in several paragraphs of detail from John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda, was one interesting detail: Assembly of the Honda Accord Hybrid will move from Marysville, Ohio, to a Honda plant in Sayama, Japan. DON'T MISS: Honda Accord Hybrid: Supply Now Sufficient To Meet Demand (Mar 2015) The extremely low-volume Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid model is already assembled at Sayama. In more than...
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Nissan Rogue Hybrid Launched In Japan, U.S. Sales Uncertain
More than four years after launching its Leaf electric car, Nissan is by far the leading maker of electric vehicles globally. In hybrids, however, it was late to the game and has struggled to package products that will prove compelling to North American buyers. Its announcement this week that it...
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Buy An Electric Car Online? In Japan, BMW i3 Is Sold On Amazon
The BMW i3 electric car goes on sale on Amazon.co.jp.
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Tesla urges Japanese Battery Suppliers To Take Gigafactory Risk
Tesla's battery chief says Japanese suppliers need to take greater risks to work with the carmaker.
Stephen Edelstein -
Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car To Get Global Showcase At 2020 Olympics
Toyota is now a top-level Olympic sponsor.
Stephen Edelstein -
Low-Volume Assembly Line For Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car
The 2016 Toyota Mirai is built on a small-scale assembly line in Japan.
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Toyota, Honda, and Nissan will work together to develop hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
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Honda N-Truck Kei Concept: World's Tiniest Travel Trailer, Too Cute For Words
Sometimes there are cars that just make you grin. So how can you not love a tiny Japanese kei car, their minier-than-minicar class, converted into a pickup truck with its own matched travel trailer behind it? DON'T MISS: Japan's Government Clamps Down On Tiny Kei Cars, Fearing Irrelevance Kei cars...
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Japan To Spend $385 Million On Hydrogen For 2020 Olympics Deadline
Tokyo plans to hopes to have 35 hydrogen fueling stations operating in time for the 2020 Olympics.
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Japan Eases Laws, Boosts Incentives For Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe endorses measures to encourage hydrogen-car adoption.
Stephen Edelstein -
Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan 'Featured' At Rally Course In Japan
The Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan made an appearance at the final round of the 2014 Japanese Rally Championship.
Stephen Edelstein -
Forbidden Fruit: Toyota Esquire Hybrid Luxury Minivan
The Japanese-market Toyota Esquire combines a luxurious interior with an optional hybrid powertrain.
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While Tesla Motors now sells electric cars in North America, parts of Europe, and--perhaps most importantly--China, it continues to expand its sales footprint. The most recent addition is Japan, a notoriously closed market where only one of the three largest makers has any interest at all in electric cars. (That'd be Nissan.) In mid-September, Tesla CEO Elon Musk handed over the keys to several new Model S cars to the company's first customers in a ceremony in Tokyo. And needless to say, Musk tweeted about it, and The Wall Street Journal also wrote about the event. DON'T MISS: Elon Musk...
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Mazda To Offer Diesel-Hybrid (In Japan Only) While U.S. Diesels Still MIA
Mazda's American customers are still waiting on their first diesel model, but the Japanese brand could soon offer its home-market customers a diesel hybrid option too. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun (via Autoblog Green), Mazda could start building diesel-hybrids as early as 2016. Mazda was due to...
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Nissan And Mitsubishi To Join Forces On Low-Cost Electric Minicar
Mitsubishi was the earliest maker to launch a modern battery-electric small car and sell it in volume, and Nissan has emerged as by far the world's highest-volume seller of electric cars. Now the two makers have announced they're teaming up to develop an inexpensive electric minicar. According to...
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Japan's Fuel-Cell Vehicle Pursuit: Is It Obama's 'All Of The Above' Approach?
Two Japanese automakers, Toyota and Honda, are putting their weight behind fuel-cell vehicles, rather than battery electric cars, as the alternative-propulsion technology of the future. Time will tell if that's a wise decision but they do at least have one significant supporter--the Japanese...
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Nissan Leaf Video Highlights Use Of Recycled Materials
As you drive your shiny new Nissan Leaf out of the dealership in silence and zero-emissions cleanliness, it's easy to forget all the resources and energy that have gone into building it. Those are a necessary evil as far as car production goes, but companies like Nissan are doing their best to...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Sedan: Final Design, Price Revealed For Japan
Toyota has said for many years that it plans to build and sell a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, and now the company has trickled out some more information on that car. Specifically, it provided images of the final production version's exterior design--little changed from the concept it showed at the...
John Voelcker