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TopicToyota

Topic: Toyota

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice Chairperson Vikram Kirloskar dies of heart attack at 64

Kirloskar suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning & was immediately rushed to a private hospital, where he passed away, the company said.

Toyota to invest Rs 4,800 crore to make electric vehicle parts in India

The Japanese carmaker signed a memorandum of understanding with Karnataka and expects the investment to generate around 3,500 new jobs in the country.

Toyota & Volkswagen are plotting the overthrow of Elon Musk, pour billions into EVs

The world’s two biggest automakers — each sold roughly 10 or 11 cars for every one Tesla did last year — realize the age of EV is here and are gaming out how to stay on top.

Toyota beats Volkswagen to become world’s top-selling automaker first time in 5 years

Toyota outperformed Volkswagen AG in 2020, a painful year for automakers that saw industry-wide factory and showroom shutdowns, dragging sales down 14% from 2019.

Not just Wistron, Karnataka battling tougher, longer labour crisis at Toyota Kirloskar plant

Workers at car maker’s plant in Bidadi allege ‘inhuman working conditions and harassment’, company calls strike ‘illegal’. State govt tries to break impasse.

Toyota or pakora? Modi govt must choose

India must break out of this vicious cycle of high taxes, low consumer demand, constrained investment & job creation, and insufficient wage incomes to boost purchasing power.

Public row over Toyota is counter-productive. Govt must listen to industry & revive demand

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Message we get is we don’t want you – Toyota stops expansion in India saying taxes too high

Indian governments keep taxes on cars, motorbikes so high that companies find it hard to build scale & buyers find them out of reach, Toyota says.

Toyota to resume operations at three plants in China this week amid coronavirus outbreak

The three factories in China's Changchun and Guangzhou will restart on 17 February, while operations in Tianjin resume on 18 February.

Toyota is trying to figure out how to make a car run forever

Toyota has been testing a new solar-powered Prius, though it agrees that cars running nonstop without connecting to a plug are still far away.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.