TM - toyota motors

gregf · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:41 am Post subject: TM - toyota motors

at it's 200DMA

forbes article
"NEW YORK - Japanese automaker Toyota Motor is doing a lot of things right. The company makes the popular Prius, a gas-electric hybrid car, for which customers happily wait months. It just announced last week that it expected to sell 900,000 cars in Europe in 2004, up from its previous forecast of 860,000. And it is sitting on $21.6 billion in cash. "

http://www.forbes.com/newsletter/2004/09/27/cz_mr_0927gurupicks.html?partner=triggernews

rffrydr · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject:

Hard times in Toyota city.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081105/AUTO01/811050377/1148/rss25
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rffrydr · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:25 am Post subject:

From the comments:

HenryTo · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

3rd generation Prius shots leaked:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13214

HenryTo · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

Toyota test trials its plug-in hybrid in the UK:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b163e1c-7f8c-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.html

HenryTo · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

Detailed chronology of Tesla since its beginnings as a VC-funded company:

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/07/technology/copeland_tesla.fortune/index.htm

HenryTo · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:03 am Post subject:

Toyota to disclose its new hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show next January - and plans to start producing 100,000 of these a year starting next year:
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Toyota to make 100,000 units of hybrid car: paper
Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:05am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) plans to produce 100,000 units a year of a new hybrid-only model slated for release in 2009 at a subsidiary in southern Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.

The new car, which will be Toyota's second dedicated hybrid model after the hot-selling Prius, will have a 2- to 2.5-litre engine and will also be sold under the company's luxury Lexus brandname, the paper said.

Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc, in Fukuoka prefecture, currently builds a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Toyota Harrier sport utility vehicle, sold as the Lexus RX outside Japan, as well as the Highlander SUV.

Hit by sinking demand for fuel-thirsty SUVs and pickup trucks, Toyota this month announced a big overhaul of its North American manufacturing structure which included a plan to build the Highlander at a truck factory in Indiana from late 2009.

Toyota Motor Kyushu will make adjustments to its factory to switch production from the North America-bound Highlander to the new hybrid model, the Nikkei said.

Toyota aims to sell at least 1 million hybrid vehicles annually in the early part of the next decade -- more than double what it sold last year.

Toyota has said it would showcase a new hybrid model under both the Toyota and Lexus brand names at the annual Detroit auto show next January.

HenryTo · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:11 am Post subject:

Tesla aiming for a $60,000 car by 2010, and a rather ambitious $30,000 car by 2012. The latter is a game-changer no less and would be one of the great disruptions in US industry since the IPO of Google in 2004:

http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/padn/2008-7-1-sc-car-side

diesel · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:09 am Post subject:

Update on Toyota hybrid plans.

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/plug-in-hybrid.html
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HenryTo · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

Tesla set to debut next week:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/03/electric.car.ap/index.html

diesel · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

It will get interesting if GM can get the volt out the door around the same time as the new prius. The technology in the volt looks amazing! Maybe GM isnt a lost cause yet?
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HenryTo · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

As far as I know, they still have plans to unveil a plug-in hybrid by 2010:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/toyota-announces-plug-in-hybrid-for-2010/

HenryTo · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks Diesel, for the link. Here is a picture (note that it is a concept design) of the next-gen Prius:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/next-gen-toyota-prius-bigger-stronger-more-prius-like-than-ev/

The car will also get a boost of 25 horsepower and with 10% more efficiency.

diesel · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11631

Some details on the third generation prius coming in 2009.
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HenryTo · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:04 pm Post subject:

Toyota's first sales decline in two years, but of course, the weak auto sales number isn't just relegated to Toyota either. i.e. It is across the board. Fitch also expects that the subprime woes in the housing sector will also spread to subprime auto and credit card sectors. Stay tuned.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRBhh40loQ6g&refer=home

HenryTo

Pretty interesting although I personally don't think it will come to fruition:
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Toyota urges price hike -- to help Detroit

Japanese car makers, riding surging market share in North America, worry about a backlash and suggest it's time to give GM and Ford 'time to take a breath.'

By The Associated Press

Toyota's chairman is urging Japanese automakers to raise prices or find other ways to even the playing field with ailing U.S. rivals General Motors and Ford in hopes of heading off a possible protectionist backlash in the crucial North American market.

Toyota (TM, news, msgs) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda was quoted by Japanese media on Tuesday as saying the plight of General Motors (GM, news, msgs) and Ford (F, news, msgs) could result in problems for Toyota and other foreign carmakers.

Okuda told reporters Monday that Japan's auto industry must consider a response, such as raising car prices in the United States and cooperating in technology.

"We need to give some time for American companies to take a breath," Okuda was quoted as saying by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's biggest business daily.

"I'm concerned about the current situation surrounding GM. Although a trade conflict, like ones (that) happened in the past, may be avoided, there may be some impact (on Japan's car industry) because the car industry is symbolic in the U.S. economy," Okuda was quoted as saying by the Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun.

Revisiting '80s outrage
A Toyota spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed the quotes from the two newspapers, but added that the company has no plans to raise prices on its U.S. models.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the spokeswoman also noted that Okuda was speaking in his capacity as the head of the key Japanese business lobby Keidanren.

Toyota and other Japanese automakers were the target of U.S. workers' outrage in the 1980s. The Japanese were accused of robbing jobs from American workers and market share from U.S. automakers.

Such sentiments have since subsided because Toyota and other Japanese automakers increasingly produce cars in the United States, creating jobs for thousands of Americans.

But Okuda's comments appeared to be an attempt to stave off any possible backlash. His remarks also suggests that he sees the American automakers as needing help to compete with Japan's car companies.

Last week, General Motors reported a loss of $1.1 billion for the January-March quarter, its biggest quarterly loss in more than a decade, partly because the Detroit automaker has been losing U.S. market share to Asian manufacturers.

While faring better than GM, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford is also losing market share and says it could sink post a loss or break even before special charges in the second quarter.

Japanese makers on a tear
Toyota, which reports earnings next month, has been consistently boosting global sales. It has a reputation for reliable fuel-efficient cars and has an edge over rivals in environment-friendly hybrid technology.

Toyota, based in Toyota city in central Japan, has passed Ford to become the No. 2 automaker in global vehicle sales. Some analysts believe it's just a matter of time before it catches up with GM, the world's biggest automaker.

Other Japanese automakers are also reporting a robust performance.

On Monday, Nissan (NSANY, news, msgs) posted record profits for the fiscal year ended March 31 with U.S. vehicle sales surging 18% from a year ago. Honda (HMC, news, msgs) reported a 5% increase in fiscal year profit Tuesday as sales climbed to a record for the fourth straight year.