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ARTICLES BY RIVER DAVIS

Longo Toyota dealership in El Monte, Calif. (Photo: Jane Hahn for The Wall Street Journal)

As electric-vehicle shoppers hesitate, hybrid sales surge

4 min read . 18 Mar 2024

BYD has taken the EV industry by storm with breakneck growth. PHOTO: FOCKE STRANGMANN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Having Overtaken Tesla, BYD Is Running Into Problems Overseas

5 min read . 12 Mar 2024

Toyota says its ‘electrified vehicles’ include hybrids as well as zero carbon-emission cars. PHOTO: BING GUAN/BLOOMBERG NEWS

As Hybrids Become More Popular, Their Green Benefits Are Questioned

4 min read . 21 Feb 2024

BYD electric vehicles at the company’s showroom inside a department store in Mexico City. (Photo: Bloomberg News)

Chinese EV maker BYD exploring Mexico factory as entry to US Market

5 min read . 16 Feb 2024

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida (REUTERS)

Japan Clears the Way for Tourists to Get an Actual Uber

3 min read . 20 Dec 2023

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk reveals the Tesla Energy Powerwall Home Battery during an event in Hawthorne, California, U.S., April 30, 2015. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon/File Photo

Tesla Supplier Panasonic Drops Plan for Oklahoma EV Battery Factory

1 min read . 20 Dec 2023

New Toyota Camry to Be Sold Only as Hybrid

New Toyota Camry to Be Sold Only as Hybrid

4 min read . 15 Nov 2023

How China’s BYD Became Tesla’s Biggest Threat

Japanese Automakers Face Stay-or-Go Decision in China

3 min read . 07 Nov 2023

Akio Toyoda, then CEO of Toyota, announcing plans for Woven City in 2020. PHOTO: ROBYN BECK/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

The World’s Biggest Carmaker Made a Huge Bet on Tech. Things Went Wrong Fast.

11 min read . 28 Oct 2023

Toyota Chairman Says People Are Finally Seeing the Reality About EVs

Toyota Chairman Says People Are Finally Seeing the Reality About EVs

3 min read . 25 Oct 2023

How China’s BYD Became Tesla’s Biggest Threat

How China’s BYD Became Tesla’s Biggest Threat

13 min read . 04 Oct 2023

Koji Sato is set to become chief executive of Toyota Motor Corp. in April. (Photo: AFP)

New Toyota chief says he will accelerate shift in EV strategy

3 min read . 13 Feb 2023

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, Mitsubishi Motors CEO Takao Kato and Renault CEO Luca de Meo in London on Monday. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Nissan, Renault alliance shake-up to give each company more independence

5 min read . 06 Feb 2023

Top executives from Nissan and Renault have been working for months to hammer out a deal (Photo: Reuters)

Nissan, Renault agree on alliance shake-up

1 min read . 30 Jan 2023

Toyota rethinks EV strategy with new CEO

9 min read . 30 Jan 2023

Toyota aims to produce up to 10.6 million vehicles in 2023

1 min read . 16 Jan 2023

Chinese EVs are emerging as price leaders in Southeast Asian nationswhere Japanese companies like Toyota Motor and Isuzu Motors have long controlled most of the automotive market (Photo: Bloomberg)

Developing nations aren’t ready for EVs—unless they are made in China

4 min read . 08 Jan 2023

Toyoda’s cautionary tone toward EVs has caused some concern from investors and consumers that the auto maker could be falling behind in the EV race. Photo: Reuters

Toyota chief says ‘silent majority’ has doubts about pursuing only EVs

2 min read . 22 Dec 2022

Peter Taylor, who was convicted in Japan for his role in the escape, said he was harshly treated in custody there (Photo: Bloomberg)

Carlos Ghosn’s escape planner says he would do it again

5 min read . 13 Dec 2022

Toyota Motor on Tuesday lowered its Toyota and Lexus production target for the current fiscal year through March to 9.2 million units from a previous goal of 9.7 million, citing the risk of chip-supply issues

Chip shortages still plague Toyota, some other auto makers

3 min read . 01 Nov 2022