International Business News - toyota http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif U.S. traffic safety authorities have launched an investigation into Toyota Motor Corp's 2000 and 2001 model year Tundra pickups following complaints alleging that "severe frame corrosion" caused brake system failures or spare tire separation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/221932-toyota-motor-introduces-the-tundra-pick-up.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091007/uprobes-toyota-pickups-on-alleged-frame-corrosion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091007/uprobes-toyota-pickups-on-alleged-frame-corrosion.htm Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:40:01 EDT Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is recalling about 95,700 Toyota and Scion vehicles sold in the United States because ice could accumulate on their braking systems and make it harder for drivers to slow down. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219192-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090826/toyota-recalls-95700-toyota-scion-cars-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090826/toyota-recalls-95700-toyota-scion-cars-us.htm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:05:18 EDT Toyota Motor Corp will start talks to pull out of a California-based joint venture with General Motors , a Toyota executive said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217240-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090723/toyota-to-start-talks-on-pulling-out-of-jv-with-gm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090723/toyota-to-start-talks-on-pulling-out-of-jv-with-gm.htm Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:56:01 EDT Toyota Motor Corp plans to develop a new low-price hybrid car aimed at undercutting rival Honda Motor Co's Insight, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210697-toyota.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/toyota-make-cheaper-hybrids-rival-honda-nikkei.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/toyota-make-cheaper-hybrids-rival-honda-nikkei.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:26:25 EDT Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday that Toyota hybrid and Lexus brands in the US will top 1.7 million sales globally through January of this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210615-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090311/toyota-captures-75-pct-us-hybrid-share.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090311/toyota-captures-75-pct-us-hybrid-share.htm Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:19:48 EDT Toyota Motor Corp. is reacting to the slump in U.S. auto sales by further cutting North American production, slashing executives' compensation up to 30 percent and offering buyouts to about 18,000 workers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090213/toyota-cutting-salary.htm Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:31:11 EST Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/report-toyota-developing-solar-powered-green-car-vehicle.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:38:46 EST General Motors Corp. the largest automaker in the nation, said sales in the month of January plunged 49 percent while Ford Motor Co. said sales dropped as much as 40.2 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209263-ford.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090203/ford-toyota-post-fragiles-sales.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090203/ford-toyota-post-fragiles-sales.htm Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:56:23 EST Toyota unveiled the 2010 Prius at Detroit Auto Show at 11:30 am EST this morning. It has 1.8 L 4 cylinder gas engine slightly larger and will have net horsepower of 134. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090112/242778-toyota-prius.htm Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:19:29 EST Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/report-toyota-developing-solar-powered-green-car.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:38:46 EST