Automotive

The alliance of Nissan Motor, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors plans to join Google's camp for developing autonomous taxis and other services using self-driving vehicles, Nikkei has learned.

Toyota Motor will let drivers pick a new Lexus twice a year for 194,400 yen ($1,770) per month, it said Tuesday, through a subscription service that will test how the sharing model fares in Japan's flagging auto market.

A Silicon Valley startup working on self-driving delivery vehicles has announced nearly a billion dollars in fresh funding from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry plans to require automakers to obtain the government’s permission if they update the programs of systems installed in their vehicles, with the aim to confirm in advance the safety of such expected updates as adding self-driving functions to change lanes on expressways.

Professional foodie Yu Nakamura, 32, has always felt like a free spirit, more comfortable off-piste than on, even if that means traversing challenging terrain. She likes variety, diversity and, perhaps most importantly, the unexpected.

Akebono Brake Industry's financial troubles that were revealed this week represent the immense cost cutting pressure auto suppliers are under, as carmakers try to allocate money to their costly pursuit of next-generation technologies.

Struggling Japanese automotive electronics maker Pioneer got the green light from its shareholders on Friday to accept an investment from Hong Kong-based fund Baring Private Equity Asia.

East Japan Railway Co. is testing a self-driving bus in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.

Central Japan Railway Co. has said that its new N700S bullet train model will go into service on the Tokaido Shinkansen line in early July 2020, just before the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

The government intends to modify the fuel efficiency standards so that electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids will also be subject to tax assessments, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.