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Toyota Launches Alphard and Vellfire PHEV Models in Japan
20 Dec 2024
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it will commence sales of its all-new Alphard and Vellfire Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV; six-seater) models in Japan on January 31, 2025
[Toyota Times] Inheriting the Skills and Passion of the Man Who Made Japan's First Domestic Passenger Car
18 Dec 2024
Toyota Times has begun a series of videos presenting "Biographies of Toyota Legends." The first subject is Kenya Nakamura, who broke conventional wisdom and produced a number of historically significa
Toyota's Fuel Cell and Water Electrolysis System Production Plan Certified as a METI Support Program for Building GX Supply Chains
18 Dec 2024
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has announced that its new production plan for fuel cells and a water electrolysis system to supply hydrogen was selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indust
[Toyota Times] Akio Returns to CES - Mark the Calendar for January 7!
17 Dec 2024
Chairman Akio Toyoda is returning to CES. In 2020, he created a buzz by taking the stage to announce his vision for Woven City. Ahead of next year's event, Toyota has released a new video.
Toyota to Share Progress on Woven City at CES 2025
17 Dec 2024
Toyota Motor Corporation will make a presentation on Woven City at the CES 2025 press conference.
[Toyota Times] Providing Medical Care for All - Mobile Clinic for Depopulated and Earthquake-Affected Areas
11 Dec 2024
There is a clinic that travels to places like mountain villages and earthquake-affected areas where residents can't easily visit the hospital. In this episode, we share patients' voices, the development team's ideas, and the challenges it faces.
[Toyota Times] Morizo: "You are all awesome!" Team Toyota's Challenge Pays Off at Rally Japan
04 Dec 2024
This year's Rally Japan was the most exciting yet. Behind the race where Team Toyota went for a comeback victory, the team members each had their own personal challenges.
[Toyota Times] After Rally Japan, Akio Sends Hyundai His Wholehearted Congratulations
29 Nov 2024
At Rally Japan, which ran from November 21 to 24, Toyota and Hyundai battled it out to the very end. The next day, a special ad appeared in Japanese newspapers.
TGR Announces Partially Upgraded Supra (3.0-liter) and Special-edition Supra "A90 Final Edition"
28 Nov 2024
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) announced today a partially upgraded model of the Supra (3.0-liter) and the special-edition Supra "A90 Final Edition". The special-edition model is slated for global release
Sales, Production, and Export Results for October 2024
28 Nov 2024
Toyota Motor Corporation announces its sales, production, and export results for October 2024 as well as the cumulative total from January to October 2024, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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