Nissan is absolutely blowing it up at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show this week, with blockbuster announcements seemingly rolling down the tubes each and every day. In his press briefing, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn shared that Nissan will be bringing its autopilot suite “Nissan Intelligent Driving” version 1.0 (hey, at … [continued]
While most of the media was focused on the 2015 Toyko Auto Show, Nissan snuck a small group of journalists up to its exclusive Advanced Technology Center in Atsugi, Japan, last Friday for a look behind the curtain at some of its pre-concept creations. On the heels of the news we leaked … [continued]
I know I just dropped a massive EV news roundup on you two days ago, but here’s more just from the past couple of days… Nissan LEAF #1 In Norway Again My trip to Florida for the EV Technology & Transportation Summit has delayed this report a bit, but I squeezed … [continued]
It seems that the motor show circuit never ends. Motor shows in Frankfurt, New York, LA, Shanghai, Tokyo, and elsewhere fill the year with opportunities to unveil new concept cars. The 43rd Tokyo Motor Show is coming up in late November, and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) is using the opportunity to … [continued]
At the Tokyo Motor Show, the innovative Japanese design firm, D-Art has introduced the all-electric three-wheeler called – “Style” – a sound method of urban transportation in congested areas.
Announced on Saturday at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Nissan LEAF has been awarded Japan’s Car of the Year award. This is the first such award for Nissan since the early 1990s, and according to Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga, it is representative of both the hard work of … [continued]
One might think that exhibition booths at the Tokyo Motor Show are only available to the automotive industry. One would be wrong. At least one booth belongs to the housing manufacturer LIXIL, which will be spending the week showing off a rather unusual short-range EV. For the past several months, … [continued]
The Tokyo Motor Show will be held from November 30 through to December 11 and Toyota Motor Corporation will be unveiling several concept cars at the show, including a Prius Plug-in Hybrid, a Fuell-cell vehicle, and a compact-class dedicated hybrid.
The company said that it is aiming “to make fresh proposals concerning the dream and joy of motor vehicles under the concept ‘Fun to Drive, Again’.”
Daihatsu is the oldest Japanese automaker, but I know it mainly as the one who makes all the little kei cars – you know, the “light motor vehicles” with engines up to 660cc and 64HP that go 60mph with a strong tailwind and get 50mpg running around heavy city traffic. … [continued]
It’s not a car, it’s not a motorcycle – it’s Suzuki’s mini-electric vehicle, the Suzuki Q-Concept. It’s just 98.5” long and intended for use on trips less than 6 miles long. The tiny little EV is supposed to close the gap between (electric) car and motorcycle (where have we heard … [continued]
