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01.09.25 - 12:12
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Hotai Motor sticks to 2025 sales goal despite profit slide and policy headwinds (Digitimes)
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Taiwan's auto market has entered a deep freeze in 2025, with industry leaders pointing to ongoing tariff uncertainties as a major source of disruption. At an investor briefing on August 27, 2025, Chih-Wei Lai, Director and Spokesman for Hotai Motor Co., Taiwan's largest automobile distributor, said that while market conditions remain challenging, the company's flagship brands — Toyota and Lexus — have expanded their combined market share by 6 percentage points year-over-year through July 2025....
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24.08.25 - 08:12
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UK carmakers claimed leaving EV sales rules unchanged would cost jobs and investment (The Guardian)
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BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota lobbied against zero emission vehicle mandate, documents showCarmakers claimed that leaving electric car sales rules unchanged would threaten British jobs and cost them hundreds of millions of pounds, according to documents that show the private lobbying for a slower transition away from fossil fuels.BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota claimed that rules forcing them to sell more electric cars each year would harm investment in the UK, according to responses to proposed changes submitted to the government. The responses were obtained by Fast Charge, a newsletter covering electric cars, and shared with the Guardian. Continue reading......
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15.08.25 - 05:01
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What Drove Chinese Lidar Maker Hesai′s Robust 2Q Results (Bloomberg)
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Hesai Group, the world's largest maker of lidar sensors used in driver assistance systems, posted strong results in the second quarter, including a 52% jump in revenue. The company's co-founder and CEO David Li attributes strong sales volumes to China's regulatory clarification on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. He also says Hesai has been diversifying its customer portfolios and working on international partnerships, including a new deal with Toyota. Li speaks exclusively on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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08.08.25 - 02:01
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Toyota Q1 Net Profit Plunges 37% After Trump Tariff Hit (ZeroHedge)
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Toyota Q1 Net Profit Plunges 37% After Trump Tariff Hit
Toyota Motor expects a 1.4 trillion yen ($9.5 billion) hit to operating profit for the fiscal year ending March 2026 due to higher U.S. import tariffs, according to Nikkei Asia.
The automaker revised its net profit forecast downward by 14% to 2.6 trillion yen, citing the new 25% duty imposed on Japanese car imports in April by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Previously, Toyota had only factored in the impact of tariffs for April and May—estimated at 180 billion yen. The company's net profit for the April–June quarter fell 36.9% year-on-year to ¥841 billion, reflecting both the stronger yen and the increased U.S. tariff rate.
“The [U.S. tariff] has risen to 15% from the previous 2.5%, which obviously has a significant impact,” said Takanori Azuma, Toyota's chief accounting officer. “And it is a thing we are not able to control. The major challenge is to ensure that our North America business generates solid profits. The result [o...
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07.08.25 - 22:31
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Toyota: US-Zölle drücken Prognose (Der Aktionaer)
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Der japanische Autobauer Toyota hat seine operative Gewinnprognose für das laufende Geschäftsjahr wegen der von US-Präsident Trump verhängten Importzölle deutlich gesenkt. Die Aktie reagiert mit einem Minus von rund zwei Prozent, während deutsche Hersteller wie Volkswagen und BMW sich stabil präsentieren....
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07.08.25 - 10:12
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Toyota warns of £7.1bn hit from Trump tariffs as it cuts profit forecast (The Guardian)
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Japanese carmaker cuts operating profit guidance by 16% day after rival Honda reports 50% drop in profits• Business live – latest updatesToyota has warned it faces a 1.4tn yen (£7.1bn) hit from Donald Trump's trade tariffs, as the Japanese company reported a drop in net profit and cut its guidance for next year.The biggest carmaker in the world said it expected to make an operating profit of 3.2tn yen in its financial year to March 2026, down 16% on previous guidance of 3.8tn yen. Continue reading......
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