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TOKYO — Daihatsu Motor Co., a Japanese unit of Toyota Motor Corp. that allegedly cheated on safety tests for decades, said Jan. 22 it doesn’t expect to resume shipping cars any time soon.

The Kia EV9 large electric SUV won the 2024 North American Utility of the Year award, while the Toyota Prius hybrid took the top car honors, and Ford’s Super Duty pickup won the truck award.

Toyota Motor Corp. said Dec. 20 its subsidiary Daihatsu will suspend shipments of all its vehicles in a safety scandal after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models.

Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations, Japan’s top automaker said Nov. 29.

DETROIT — Toyota said Nov. 2 it is recalling nearly 1.9 million RAV4 small SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem with batteries that can move during forceful turns and potentially cause a fire.

Toyota Motor Corp. is raising wages for assembly workers in the U.S. after its Detroit carmaking rivals reached tentative deals with their union to boost pay.

TOKYO — Toyota’s July-September profit jumped nearly threefold from a year ago as vehicle sales grew around the world and a cheap yen boosted the Japanese automaker’s overseas earnings.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and electric vehicle battery factory it’s constructing in North Carolina, more than doubling prior investments.

Toyota Motor Corp.’s campaign to show customers, suppliers and investors that it’s serious about electrification was on display again this month.

Toyota Motor Corp. said it will gradually resume operations at its 14 domestic plants Aug. 30 after a system malfunction suspended production.