Resumption of Services of the Toyota e-Palette Vehicle and Additional Safety Measures at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Athletes’ Village

Toyota City, Japan, Aug 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Having taken steps to ensure greater safety and security, Toyota today announces that The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has decided to resume operations of the e-Palette mobility vehicle within the Athletes’ Village. Operations of mobility services were suspended […]

Hitachi: Damping Force Adjustment Absorber Adopted by Toyota for New Land Cruiser

TOKYO, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. today announced that its damping force adjustment absorber co-developed with Aisin Corporation was adopted by Toyota Motor Corporation for the new Land Cruiser launched in June. Co-developed with Aisin Corporation, the damping force adjustment absorber improves control for Toyota’s new Land […]

Mitsubishi Power to Participate in a Joint Study for the Establishment of a Commercial-scale SAF Production Technology and the Creation of a Supply Chain

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is embarking on a project to develop a commercial-scale supply chain for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived by wood biomass gasification integrated with FT synthesis technology(1). The project will be carried out jointly with […]

Mazda Production and Sales Results for July 2021

TOKYO, Aug 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for July 2021 are summarized below. I. Production 1. Domestic ProductionMazda’s domestic production volume in July 2021 decreased 19.3% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and commercial vehicles. [Domestic production of key models in July […]

Hydrogen-based ironmaking: MHI Australia and Primetals Technologies join Heavy Industry Low-Carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre

Sydney/London, Aug 25, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Australia and Primetals Technologies, a member of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have joined Australia’s Heavy Industry Low-Carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) as key partners. The Centre, a not-for-profit entity with significant government funding, aims to develop technologies to […]

Joint Statement Regarding Capital Increase Project of Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd.

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 24, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda), Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (CA) and China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW), today, have issued the following joint statement. In response to FAW participating in and winning the bid for a capital increase project implemented by Changan Mazda Automobile Co., […]

Fourth Successive Le Mans Win for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

Toyota City, Japan, Aug 23, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a historic and dramatic fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours victory, overcoming adversity to become the first Hypercar winners at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, who won the long-awaited first victoryThe […]

Showa Denko to Raise Chloroprene Rubber Price

TOKYO, Aug 20, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) has decided to increase its chloroprene rubber prices globally. The new prices will be effective from September 1, 2021. We have avoided raising our chloroprene rubber prices for as long as possible, but we can no longer prolong the inevitable. The […]

Fujitsu and NEC to develop technologies for interoperability testing between 5G base station equipment in U.S. and U.K.

TOKYO, Aug 19, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited (TSE 6702) and NEC Corporation (TSE 6701) have begun developing technologies for interoperability testing(1) between 5G base station equipment conforming to O-RAN specifications at Fujitsu’s U.S. laboratories and NEC’s U.K. laboratories. This initiative will be implemented as part of the ‘Post 5G Infrastructure […]

Woven Planet Holdings, a Subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, Closes Acquisition of CARMERA

Tokyo, Japan, New York, NY and Seattle, WA, Aug 18, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (“Woven Planet”), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, announced the closing of the acquisition of CARMERA, a U.S.-based spatial AI company that specializes in developing scalable, next-generation mapping solutions for automated mobility, a proposed […]

NEC to host NEC Visionary Week 2021

TOKYO, Aug 16, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the Global Program for NEC Visionary Week 2021, an online annual event taking place from September 16 to 17, 2021. During the event, NEC will present a shared vision of the future that highlights its latest technologies, solutions […]