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Increased electric vehicle production is highly dependent on sufficient battery supplies, which is why Toyota and Panasonic agreed on Monday to set up a joint venture to develop prismatic (square-shaped) batteries that will be available to any automaker. The new company, called Prime Planet Energy and Solutions, will begin operations …

ALG, which specializes in forecasting future vehicle values, announced the winners of its 2020 Canadian Residual Value Awards just before the start of the Montreal Auto Show last week. “For consumers, since a vehicle’s depreciation is the single costliest aspect of car ownership, a strong residual value is an indicator …

Good news for fans of Toyota’s entry-level sports coupe: British website Autocar reports that the next-generation 86 is being developed as a product of the Gazoo Racing division of the Japanese automaker. Following the lead of the GR Supra (which North American drivers were quite happy to welcome back) and …

In addition to the refreshed 2020 Honda Civic Type R, one car that definitely caught our attention at Tokyo Auto Salon this week is the new Toyota GR Yaris. Developed by the same engineers who gave us the formidable GR Supra , this high-performance variant of the Yaris is a …

As winter takes over in most of Canada, Toyota has great news for drivers: the popular Camry and the larger Avalon will soon add an all-wheel drive option. Unfortunately, the Camry AWD will not go on sale before early spring (as a 2020 model), when pretty much all the snow …

ALG, an industry authority on automotive residual value projections in both Canada and the United States, today announced the winners of its 2020 Pre-Owned Value Awards (POVA), ranking Toyota and Lexus as the top Mainstream Brand and Premium Brand across the board. "Toyota and Lexus were early champions of the …

European Auto Group, which is based in Texas but specializes in the repair, restoration and customization of European cars from all makes and models, has a unique project that involves the very Japanese and automatic-only 2020 Toyota GR Supra . Many fans were disappointed when the car’s chief engineer confirmed …

Toyota’s GAZOO Racing (GR) division has announced that it will start the sales of GR Supra GT4 race car for customer teams starting March 2020 in Europe before expanding to North America in August. Based on the hot new GR Supra , this track-only car is developed and produced by …

Fueled—or should we say energized?—by the new federal rebate of $5,000 introduced on May 1, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles sales in Canada are exceeding 40,000 units so far in 2019. More precisely, the total of confirmed or estimated EV/PHEV sales during the first nine months reached approximately 40,500, a …

Twenty years after the original, Toyota hosted the world premiere of the all-new, fourth-generation Yaris. It will go on sale in Japan next February before hitting Europe in the second half of 2020. And Canada? Forget about it. Our Toyota Yaris , which is also brand new for 2020, is …