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Toyota streamlines decision-making for North America
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda restructured the company's management this year to give more authority and autonomy to local regions. Nowhere was this more …
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Behind the scenes, Straubel keeps Tesla running at pivotal time
… speed project for Bernas and Toyota engineers assigned to bring it to market in less than two years. Toyota President Akio Toyoda and Musk had said in May 2010 the companies would work together, building on Toyota's plan to buy a $50 million …
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Toyota's Lentz: 'It's really a three-horse race'
… In march of this year lens with named it when you first CEO for North America. The move. An overhaul by president Akio Toyoda to regional executives more local control. Once and his team didn't waste any time in taking action. Action and …
you first CEO for North America. The move. An overhaul by president Akio Toyoda to -- regional executives more local control. Once and his team didn't waste any time in taking action. Action and that underscores -
Can Akio be the Steve Jobs of Lexus?
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda wants to take personal responsibility for injecting design ..... But the list is overwhelmingly populated by engineers. Akio Toyoda is not an engineer. What he brings to Lexus is a hard …
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Diving Into Driverless Future (5/10/13)
… matter of time before driver list rides the wider adoption. But not everybody's looking forward to it Toyota chief Akio Toyoda saying quote control should remain with the driver. Analyst Jim hall of 2953. Analytics. Would agree. and what …
the wider adoption. But not everybody's looking forward to it Toyota chief Akio Toyoda saying quote control should remain with the driver. Analyst Jim hall of 2953. Analytics. Would agree. -- and what's up front that -
In boon for Japan's automakers, yen tumbles over milestone
… Merner. "You don't want to cut prices. If you cut the price, it's hard to raise it." For Toyota President Akio Toyoda , 57, currency relief couldn't come soon enough after battling the yen -- exacerbated by recalls and natural disasters …
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Is Akio Toyoda cut from the Steve Jobs mold?
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda wants to take personal responsibility for injecting design ..... But the list is overwhelmingly populated by engineers. Akio Toyoda is not an engineer. What he brings to Lexus is a hard …
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Toyota quarterly profit rises to $3.17 billion
… beating a market that had expected a 1.26 trillion yen profit. That means the company has achieved the target President Akio Toyoda set two years ago: to make 1 trillion yen in annual operating profit and do so with a 5 percent margin. Its Japanese …
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Toyota quarterly profit rises to $3.17 billion
… beating a market that had expected a 1.26 trillion yen profit. That means the company has achieved the target President Akio Toyoda set two years ago: to make 1 trillion yen in annual operating profit and do so with a 5 percent margin. Its Japanese …
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Dreary HQ city is a handicap in global glitz plan
… brand, there is still one big hurdle: The limited allure of the company's bland industrial hometown of Toyota City. Akio Toyoda , president of Toyota Motor Corp., concedes that cultivating overseas talent is a problem because foreign executives …
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Toyota's car-buff president makes Lexus his pet project
NEW YORK -- By Akio Toyoda 's own admission, his beloved Lexus luxury brand has a big problem ..... growth. Now it is in the hands of the company's No. 1 car guy: Akio Toyoda . In March, Toyoda reorganized the company by splitting it into …
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Execs drop hints about the next Lexus model
… will get the new nameplate in late 2014 to make up for the volume it will lose to Kentucky. Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda , sidestepping specifics on what's ahead and what's needed, said Lexus needs something "more exciting, more exhilarating …
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Toyota's 10 million plan: Common parts, randd
N EW YORK -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is banking on an overhauled randd strategy to kick the company his grandfather founded into growth mode after four years of crises …
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Once a product planner, former Renault executive Pelata now mines data
… and Apple was 26th. Two years ago, Benioff made his first big move in the auto world. He visited Toyota President Akio Toyoda in Tokyo, and the two men agreed to create Toyota Friend, a private social network for Toyota owners. That success …
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Lexus goes hipster, parties with robots in the Big Apple
… customers. The subtheme of the evening was "Design Matters," a nod to Lexus' attempt to zest up its looks. Even Akio Toyoda , the 53-year-old president of Toyota Motor Corp., got in the mood, swapping his usual metal-framed glasses …
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Once a product planner, Pelata now mines data
… and Apple was 26th. Two years ago, Benioff made his first big move in the auto world. He visited Toyota President Akio Toyoda in Tokyo, and the two men agreed to create Toyota Friend, a private social network for Toyota owners. That success …
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The 10 million plan: Common parts, randd
N EW YORK -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is banking on an overhauled randd strategy to kick the company his grandfather founded into growth mode after four years of crises …
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Toyota outsells GM worldwide for 5th straight quarter
… would become prime minister. "The new government is very speedy and aggressive in their actions," Toyota President Akio Toyoda , speaking as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, said last month. "With the moves in the …
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Toyoda Tries a Trendy Twist (4/22/13)
… targeted at young hipster. It featured nine foot puppet and the first tagline of amazing in motion. our president Akio Toyoda used the gala tip the company's luxury brand and I aspiration O'Connor. Net followed his announcement earlier Friday …
and the first tagline of amazing in motion. -- -- our president Akio Toyoda used the gala tip the company's luxury brand and -- I -- -- aspiration O'Connor. Net followed his announcement earlier Friday that -
Toyoda Tries a Trendy Twist (4/22/13)
… targeted at young hipster. It featured nine foot puppet and the first tagline of amazing in motion. our president Akio Toyoda used the gala tip the company's luxury brand and I aspiration O'Connor. Net followed his announcement earlier Friday …
and the first tagline of amazing in motion. -- -- our president Akio Toyoda used the gala tip the company's luxury brand and -- I -- -- aspiration O'Connor. Net followed his announcement earlier Friday that
