Tag Archives: electric vehicles

Media watch: Electric buses bought for Expo almost dead on arrival

Posted on March 8, 2026 by philipbrasor

By pretty much every metric last year’s Osaka Expo was a success, an outcome that surprised a lot of people given the problems leading up to it. However, there was one problem that remains unsolved even six months after the … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Nov. 13, 2021

Posted on November 14, 2021 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix (whose headline is different from the print edition’s and slightly misleading), which is about Toyota’s seemingly blase attitude toward electric vehicles. Based on what the press in Japan is reporting, this reluctance is built into … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Jan. 31, 2021

Posted on January 31, 2021 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about a press conference given by Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motors and the chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, about the government’s plan to ban gasoline-powered vehicles by the year 2050. Though … Continue reading →

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