User data compromised 

Japanese automaker Toyota and its tech subsidiary Toyota Connected have been forced to issue an apology after discovering that a contractor had left source code relating to its T-Connect services publicly exposed on GitHub.

Iowa's attorney general forces payout

Ford's fuel-economy figures for the 2013-2014 C-Max hybrids "were not based in reality", says Iowa's attorney general.

Biggest flotation of the year

Intel self-driving car unit Mobileye confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States in what could be one of the biggest stock market flotations of the year.

And it will be affordable

Toyota will launch an all-electric small sedan in China late next year and it will be cheaper than what is on offer in the rest of the world.

Down 40 percent

Toyota is to slash worldwide vehicle production by 40 percent in September because of the global microchip shortage.

First step for battery powered vehicles

Toyota announced today that it will be unveiling a new all-electric SUV in the coming months which will be its first serious move into all-electric transport.

Need to get some common computing systems

ARM is joining with General Motors and Toyota standard computing systems for self-driving cars, an effort the companies hope will speed development of the technology.

We are all connected

Toyota and Panasonic have teamed up on “connected” services to be used in homes and urban development.

Better than admitting it has been caught short

The company that bought us sticky gas pedals, Toyota, has fallen behind other car companies in producing electric cars and is dealing with the problem by pretending that hybrids are better.

The final frontier

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota have signed an agreement for future collaboration in space.