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Toyota Sales Fall Again as Hybrids Remain Central to Asia Strategy
Toyota Motor said global vehicle sales fell for a fourth consecutive month in May, with weaker demand in China and the Middle East weighing on the world’s largest automaker. Global sales dropped 7.2 percent year on year to 834,279 vehicles, Toyota said. Sales in China fell 31.7 percent, while sales in the Middle East declined 38.6 percent. U.S. sales slipped 0.6 percent. Toyota also said global production fell 5.5 percent from a year earlier, with Asia output down 13.3 percent.
Changan receives China’s first Level 3 autonomous driving approval
Changan Automobile has secured Level 3 autonomous driving product access approval in China, becoming one of the first two automakers to receive the designation. The approval allows a Changan passenger vehicle to operate single-lane automated driving on designated highway and urban expressway sections in Chongqing.
Element adds vehicle-initiated payments through car IQ
Element Fleet Management Corp. has agreed to acquire Car IQ, a San Francisco–based connected vehicle payments company, in a deal that will integrate vehicle-initiated payments into Element’s fleet management platform, becoming the fleet industry’s first scaled platform for intelligent, vehicle-initiated payments.
India’s FAME Subsidy Cliff - 31 March 2026
India's PM E-DRIVE electric vehicle subsidy scheme is heading toward a partial wind-down, with demand incentives for electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers firmly scheduled to expire on March 31, 2026, even as the overall programme has been extended to March 31, 2028. The loss of those direct subsidies could push prices up by 20-40 percent for affected models, depending on battery size and category, hitting commercial segments hard.
Mike Antich, pioneer of the North American fleet communitiy, has passed away
We have just learned the news that Mike Antich has passed away. This is a sad day for the fleet industry, for Mike was a giant of fleet journalism in North America. It is also a sad day for us personally, for Mike was a dear friend, colleague and valued mentor. Mike Antich was far more than a respected fleet journalist or fleet industry leader – he was a true citizen of the fleet world, a towering figure whose passion and vision bridged continents.
Toyota confirms BEV HiLux for Australian and Asian Fleets
Toyota Australia has confirmed a battery electric Hilux will join the ninth-generation lineup in the first half of 2026, bringing pure battery electric power to the country's best-selling vehicle for the first time. The ninth-generation range, including the BEV prototype had its world premiere on November 10th, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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