Toyota

Used cars sit on the sales lot at Frank Bent's Wholesale Motors in El Cerrito, Calif., on March 15. Supply chain snarls and pent-up demand are driving up the prices of a lot of things, including new and used cars.

Inflation Is Surging. The Price Of A Toyota Pickup Truck Helps Explain Why

5:14pm June 10, 2021

by Scott Horsley

The Labor Department says consumer prices jumped 5% for the 12 months ending in May. That's the sharpest increase in nearly 13 years, as the economy rebounds from the pandemic recession.

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Carolina Curious: What Happens To Spent Electric Vehicle Batteries?

7:41am June 20, 2019

by David Ford

Our Carolina Curious series continues with a look at what may be the future of roadway travel: vehicles that run on electricity.

WFDD listener David Kaplan says, "I'm concerned about batteries that are used in hybrid and all-electric cars. Since they can't be recycled, where do they end up? Are they in landfills?"

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Toyota Prius model years 2016 through 2018 have been recalled by the manufacturer for potential fire risks.

Toyota Recalls Some Hybrids Citing Concerns About Vehicle Fires

4:30pm September 05, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

Of the nearly one million vehicles that have been recalled globally, about 192,000 Prius vehicles from model years 2016 through 2018 have been affected in the United States.

The colorful candy aisle at Ayame Japanese Market in Lexington, Ky.

How Toyota Helped Create A Thriving Japanese Food Culture In Kentucky

12:27pm January 26, 2018

by Ashlie Stevens

Authentic Japanese food and culture in the heart of Kentucky? You bet. And it all began when Toyota announced plans to open its first American plant in Georgetown in 1985.

Economy

Report: North Carolina Loses Toyota-Mazda Plant

5:41pm January 09, 2018

by WFDD Staff

North Carolina will not be landing the highly sought-after Toyota-Mazda joint auto manufacturing plant.

Kevin Butt, Toyota's regional environmental sustainability director, at a facility that uses methane to generate clean electricity to help run Toyota's auto plant in central Kentucky.

Big Business Pushes Coal-Friendly Kentucky To Embrace Renewables

6:33pm April 17, 2017

by Jennifer Ludden

Nearly 90 percent of Kentucky's electricity is from coal — the cheap energy source that helped build its manufacturing economy. Now it's struggling to respond as more businesses want clean energy.

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Toyota's plant in Georgetown, Ky., is its largest in the world. In this photo from 2010, an employee installs an accelerator into a new Camry at the plant.

National

Toyota Plans $1.3 Billion Investment In Kentucky Plant

11:19am April 10, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The Georgetown, Ky., facility is Toyota's largest plant in the world. Toyota plans to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.

Buick Up, Honda And Subaru Down, Says Consumer Reports

8:57pm October 24, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Consumer Reports has released its Annual Reliability Survey. Lexus and Toyota are the top two, followed by Buick. The company ranks car brands based on a survey of more than a half-million car owners.

Scion vehicles displayed at the North American International Auto Show last month in Detroit.

National

Sayonara, Scion: Toyota Ending Brand Geared Toward Younger Drivers

6:50pm February 03, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The decision was prompted by customers' changing needs, the automaker says. Just 56,167 cars were sold in the U.S. last year. Current owners will still be able to have their cars serviced by Toyota.

Nursing attendant Tracie Bell helps manage patients at the ophthalmology clinic at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The clinic created a color-coded system to reduce wait times for patients.

Hospitals Turn To Toyota To Make Care Safer And Swifter

3:16pm August 07, 2015

by Anna Gorman

Public hospitals are adapting the automaker's production system to health care, with the goal of making tasks like scheduling surgeries more safe and efficient.