The auto giant lobbied hard against tougher pollution rules. This week, the E.P.A.’s new rules proved favorable to hybrid technology, an area that Toyota dominates.
The regulations would require automakers to produce more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.
New Biden administration auto rules will ease requirements compared to an earlier proposal but will still add to market pressure for cheaper electric vehicles.
Here’s what the rule is, and what it’s not: A ban on gas cars.
The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan.
In addition to consumer price declines in January, wholesale prices fell last month, and have been down in every month since October 2022.
The recall follows a similar move by the company in the United States to upgrade the cars’ Autopilot feature.
A mainstay of cargo transport will be phased out at ports as California bans new registrations of carbon-fuel trucks in favor of nonpolluting ones.
Federal regulators said the automaker had not done enough to make sure that drivers were paying attention while using Autopilot.
Under pressure from federal regulators, the company has agreed to recall two million cars to update its driver-assistance system. The cars will be updated over cellular networks.