Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

RYUO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. said June 18 it plans to turn out some 30,000 commodity engines at its newly built plant (in photo) in Ryuo, Shiga Prefecture, in fiscal 2005, double the automaker's output in fiscal 2002. The plan reflects brisk sales of lawn mowers and multi-purpose four-wheeled vehicles equipped with the engines in the United States.

Gov't to accept Segway test run on public roads

Gov't to accept Segway test run on public roads

File photo taken February 2013 in the central Japan city of Tsukuba, near Tokyo, shows a test run of compact electric vehicles including the Segway PT. The government decided April 24, 2015, to expand the experiments involving Segway two-wheeled vehicles, electric wheelchairs and electric four-wheel devices on walkways, which are currently banned or restricted generally, nationwide as early as July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gov't to accept Segway test run on public roads

Gov't to accept Segway test run on public roads

File photo taken February 2013 in the central Japan city of Tsukuba, near Tokyo, shows a test run of compact electric vehicles including the Segway PT. The government decided April 24, 2015, to expand the experiments involving Segway two-wheeled vehicles, electric wheelchairs and electric four-wheel devices on walkways, which are currently banned or restricted generally, nationwide as early as July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

wheeled armoured vehicle Pandur

Four new wheeled armoured vehicles Pandur was handed over to the 41st Mechanized Battalion of the Army of the Czech Republic, on February 4, 2020, in Stepanov, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

RYUO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. said June 18 it plans to turn out some 30,000 commodity engines at its newly built plant (in photo) in Ryuo, Shiga Prefecture, in fiscal 2005, double the automaker's output in fiscal 2002. The plan reflects brisk sales of lawn mowers and multi-purpose four-wheeled vehicles equipped with the engines in the United States. (Kyodo)