Some Tech Related Links of 15 February 2008

Sahar Tadayyon has given some links related to the world of technology in the following entry:

10 Important Laptop and Hardware Headlines on February 15th

If you read it then you will find some ideas about technology sector news of today. I would like you to read another one:

Second Day of BASIS SoftExpo 2008

In this blog, I occessionally post entries about cars. So, here is one link to visit about car:

Can a Toyota Win the Daytona 500?

Toyota: New Plant in China?

Toyota is a Japanese company and you know that Japan and China do not have very good relationship for many years. In fact, often we see bitterness between China and Japan over the past history. However, Toyota is a popular name in China. Toyota officials want to get a better pie of the market share in China too.

AFP wrote:

Toyota Motor Corp is studying a plan to build a new assembly factory in Changchun, Jilin Province, with an annual production capacity estimated at 100,000 units, the business daily said.

It would likely invest 50 billion yen (469 million dollars) to construct the plant, with operations expected to begin in the early 2010s, the newspaper said.

Toyota already operates a small assembly facility in Changchun, but the factory would be its first full-fledged plant in the city, and its eighth assembly base in China.

It will create some more jobs in China. The future of auto industry is in Asia. Toyota officials have realized this matter and they are doing quite well in China.

Toyota vs GM: Toyota Becomes Number One?

Toyota and GM are always in a fierce competition to be the top car producer in the world. GM had a slight edge Toyota until now but it seems that Toyota is becoming the top car producer.

Yomiuri Shimbun wrote:

Toyota Motor Corp. overtook General Motors Corp. of the United States to become the world's biggest automaker in terms of units produced after GM announced its production figures for 2007 on Friday.

Toyota manufactured 9,497,754 units across the world in 2007--the figure includes vehicles made by subsidiaries such as Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd.--up 5.3 percent on the previous year.

In its announcement, which came early Saturday Japan time, GM said it produced 9,285,000 units last year--up 1.1 percent on 2006.

Bad news for General Motors. GM officials have to regain their top position. Well, I feel that the future of auto industry is in Asia. Millions of families in Asia still do not have a car.