Jim Lentz

Type: Person

Name: Jim Lentz

Title: Executive vice president

company: Toyota Motor Sales USA

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Jim Lentz

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Honda Motor Co Ltd

Honda's 'Civic Of The Air' Jet Closer To Production

1st Gear: Honda Tests Fifth FAA-Conforming JetSWe've been talking about the HondaJet seemingly forever, especially since engine troubles delayed the rollout of the Honda-built plane. But per the WSJ, a fifth jet has been completed and is now testing.What ... [Published Jalopnik - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Air Jet, Honda Motor Co Ltd, Toyota Motor Corporation, Mark Reuss

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

General Motors Company

What happens when GM and Toyota executives have lunch?

What happens when the North American leaders of rival automakers General Motors and Toyota have lunch?First, we totally price-fixed the industry. That was a joke! GM North America President Mark Reuss said, laughing.Reuss and Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyotas ... [Published Detroit Free Press - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mark Reuss, General Motors Company, Toyota Motor Corporation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe "California Hydrogen Highway," Schwarzenegger's vision to ensure that every Californian would have access to a hydrogen fueling station by the end of 2010, called ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Hydrogen Highway, Clean Technology, United States, Electric Vehicle, Electric Car

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Lentz

Toyota Expected to Report Around $13 Billion Annual Operating Profit

The Nikkei business daily reported today, May 6th, that Toyota is expected to report an operating profit of around 1.3 trillion yen for the financial year ended March, which would be 150 billion yen more than the automaker’s previous forecast made in ... [Published Inautonews - May 06 2013]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Operating Profit, Jim Lentz, Fiscal Cliff, Net Profit

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 3 reports

Ford's hybrid sales set hot pace

Ford Motor Co. expects to shatter its full-year hybrid vehicle sales record this month, led by a handful of new vehicle offerings that are challenging Toyota Motor Corp. for hybrid-vehicle supremacy.The Dearborn automaker's hybrid share is up to 18 percent ... [Published Detroit News - May 04 2013]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Erich Merkle, Toyota Prius, Autodata Corp, Jim Lentz

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyota celebrates production of 10 millionth unit

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - State and company officials praised the 1,300 workers at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Buffalo Wednesday, as the plant celebrated production of its 10 millionth powertrain engine unit.The plant, which began production in ... [Published Charleston Daily Mail - May 02 2013]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, Toyota Motor North America Inc, Jim Lentz, Joe Manchin

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Toyota Prius

Prius sales may fall short of 2013 goal, says Toyota

Toyota saw high Prius sales last year, moving over 230,000 vehicles, something that made it bump its sales forecast in 2013 to about 250,000. Such ambitions may have to be adjusted, however, says Toyota’s CEO in North America Jim Lentz. Prius sales in ... [Published SlashGear - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Jim Lentz

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Toyota may miss 2013 sales target of Prius hybrid in US

Company not threatened by growing competition from rivalsToyota may not meet its 2013 sales target of its Prius hybrids in the US amid faster than expected decline in gasoline prices, reports Bloomberg. It’ll be a challenge,” Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota ... [Published Hybrid-EV - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Jim Lentz, Gasoline, Electric Vehicle

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Small CUV May Follow Lexus ES To US Production Facility

Lopsided exchange rates and potential natural disasters are two reasons why Toyota officials said they plan to shift production of the Lexus ES from Japan to the U. S. during a news conference in New York earlier today but TheDetroitBureau.com has learned ... [Published Autospies - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Lexus ES, Jim Lentz, Toyota Motor Corporation

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 2 reports

Toyota Prius line may not reach 2013 sales target

Filed under: Car Buying , Hybrid , Hatchback , Toyota 2012 was a good year for the Toyota Prius line, the hybrid that started it all moving 236,659 units, being the best-selling model in California for the year and the Prius C (pictured) ... [Published Autoblog Green - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Jim Lentz, Consumer Reports

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Prius Will Most Likely Miss 2013 Sales Targets

Toyota Motor Corp. Prius hybrid line, coming off record U.S. sales last year, may not reach a target for growth in 2013 as gasoline prices fall faster than the automaker expected, its top North American executive said. Itll be a challenge, Jim Lentz, ... [Published Autospies - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Jim Lentz

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Toyota Doubts Prius Hybrid Line Will Reach 2013 Target

“It’ll be a challenge,” Jim Lentz, Toyota’s North American chief executive officer, said in an interview today in New York. “We’ll continue to push Prius and Prius family, but if it ends up that demand is less than the sales forecast, that may be adj ... [Published Inautonews - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Jim Lentz

Quotes

"EVs are a really difficult sell today," the CEO of Toyota's North AmericanAmerican business, Jim Lentz, said in an interview. "until we see substantial change in battery technology it's going to be difficult to see evs really take off."

Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill [Published Yahoo! News - May 20 2013]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Honda's 'Civic Of The Air' Jet Closer To Produc... [Published Jalopnik - 10 hours ago]
What happens when GM and Toyota executives have... [Published Detroit Free Press - May 20 2013]
Insight: The road to a greener America is litte... [Published Yahoo! News - May 20 2013]
INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is litter... [Published CNBC - May 20 2013]
Will Ford Overtake Toyota in the Hybrid Segment? [Published Motley Fool - May 15 2013]
A Tale Of Three Breakdowns [Published CRO - May 11 2013]
Toyota Posts $13.3 Billion 2012 Profit [Published CBS Detroit - May 08 2013]
Toyota Expected to Report Around $13 Billion An... [Published Inautonews - May 06 2013]
Ford's hybrid sales set hot pace [Published Detroit News - May 04 2013]
Ford on course for record hybrid sales in 2013 [Published Individual.com - May 04 2013]
Ford on course for record hybrid sales in 2013 [Published Detroit Free Press - May 03 2013]
Ford Fusion: The American Hybrid Love Story Con... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 03 2013]
Ford Fusion: The American Hybrid Love Story Con... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 03 2013]
DiversityInc Honors Toyota as a Top 50 Company ... [Published NewsBlaze - May 03 2013]
DiversityInc Honors Toyota as a Top 50 Company ... [Published Business Wire - May 03 2013]
Toyota celebrates production of 10 millionth unit [Published Charleston Daily Mail - May 02 2013]
UPDATE: Toyota Plant Marks Major Milestone [Published WSAZ - May 02 2013]
Honda Accord Tops Camry in U.S. Duel as Asian B... [Published Washington Post - May 02 2013]
Prius sales may fall short of 2013 goal, says T... [Published SlashGear - Apr 23 2013]
Small CUV May Follow Lexus ES To US Production ... [Published Autospies - Apr 22 2013]
Toyota Prius line may not reach 2013 sales target [Published Autoblog Green - Apr 22 2013]
Report: Toyota Prius line may not reach 2013 sa... [Published Autoblog - Apr 22 2013]
Prius Will Most Likely Miss 2013 Sales Targets [Published Autospies - Apr 22 2013]
Toyota may miss 2013 sales target of Prius hybr... [Published Hybrid-EV - Apr 22 2013]
Toyota Doubts Prius Hybrid Line Will Reach 2013... [Published Inautonews - Apr 22 2013]
Toyota SA’s Van Zyl takes charge of all of Africa [Published BDlive - Apr 22 2013]
Report: Toyota Prius May Miss 2013 Sales Target... [Published Motor Trend - Apr 21 2013]
The race is on to see which falls faster: gas p... [Published 13WMAZ - Apr 21 2013]
Toyota President Akio Toyoda to Make Production... [Published SPi World News - Apr 21 2013]
Falling gas prices hurt Toyota Prius sales [Published Detroit Free Press - Apr 21 2013]