Toyota, founded in 1937; Honda, established in 1948; and Nissan, born out of a merger of several companies — comparing all three companies' histories, five years of financial results, production-network restructuring, FY2026/3's sharply divergent results (Toyota becoming the first Japanese company ever to top ¥50 trillion in revenue, Honda falling into an operating loss on EV-related charges, Nissan mid-restructuring and cutting roughly 20,000 jobs), and their race to commercialize solid-state batteries.
August 22, 2026 Sensors & HardwareMillimeter-wave radar measures distance and relative velocity from the reflection of radio waves, making it the sensor most resistant to rain, fog, glare, and other adverse conditions that give optical sensors trouble. We work through how FMCW's beat frequency yields distance and velocity simultaneously, radar's technology lineage running back to Chain Home in the Second World War, Tesla's abandonment and later reinstatement of radar, the 4D imaging specs of the Continental ARS540, and the real-world example of Honda SENSING 360's five-radar 360-degree coverage — and how each of these changes the range/field-of-view/resolution trade-off.