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Toyota's Future - Fuel Cell Production Model Revealed in Aspen

Toyota's Future - Fuel Cell Production Model Revealed in Aspen

Car of the Future’ Is Here. Now. Toyota Shows Production Fuel Cell Vehicle; Previews Mobility’s Future at 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival Toyota’s Driver Awareness Research Vehicle, DARV 1.5, demonstrating ways for the car and driver to share tasks and reduce distraction June 27, 2014 ASPEN, Colo., June 27, 20 ... Continue reading

Toyota Reveals Exterior of Fuel Cell Sedan

Toyota Reveals Exterior of Fuel Cell Sedan

TOYOTA CITY, JAPAN -- June 27, 2014: Toyota Motor Corporation has revealed the exterior design and Japan pricing of its hydrogen fuel cell sedan, first unveiled as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show last year. The car will launch in Japan before April 2015, and preparations are underway for launches in the U.S. and Euro ... Continue reading

Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Will Be Shown At 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival

Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Will Be Shown At 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival

Toyota's first commercial zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCV) is coming to the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival. First unveiled in Japan on Wednesday afternoon, the vehicle will make its North American debut at the annual conference on Friday, June 27. In a press conference in Japan, company officials reve ... Continue reading

Toyota Selects IBM to Build Development Platform for Advanced In-Car Services

Toyota Selects IBM to Build Development Platform for Advanced In-Car Services

IBM today announced it has been selected by Toyota Motor Corporation to build and design a new application development platform that will foster the creation of in-car services to improve the driver experience. The project is part of Toyota's new telematics service, called T-Connect, and aims to accelerate application ... Continue reading

Toyota Hybrids Help Drive SCC's Cleaner Fleet Ambitions

Toyota Hybrids Help Drive SCC's Cleaner Fleet Ambitions

Sub-100g/km models a hit with user-chooser employees Toyota hybrid technology is helping SCC, Europe’s largest independent IT services provider, realise its ambitions to operate a fleet of sub-100g/km vehicles. The company, which has its headquarters in Birmingham, employs more than 2,000 people from 11 UK locatio ... Continue reading

Takata Airbag Recall Expands--Honda, Nissan and Mazda Recall Over 3 Million Cars

Takata Airbag Recall Expands--Honda, Nissan and Mazda Recall Over 3 Million Cars

Honda, Mazda and Nissan combined are recalling another almost three million vehicles worldwide as the recalls continue to spread over Takata airbag inflators that can explode and send metal bits flying. All three also have made previous recalls for the problem -- Honda recalled more than a million last year -- and said ... Continue reading

Toyota Continues to Be a Leader in Automotive R&D Patents

Toyota Continues to Be a Leader in Automotive R&D Patents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued 1,355 patents to Toyota’s innovative engineers and scientists in 2013. The patents issued to Toyota companies further demonstrate Toyota’s commitment to ever better vehicles that achieve new environmental, innovation and safety technological advancements. T ... Continue reading

If Your Hybrid is Even More Efficient in the Future, Thank This Guy

If Your Hybrid is Even More Efficient in the Future, Thank This Guy

Eric Dede’s innovative spirit may help increase hybrid efficiency by 10% -- Eric Dede has always been interested in the future. Futuristic concepts such as space and astronautics have always consumed Eric’s attention. That’s how he ended up as a senior engineer for the University of Michigan’s Space ... Continue reading

Giving a Buzz 'bout Bees

Giving a Buzz 'bout Bees

Weather warms and bees buzz, a sure sign they’re getting down to business … pollinating the plant populace. And as the top population handling this serious undertaking, they’re getting a hand from Toyota. In Georgetown, Kentucky, honeybees wander down Cherry Blossom Way to the walls of a building at Toyo ... Continue reading

Toyota, Suppliers Disaster Relief Giving Nears $86,000

Toyota, Suppliers Disaster Relief Giving Nears $86,000

Auto industry and team members donate money, goods and services In the aftermath of the April 28 tornado that struck Northeast Mississippi, Toyota asked how they could help those in need. The answer shaped itself in the form of almost $86,000 donated by Toyota, near site suppliers and team members. Toyota Mississippi a ... Continue reading

Toyota and Discovery Education Announce Students from Irvine Named Winners of the 2014 Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge

Toyota and Discovery Education Announce Students from Irvine Named Winners of the 2014 Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge

Winning Video Nets Students $15,000 and Chance to Work with Discovery to Produce Their Entry as a TV-Ready PSA June 17, 2014 Silver Spring, MD (June 17, 2014) – Toyota and Discovery Education today announced that four teens from Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine, CA - Jenny Kim, Tyler Koski, Kevin Kim and Chase ... Continue reading

Toyota Testifies On Future Surface Transportation, Challenges of Connected Vehicles & Roads

Toyota Testifies On Future Surface Transportation, Challenges of Connected Vehicles & Roads

Vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communication, once thought to be an idea in the distant future, is finally here. Almost. As cars become more connected to each other and the world around them, a new set of benefits and challenges have emerged. “The automobile is currently undergoing a ... Continue reading

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