By Lisa Coca, Partner, Toyota Ventures Climate Fund Ammonia, methanol, olefins, and aromatics — these are the fundamental building blocks in the chemical industry, which contribute to 96% of all manufactured goods. Today, combustion is the predominant way to produce these base chemicals, a process that accounts for almost 4% of total greenhouse gas (GHG)… Continue reading @Toyota: Harnessing Light to Decarbonize Chemical Manufacturing: Our Investment in Syzygy Plasmonics
Author: Toyota Official News
@Toyota: Join Our Mission of Discovery: Toyota Ventures is Hiring
As Toyota’s first standalone venture capital firm, Toyota Ventures’ mission is to discover what’s next by helping early-stage startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. Since our founding in July of 2017, we have grown our total assets under management to over $500M and welcomed 65 companies to our portfolio from around… Continue reading @Toyota: Join Our Mission of Discovery: Toyota Ventures is Hiring
@Toyota: World Premiere of All-New Prius in Japan
Toyota has unveiled the all-new Prius for the first time globally, with Series Parallel Hybrid (HEV) models to launch in winter this year and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) models to launch in spring 2023. Go to Source
@Toyota: Mobility 54 SAS Invests in BasiGo, an Electric Bus Sales and Battery Leasing Business in Kenya- Building an Electric Mobility Ecosytem in Africa to Achieve Carbon Neutrality –
Mobility 54 Investment SAS (“Mobility 54”) – the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) and CFAO SAS (“CFAO”) has decided to invest 1 million USD in BasiGo, Inc. (“BasiGo”), a startup in the electric bus business in Kenya. Go to Source
@Toyota: Enabling Fleet Electrification Through Pay-As-You Drive Financing: Our Investment in Zeti
By Lisa Coca, Partner, Climate Fund Commercial fleets are going electric. According to a 2020 survey by Wakefield Research, 90% of fleet management companies believe electric vehicles (EVs) are the inevitable future of commercial fleets. Leading delivery and logistics companies are making headlines with announcements of EV purchases numbering in the hundreds of thousands. From… Continue reading @Toyota: Enabling Fleet Electrification Through Pay-As-You Drive Financing: Our Investment in Zeti
@Toyota: Trucking World Endorses Toyota’s Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells as a Step Toward a Cleaner Planet
The recently completed ‘Shore to Store’ ZANZEFF project at the Port of Los Angeles showed hydrogen-powered trucks performing well in a punishing environment Trucking customers and drivers appear ready for Toyota’s fuel-cell modules, to start in 2023 in Georgetown, Kentucky Toyota’s recently completed pilot project at the Port of Los Angeles provides a playbook for… Continue reading @Toyota: Trucking World Endorses Toyota’s Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells as a Step Toward a Cleaner Planet
@Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Establishes Vehicle Assembly Business Company in Cambodia – MOU signed with Government of Cambodia for collaboration in the automobile industry –
Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) announces today that it has established the vehicle assemble company Toyota Tsusho Manufacturing (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., (“TTMC”) in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The investment amount for this project is approximately 36.8 million US dollars. TTMC’s new plant, to be built in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, is going to… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Establishes Vehicle Assembly Business Company in Cambodia – MOU signed with Government of Cambodia for collaboration in the automobile industry –
@Toyota: Making Meat, Clearing Carbon: Our Investment in Vow
Imagine sitting down at a restaurant and the menu offers selections that include alternative proteins. However, after taking a closer look, you realize that these aren’t your traditional plant-based meat alternatives for chicken, beef, or pork. Rather, they’re entirely unique meats with tastes, flavors and textures completely new to you. Perhaps this selection includes products… Continue reading @Toyota: Making Meat, Clearing Carbon: Our Investment in Vow
@Toyota: Save the Date: Livestream of the All-New Prius World Premier on November 16
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will livestream the World Premiere of the All-New Prius on November 16. Go to Source
@Toyota: Honoring Military Veterans: ‘The Wall That Heals’ Comes to Toyota Texas
When former U.S. Army/Marine veteran Roger Lopez visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 1994, it was a stirring experience that he will likely never forget. “It made me cry,” the production group leader at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (Toyota Texas) and military veteran recalls. “It was a very emotional event for me.… Continue reading @Toyota: Honoring Military Veterans: ‘The Wall That Heals’ Comes to Toyota Texas