@Toyota: LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2023: Call for Entries

Lexus today announced the call for entries for LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2023, an international design competition dedicated to empowering and encouraging the next generation of creators. Inaugurated in 2013, the award has served up-and-coming talent as a global platform for exposure, discovery, and launch of impressive careers. As the award continues to evolve, Lexus is… Continue reading @Toyota: LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2023: Call for Entries

@Toyota: Stratospheric Balloon Robots: Our Portfolio Company Near Space Labs is Hiring

Image courtesy of Near Space Labs Geospatial imagery plays a key role in understanding where people live, how they move or utilize infrastructure, and how energy consumption is transforming our world. Our portfolio company Near Space Labs is aiming to disrupt the industry by democratizing access to Earth imaging captured with its high-quality, cost-effective and… Continue reading @Toyota: Stratospheric Balloon Robots: Our Portfolio Company Near Space Labs is Hiring

@Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Commences Business for Recycling of Nylon Airbag Scraps in Vietnam- Contributing to the Realization of a Circulating Society through Recycling of Automotive Parts –

Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) announced today that it has acquired an airbag recycling technology license from recycle material manufacturer Refinverse, Inc. (“Refinverse”) and will commence a business in Vietnam for the recycling of nylon scraps generated during the manufacturing of airbags. Most nylon fabric used as material for airbags installed in vehicles are made… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Commences Business for Recycling of Nylon Airbag Scraps in Vietnam- Contributing to the Realization of a Circulating Society through Recycling of Automotive Parts –

@Toyota: 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame Inducts Taiichi Ohno, ‘Father of TPS’

On July 21, Toyota marked an important moment in history when Taiichi Ohno was inducted in the 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame. Ohno, a Japanese engineer and former Toyota executive, helped establish the fabled Toyota Production System (TPS), which revolutionized not only the Japanese automotive industry, but global vehicle manufacturing as well. Historical Moments ─… Continue reading @Toyota: 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame Inducts Taiichi Ohno, ‘Father of TPS’

@Toyota: Toyota is conducting a noncompliance safety recall involving certain Tacoma vehicles

PLANO, Texas (July 21, 2022) – Toyota is conducting a noncompliance safety recall involving certain 2022-2023 model year Tacoma vehicles in the U.S. Approximately 75,400 vehicles are involved in this recall. The upper child seat anchors of the involved vehicles may not have been welded sufficiently and may not meet minimum strength requirements. Vehicles with upper… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota is conducting a noncompliance safety recall involving certain Tacoma vehicles

@Toyota: Toyota is conducting a safety recall involving certain 2022 model year RAV4 vehicles

PLANO, Texas (July 21, 2022) – Toyota is conducting a noncompliance safety recall involving certain 2022 model year RAV4, RAV4 HEV and RAV4 PRIME (PHEV) vehicles in the U.S. Approximately 3,500 vehicles are involved in this recall. The Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor in the front passenger seat may not operate as designed and can… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota is conducting a safety recall involving certain 2022 model year RAV4 vehicles

@Toyota: Lessons Learned: The Million-Mile Tundra’s Influence on the Tundra of Today

When Victor Sheppard’s 2007 Toyota Tundra reached its 1 millionth mile, almost every component of the truck was still fully functioning except for the sun visor detent on the driver’s side and the odometer, which at the 999,999-mile mark had reached its six-digit limit. For Toyota Chief Engineer Mike Sweers, who has overseen the Tundra,… Continue reading @Toyota: Lessons Learned: The Million-Mile Tundra’s Influence on the Tundra of Today

@Toyota: Six Private Companies Establish “Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels”- The start of research on bioethanol fuel production to achieve carbon neutral society –

ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS), Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. (Daihatsu), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels (Research Association) on July 1, 2022, to study ways to optimize the process of producing fuel. It is… Continue reading @Toyota: Six Private Companies Establish “Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels”- The start of research on bioethanol fuel production to achieve carbon neutral society –

@Toyota: Six Private Companies Establish “Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels”

ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS), Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. (Daihatsu), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels (Research Association) on July 1, 2022, to study ways to optimize the process of producing fuel. Go to… Continue reading @Toyota: Six Private Companies Establish “Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels”