@Toyota: Woven Planet Holdings, a Subsidiary of Toyota, Acquires Vehicle Operating System Developer Renovo Motors

Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (“Woven Planet”), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”), announced the acquisition of Renovo Motors, Inc. (“Renovo”), a pioneering Silicon Valley-based automotive operating system developer. Renovo develops specialized software, which will advance Woven Planet’s mission to enable the most programmable vehicles on the planet with Arene and realize the broader vision… Continue reading @Toyota: Woven Planet Holdings, a Subsidiary of Toyota, Acquires Vehicle Operating System Developer Renovo Motors

@Toyota: Toyota Tsusho America and Recycling Giant Alter Trading Corporation Aluminum Recycling Joint Venture Starts Operation

Altech Recycling LLC, an aluminum recycling joint venture established in the U.S.A. by Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (“TAI”) in partnership with Alter Trading Corporation (“Alter”), has began operation from September 2021. With the advance of global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, BEV and other electric vehicles are rapidly becoming more popular. Consequently, demand is increasing… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Tsusho America and Recycling Giant Alter Trading Corporation Aluminum Recycling Joint Venture Starts Operation

@Toyota: TMMWV Celebrates 25 Years, Nearly 20 Million Powertrains Built; Innovation, Advanced Manufacturing to Guide Future Production

Awards $189,000 grant to West Virginia University Institute of Technology for middle school computer science after-school program in four counties  BUFFALO, W. Va. (September 22, 2021) – As Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia (TMMWV) celebrates 25 years of producing engines and transmissions, a keen eye is looking down the road at the next quarter century… Continue reading @Toyota: TMMWV Celebrates 25 Years, Nearly 20 Million Powertrains Built; Innovation, Advanced Manufacturing to Guide Future Production

@Toyota: Participation in Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering Center

Five Japanese automobile manufacturers (SUBARU CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Mazda Motor Corporation) and five parts manufacturers (AISIN CORPORATION, JATCO Ltd, DENSO CORPORATION, Panasonic Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) will be filling the role of executive member in the Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering center (JAMBE), which went… Continue reading @Toyota: Participation in Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering Center

@Toyota: Toyota’s First U.S. Manufacturing Facility Paves the Way Part by Part

Toyota’s first manufacturing facility in North America, TABC, Inc., has been helping to build the company’s reputation for quality in everything it assembles. Today, with the help of 330 team members, TABC is a primary supplier of parts for Tacoma trucks and past model service parts. The plant creates stamped parts, steering columns, catalytic converters,… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota’s First U.S. Manufacturing Facility Paves the Way Part by Part

@Toyota: Next-Gen Satellite Navigation: Our Investment in Xona Space Systems

The space sector is booming. With space tourism stoking public interest to new highs, space solutions are riding a record wave of investment, building on the $7.6 billion invested in 2020. The former rocket engineer in me delights at the growing enthusiasm for space, while my current investor self poses the typical nagging questions of… Continue reading @Toyota: Next-Gen Satellite Navigation: Our Investment in Xona Space Systems

@Toyota: Clearway Signs Second Clean Power Contract with Toyota

80 MW VPPA brings Toyota significantly closer to reaching carbon neutrality in its U.S. manufacturing facilities by 2035 SAN FRANCISCO (September 22, 2021) – Clearway Energy Group (Clearway) announced today that it has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) to support Clearway’s 100 MW Wildflower Solar project in… Continue reading @Toyota: Clearway Signs Second Clean Power Contract with Toyota

@Toyota: Toyota’s Mississippi Plant: A Model for Sustainable Initiatives

One of the top-selling vehicles in the world, the Toyota Corolla, is assembled at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi (TMMMS) in Blue Springs, Mississippi. It takes a Herculean effort to roll 170,000 cars off the assembly line each year. To lend a hand, TMMMS employees are assisted by “Godzilla,” a large material-handling robot, which looks like a… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota’s Mississippi Plant: A Model for Sustainable Initiatives

@Toyota: Stratospheric Robots for High-Frequency Imaging: Our Investment in Near Space Labs

The world is changing. Where we live, how we move, the energy we can consume, and the infrastructure we use — all are transforming. We’re also experiencing the effects of climate change every day with more extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, and tropical storms. Quality insights and wide coverage of these changes are critical to… Continue reading @Toyota: Stratospheric Robots for High-Frequency Imaging: Our Investment in Near Space Labs