Toyota City, Japan, March 16, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Toyota Financial Services Corporation launched a cross-Group virtual organization, Toyota Blockchain Lab, in April 2019, which has moved forward with initiatives for using blockchain technology including, to date, verifying the usefulness of the technology through demonstration trials, and global collaboration with Group companies. In an… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Blockchain Lab, Accelerating Blockchain Technology Initiatives and External Collaboration
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@Toyota: Toyota Develops New Paint Atomizer with Over 95 percent Coating Efficiency, Highest in the World
Toyota City, Japan, March 12, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has developed a new type of paint atomizer (airless paint atomizer) that uses static electricity instead of air, to replace the conventional air paint atomizers used in the vehicle body painting process. The newly developed airless painter, the first of its kind in the world*, achieves… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Develops New Paint Atomizer with Over 95 percent Coating Efficiency, Highest in the World
@Toyota: TRI-AD enables successful creation of HD maps for automated driving on surface roads
Maxar Technologies (“Maxar”), a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, Japan’s leading IT services provider NTT DATA Corporation (“NTT DATA”), and TRI-AD are collaborating on a proof of concept to build automated HD maps for automated vehicles using the highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery since April 25th, 2019. The PoC demonstrates it… Continue reading @Toyota: TRI-AD enables successful creation of HD maps for automated driving on surface roads
@Toyota: Toyota Financial Services Offers Payment Relief to Customers Affected by Tennessee Tornados
PLANO, Texas, March 6, 2020 – Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced it is offering payment relief options to its customers affected by the recent tornados which struck Tennessee earlier this month. This broad outreach includes any Toyota Financial Services (TFS) or Lexus Financial Services (LFS) customer in the designated disaster areas. Toyota Financial Services cares… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Financial Services Offers Payment Relief to Customers Affected by Tennessee Tornados
@Toyota: “Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu” Launched to Study the Potential for Large-scale Hydrogen Use in the Chubu Region
Purpose and main activities Regarding hydrogen production and the supply sector, innovative technologies for social implementation have been executed by various groups of companies. Meanwhile, in the demand side, studies on large-scale hydrogen utilization presently stay being carried out by individual companies. In response to this situation and to realize the social implementation of hydrogen,… Continue reading @Toyota: “Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu” Launched to Study the Potential for Large-scale Hydrogen Use in the Chubu Region
@Toyota: Notice of Personnel Changes of Board Members and Officers, Organizational Changes
2020-03-05 Toyota Tsusho Corporation (head office: Nagoya City; President & CEO: Ichiro Kashitani) announces that the Board of Directors today adopted a resolution approving the following changes to organizational, and personnel changes effective April 1, 2020. Toyota Tsusho also announces that the Board of Directors decided on the directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members… Continue reading @Toyota: Notice of Personnel Changes of Board Members and Officers, Organizational Changes
@Toyota: Toyota Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Management Responsibilities, and Organizational Structure
Toyota City, Japan, Mar 3, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure, senior management responsibilities, and organizational structure described below effective April 1, 2020. Change Highlight: Consolidation of the post of executive vice president and the post of the operating officer… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Management Responsibilities, and Organizational Structure
@Toyota: TMC Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Management Responsibilities, and Organizational Structure
Regarding the changes announced today, TMC President Akio Toyoda commented: “While overcoming the numerous difficulties that our company has faced since I was appointed president in 2009, such as the large-scale recall crisis and the Great East Japan Earthquake, I became aware of the importance of contemplating what our company is all about and of… Continue reading @Toyota: TMC Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Management Responsibilities, and Organizational Structure
@Toyota: TMC Announces Personnel Change Masaaki Uechi General Manager, Automated Driving & Advanced Safety System Development Div., Advanced Safety System Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company
Masaaki Uechi General Manager, Automated Driving & Advanced Safety System Development Div., Advanced Safety System Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company General Manager, Automated Driving & Advanced Safety System Development Div., Advanced Safety System Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company Concurrently General Manager, Automated Driving System Development Project, Automated Driving & Advanced Safety System Development… Continue reading @Toyota: TMC Announces Personnel Change Masaaki Uechi General Manager, Automated Driving & Advanced Safety System Development Div., Advanced Safety System Field, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company
@Toyota: Inchcape Fleet Solutions to be rebranded as Kinto following its acquisition by Toyota Fleet Mobility
Following the acquisition of Inchcape Fleet Solutions (IFS) by Toyota Fleet Mobility (TFM), the business is to be rebranded as Kinto, the new mobility brand launched by Toyota earlier this year. TFM completed its acquisition of IFS in December 2019, continuing its expansion in Europe and entering the UK’s fleet management and full service leasing… Continue reading @Toyota: Inchcape Fleet Solutions to be rebranded as Kinto following its acquisition by Toyota Fleet Mobility