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@Toyota: Toyota Motor Corporation Announces April-December 2019 Financial Results

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announces its financial results for the nine-month period ended Dec. 31, 2019. Global Consolidated vehicle sales totaled 6,830,129 units, an increase of 129,227 units compared to the same period last fiscal year. On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the period totaled 22.8301 trillion yen ($209.45 billion), an increase of… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor Corporation Announces April-December 2019 Financial Results

@Toyota: Q&A with Jan Becker — Co-founder and CEO of Apex.AI

Q&A with Jan Becker — Co-founder and CEO of Apex.AI Apex.AI co-founder and CEO Jan Becker Building on the open source Robot Operating System (ROS), Apex.AI was founded in 2017 to enable developers to successfully implement complex, safety-critical software for autonomous mobility. We welcomed Apex.AI to the Toyota AI Ventures portfolio in February 2019. In this Q&A, Apex.AI co-founder… Continue reading @Toyota: Q&A with Jan Becker — Co-founder and CEO of Apex.AI

@Toyota: Mobility 54 invests in Sendy Limited – a logistics digital platformer in Africa- contributing to solve the social challenges in the African logistics industry –

2020-02-04 Mobility 54 Investment SAS (“Mobility 54”) – established in October 2019 under a group joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) and CFAO SAS (“CFAO”) – has decided to participate in the series B funding and to invest USD 7.6 million in Sendy Limited (“Sendy”) engaging in logistics digital platform services in Africa.… Continue reading @Toyota: Mobility 54 invests in Sendy Limited – a logistics digital platformer in Africa- contributing to solve the social challenges in the African logistics industry –

@Toyota: Building Vision-Oriented AI for Autonomous Vehicles — Our Portfolio Company Recogni is Hiring

Building Vision-Oriented AI for Autonomous Vehicles — Our Portfolio Company Recogni is Hiring Founded in 2017, our portfolio company Recogni is creating a vision-oriented AI processing framework for high-performance, low-power object recognition to help advance autonomous vehicle (AV) efficiency and safety. The San Jose-based company, which emerged from stealth mode with its $25 million Series A funding round… Continue reading @Toyota: Building Vision-Oriented AI for Autonomous Vehicles — Our Portfolio Company Recogni is Hiring

@Toyota: Toyota develops fuel cell system for maritime applications

Previously, Toyota’s fuel cell system, which was first introduced in the Toyota Mirai, the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, proved its value as a propulsion system for automobiles. However, the company has more recently been exploring the use of its fuel cell system in other applications such as buses and trucks. Toyota,… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota develops fuel cell system for maritime applications

@Toyota: Toyota and Panasonic Decide to Establish Joint Venture Specializing in Automotive Prismatic Batteries

Toyota City, Aichi/Kadoma City, Osaka, Japan February 3, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) announced today that they have decided to establish Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., a joint venture specializing in automotive prismatic batteries. This decision comes just over a year since the two companies announced on January 22, 2019 that… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota and Panasonic Decide to Establish Joint Venture Specializing in Automotive Prismatic Batteries

@Toyota: Toyota’s New Acceleration Suppression Function Set to Launch in Summer 2020

Toyota Safety Sense is a preventive safety package introduced in 2015. Using accident data from Japan, the United States, and Europe, it comprises three core functions that help avoid or mitigate damage and injury from serious traffic accidents: Pre-Collision System (PCS), Lane Departure Alert (LDA), and Automatic High Beam (AHB). Toyota’s goal is to completely… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota’s New Acceleration Suppression Function Set to Launch in Summer 2020

@Toyota: 3rd Quarter of Fiscal year ending March 31,2020

2020-01-31 Toyota Tsusho announced financial results for 3rd Quarter of Fiscal year ending March 31, 2020. Below are the main items of Consolidated Results based on IFRS. (Unit: Billion yen) FY2018 1-3Q FY2019 1-3Q Change Gross profit 479.7 476.3 (3.4) Operating profit 165.1 164.0 (1.1) Profit before income taxes 180.2 184.2 +4.0 Profit attributable to… Continue reading @Toyota: 3rd Quarter of Fiscal year ending March 31,2020