Author: Toyota Official News

Toyota Continues Role as Lead Automotive Innovator

Ann Arbor, Mich. (June 18, 2018) – In his address to investors last month, Akio Toyoda spoke of transforming the company that bears his family name from an automaker into a mobility company. While that official change in direction was a recent announcement, Toyota’s engineers and scientists have been expanding their research and development efforts to… Continue reading Toyota Continues Role as Lead Automotive Innovator

Advanced Automatic Collision Notification Service “D-Call Net(R)” Expanded Nationwide

Full-scale implementation of the advanced automatic collision notification system D-Call Net(R) is now underway at approximately 730 locations within Japan. A trial service has been ongoing since November 2015, whereby base hospitals and air ambulances have prepared systems to transmit fatal and serious injury probability data from vehicles to all fire departments within the trial… Continue reading Advanced Automatic Collision Notification Service “D-Call Net(R)” Expanded Nationwide

TMC Announces Board Member, Executive, Organizational and Personnel Changes

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces the appointment of new members to the board of directors, which was ratified today at TMC’s ordinary general shareholders’ meeting. After the meeting, the representative directors and directors with special titles were appointed at a meeting of the board of directors. Promotions to executive and changes to executives’ areas of… Continue reading TMC Announces Board Member, Executive, Organizational and Personnel Changes

Toyota Advances Mobility as a Service Strategy with Strategic Investment and Collaboration with Grab, the leading Ride-hailing Company in Southeast Asia

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it has concluded an agreement with Grab Holdings Inc. (Grab) to strengthen their existing partnership and expand the collaboration between Toyota and Grab in Southeast Asia to drive further advances in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) across the region. As part of this agreement, Toyota will invest $1… Continue reading Toyota Advances Mobility as a Service Strategy with Strategic Investment and Collaboration with Grab, the leading Ride-hailing Company in Southeast Asia

Lexus Performance, Crafted to the Extreme

PLANO, Texas (June 11, 2018) — Crafting exceptional performance vehicles for luxury automaker Lexus requires commissioning the meticulous work of its Takumi masters. With at least 25 years of training, Takumi possess a rare blend of skill and spirit, have a passion for excellence and will stop at nothing to achieve it.

A New Level of Performance and Sophistication — The Next Generation Lexus ES

NASHVILLE, TN – After nearly thirty years of success, the seventh-generation Lexus ES is set to redefine its status among entry-level executive sedans. Long known for its unparalleled comfort, refinement and luxury appointments, the 2019 Lexus ES builds on its strengths with an all-new chassis that allows for a more dynamic exterior design and the introduction… Continue reading A New Level of Performance and Sophistication — The Next Generation Lexus ES