Author: Toyota Official News

Toyota and Suzuki Agree to Start Discussing Joint Projects for Technological Development, Vehicle Production, and Market Development

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have agreed today to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. After having concluded a memorandum of understanding toward business partnership on February 6, 2017, Toyota and Suzuki have been pursuing concrete forms of cooperation and have… Continue reading Toyota and Suzuki Agree to Start Discussing Joint Projects for Technological Development, Vehicle Production, and Market Development

Optimising flow within mobility systems with AI: The Turing and Toyota Mobility Foundation collaborate to modernise city planning and traffic management

The Alan Turing Institute and the Toyota Mobility Foundation are collaborating on a project to transform the way cities are planned and managed. The objective of this new project, ‘Optimising flow within mobility systems with AI’, part of the Turing’s new AI programme, is to transition complex traffic management from static systems into dynamic, optimized… Continue reading Optimising flow within mobility systems with AI: The Turing and Toyota Mobility Foundation collaborate to modernise city planning and traffic management

Toyota Autoparts Philippines, Inc. to become Aisin’s subsidiary

Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (“Aisin”) have agreed today to increase Aisin’s equity participation in Toyota’s subsidiary, Toyota Autoparts Philippines, Inc. (“TAP”), from the current 34 percent to 61 percent and to make it Aisin’s subsidiary. The purpose of this arrangement is to strengthen its competitiveness in the manual transmission (“MT”)… Continue reading Toyota Autoparts Philippines, Inc. to become Aisin’s subsidiary

Toyota moves to expand mass-production of fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks towards ten-fold increase post-2020

Toyota sees global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) increasing significantly after 2020, to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. To prepare for this growth, the company unveiled plans for two major new facilities today: a brand-new building near its original automobile factory for expanding fuel cell stack mass production, and a… Continue reading Toyota moves to expand mass-production of fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks towards ten-fold increase post-2020

Who is the Customer: The Investor or the Startup?

“You don’t need to know if the idea will succeed — just the person.” Jason Calacanis, Angel investor When a startup pitches an investor, a logical assumption is that the investor is the customer. After all, the startup is asking for money, often traveling to the investor’s office, pitching their company, and responding quickly to the investor’s follow-on… Continue reading Who is the Customer: The Investor or the Startup?

Toyota Tech Talks: Jim Adler on Disruption in the Auto Industry and Investing in Startups

From Intuition Robotics’ social companion robot for older adults to Realtime Robotics’ path planning technology for machine movement in the real world ‒ at Toyota AI Ventures, we look to invest in and help innovative startups around the world that are tackling ambitious problems in artificial intelligence, data/cloud, autonomous mobility, and robotics. Learn more from… Continue reading Toyota Tech Talks: Jim Adler on Disruption in the Auto Industry and Investing in Startups

Building Skills for High-Demand Jobs

SAN ANTONIO (May 15, 2018) – Schools in the greater San Antonio area will soon have additional resources to help prepare youth for the jobs of tomorrow. Toyota USA Foundation, together with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), awarded $400,000 in grants to provide curriculum and teacher professional development focused on computer science, engineering, and biomedical… Continue reading Building Skills for High-Demand Jobs

Surfing the 77 Gigahertz Wave: Our Investment in Metawave

Radar was originally developed for military use in the mid-twentieth century. However, recent advancements in imaging radar technology have opened new applications for the automotive industry, where it’s critical for vehicles using for automated vehicles to “see” in difficult weather conditions — something for which radar is particularly well-suited. Along with cameras and LiDAR, imaging radar will… Continue reading Surfing the 77 Gigahertz Wave: Our Investment in Metawave