Author: Toyota Official News

Driving the Future – Toyota Team Members Get Connected

•Toyota strengthens Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) 5.9GHz Vehicle to Everything (V2X) technology commitment via University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute partnership. •Further establishes the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment as the world’s largest operational real-world deployment of connected vehicles and infrastructure. August 22, 2018 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (August 22, 2018) The University of… Continue reading Driving the Future – Toyota Team Members Get Connected

Toyota Launches Car Share Service in Honolulu Through Servco Pacific Inc.

HONOLULU (July 10, 2018) – A jaunt to the beach, a quick errand or the drive to work. These activities just became more manageable for residents of Honolulu and visitors alike with today’s launch of a creative new mobility solution called Hui – a round-trip, station-based car share service. Operated by Servco Pacific (Servco), Toyota’s… Continue reading Toyota Launches Car Share Service in Honolulu Through Servco Pacific Inc.

Lexus is conducting a safety recall involving certain Lexus IS and GS vehicles

PLANO, Texas (June 26, 2018) – Toyota Motor North America, Inc. today announced that it is conducting a safety recall involving certain Lexus models: Model Year 2006-2013 IS350, Model Year 2010-2014 IS 350C and Model Year 2007-2011 GS 350, and GS 450h vehicles. Approximately 115,000 units are involved in the United States.

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