President: Wes Woods Groundbreaking: 2003 Start of Production: 2005 Investment: $365 million Plant Sites: 200 acres Plant Sizes: 450,000 sq. ft. Employment: 300 Products: engine blocks and automatic transmission cases and housings 2019 Production: 1.6 million engine blocks, 870K automatic transmission cases and housings Operations: high pressure casting, die making Impact on Tennessee: The Center for Automotive… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Tennessee (TMMTN) Fact Sheet
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@Toyota: TRI-AD and DMP kick off HD Map update PoC from April 2020
On March 17th, 2020, Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Dr. James Kuffner, “TRI-AD”) and Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Hiroyuki Inahata, “DMP”) have agreed to a partnership to build a proof of concept (“PoC”) applying the technologies of both companies starting April 2020. This PoC… Continue reading @Toyota: TRI-AD and DMP kick off HD Map update PoC from April 2020
@Toyota: Toyota Builds its LCV Line-up with Launch of new Proace City Compact Van
Toyota has significantly strengthened its presence in the UK van market with the introduction of the all-new Proace City, a compact van that offers a wealth of best-in-class load-carrying capabilities and high equipment specifications for the customer who needs their business transport to double as a mobile office. At a stroke, this new compact van… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Builds its LCV Line-up with Launch of new Proace City Compact Van
@Toyota: Toyota Blockchain Lab, Accelerating Blockchain Technology Initiatives and External Collaboration
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
@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