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@Toyota: Toyota Financial Services Issues Fifth Green Bond, Reinforcing Toyota’s Commitment to Sustainability

$750 million bond proceeds finance environmentally friendly vehicle sales PLANO, Texas (February 14, 2020) – Toyota Financial Services (TFS) issued its latest unsecured Green Bond, reinforcing the company’s industry-leading commitment to the sale of environmentally friendly vehicles. Proceeds from the $750 million bond will be used to fund the acquisition of new retail installment contracts… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Financial Services Issues Fifth Green Bond, Reinforcing Toyota’s Commitment to Sustainability

@Toyota: Toyota Mobility Foundation Introduces Global Next-Gen Urban Development & Traffic Management Challenge with MDEC

Rethinking the Future of Mobility CATCH will seek to address mobility challenges in Kuala Lumpur through a global call for solutions. For a period of 8 months, participants from start-ups, academic and research institutions to corporates, or even the general public can conceptualize and develop solutions that are dynamic, intelligent and data-driven to design future… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Mobility Foundation Introduces Global Next-Gen Urban Development & Traffic Management Challenge with MDEC

@Toyota: Toyota Announces April-December 2019 Financial Results

Toyota City, Japan, Feb 6, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announces its financial results for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019. 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… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Announces April-December 2019 Financial Results

@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