Tag: Toyota

Ford and Chevy’s supply chain woes are affecting the cool cars now

Ford and Chevrolet are reportedly halting production on their respective flagship performance cars, the Mustang and the Camaro, for a week thanks to supply chain issues (via Jalopnik). While the pauses probably won’t make it that much harder to get a muscle car, they are just the latest in a string of automotive delays caused… Continue reading Ford and Chevy’s supply chain woes are affecting the cool cars now

@Toyota: Sequestering Carbon Through Algae Production: Our Investment in Brilliant Planet

By Lisa Coca, Partner, Climate Fund In the race to net zero, it’s critical not only to focus on emission reductions, but also on the implementation and adoption of negative emission technologies. For those newer to climate tech, gigaton-scale removal of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, also known as carbon capture, is a family of technologies… Continue reading @Toyota: Sequestering Carbon Through Algae Production: Our Investment in Brilliant Planet

Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras, article with gallery

San Francisco, April 6 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (7203.T) unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such as lidars. Woven Planet told Reuters it is able to use low-cost cameras to collect data and effectively train its self-driving system, a “breakthrough” that it hopes will… Continue reading Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras, article with gallery

@Toyota: Tool and Die Software: Our Investment in Atomic Industries

Factories can be seen as complex puzzles, assembling various pieces to see the full picture. For manufacturers, the picture emerging from these puzzle pieces would be the factory of the future — where automation assembles the pieces for safer, highly efficient and standardized production. But it’s difficult to complete this puzzle if critical pieces just… Continue reading @Toyota: Tool and Die Software: Our Investment in Atomic Industries

Lexus teases its first electric vehicle, and oh no, it’s got a steering yoke

Lexus, the luxury automaker owned by Toyota, announced that it will reveal its first electric vehicle on Wednesday, April 20th, at 6AM ET. And it released two teaser images, one of which — we regret to inform you — features a steering yoke. In a sense, it’s not surprising. Toyota’s next-generation, long-range EV, the BZ4X,… Continue reading Lexus teases its first electric vehicle, and oh no, it’s got a steering yoke

This is the car park in Spain: vehicles with alternative engines only represent 2.7%

5 April, 2022 Posted by: Jorge Platero Category: Faconauto News Nearly 674,000 hybrid and electric cars circulated on Spanish roads at the end of 2020. Sustainable mobility has been placed at the center of the automotive industry. The pressure to meet environmental targets has led to a change in the dealers’ sales strategy. However, the… Continue reading This is the car park in Spain: vehicles with alternative engines only represent 2.7%

HAIG PARTNERS SERVES AS EXCLUSIVE ADVISOR ON SALE OF TOYOTA OF IOWA CITY

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Haig Partners LLC, the leading buy-sell advisory firm to higher value auto, heavy truck and RV dealers, was the exclusive sell-side advisor to brothers Mark and Jim Dreusicke on the sale of Toyota of Iowa City to the McGrath Family of Dealerships of Cedar Rapids. Toyota of Iowa… Continue reading HAIG PARTNERS SERVES AS EXCLUSIVE ADVISOR ON SALE OF TOYOTA OF IOWA CITY