Tag: Toyota

@Toyota: Comment from Team Founder Akio Toyoda on Rally Portugal

Elfyn and Scott, congratulations and thank you for bringing valuable points to the team. Turning their frustration in Croatia into power, they showed their strength on the difficult roads in Portugal. I would also like to thank our fans for the passionate support throughout the weekend. Takamoto, congratulations on the best result of your career!… Continue reading @Toyota: Comment from Team Founder Akio Toyoda on Rally Portugal

@Toyota: Evans wins, Ogier on the podium for Toyota Gazoo Racing

The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team are celebrating their third win and third double podium finish from four events so far in 2021 after Elfyn Evans claimed victory and Sébastien Ogier finished third on the Rally de Portugal on Sunday (23 May).  Ogier continues to lead the drivers’ championship – two points ahead of… Continue reading @Toyota: Evans wins, Ogier on the podium for Toyota Gazoo Racing

DENSO, Honeywell Ascend Into Urban Air Mobility With Expanded Alliance

DENSO and Honeywell are in advanced discussions with current and prospective customers and intend to deliver flight test configurations of the electric propulsion systems within the next year. This focus on electrified power sources will not only help the companies fulfill UAM’s promise of providing cleaner, safer, more efficient, quieter and freer-moving transportation in and… Continue reading DENSO, Honeywell Ascend Into Urban Air Mobility With Expanded Alliance

TKM steps to ensure employee safety during the pandemic

New Delhi: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) recently released a package of comprehensive relief measures for its team members and their families by providing easy access to healthcare and other critical support during these testing times. As a part of its continued commitment to secure the health and safety of its people and the communities at… Continue reading TKM steps to ensure employee safety during the pandemic

Hyundai charts hydrogen road map beyond autos

SEOUL/NAGOYA, Japan — Two black shipping containers bearing the Hyundai logo sit side by side in a corner of a thermal plant run by a power company in the South Korean city of Ulsan. The boxes hold fuel cell systems of the same type used in Hyundai Motor’s hydrogen-powered Nexo sport utility vehicle. Each container is a… Continue reading Hyundai charts hydrogen road map beyond autos

Automakers to up fuel cell vehicle production

Visitors check out a hydrogen fuel cell bus at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, held from April 19-28. [Photo by Long Wei/For China Daily] Hydrogen seen as legitimate clean power source to complement hybrids, full electrics Carmakers in China and abroad are stepping up efforts to build hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which are thought could… Continue reading Automakers to up fuel cell vehicle production

Ford and Toyota top self-driving technology league table

TOKYO — Leading carmakers such as Ford Motor and Toyota Motor are catching up with tech giants in the global race to develop self-driving technology as indicated by new patent data. The two companies claimed the top two positions on a list of most competitive firms in terms of patents related to autonomous driving technology.… Continue reading Ford and Toyota top self-driving technology league table

Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities

Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver behind the wheel in three cities. While dozens of companies — 55 in all — have active permits to test autonomous vehicles with a safety driver, it’s far less common to receive permission for… Continue reading Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities

Fisker is building an electric popemobile

EV startup Fisker Inc. says it will make the first all-electric popemobile, using a modified version of its forthcoming Ocean SUV. Automotive designer Henrik Fisker and Geeta Gupta-Fisker (his wife and Fisker Inc. co-founder) presented Pope Francis with images of the proposed design during a meeting at the Vatican on Thursday. Those images show a… Continue reading Fisker is building an electric popemobile