Tag: Toyota

$27 Million Investment to Expand Toyota’s Long Beach Manufacturing Capabilities

The investment will equip TABC with the first coil-fed laser blanking line for TMNA, expand blanking capability to include steel and aluminum on the same line and increase capacity to cut 5.6 million blanks annually. In addition, these added capabilities will enable TABC to better support Tacoma production at TMNA facilities in Baja, California, and… Continue reading $27 Million Investment to Expand Toyota’s Long Beach Manufacturing Capabilities

Nexteer Reports Full Year 2021 Financial Results

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nexteer Automotive today reported annual results for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Although 2021 provided another challenging operating environment resulting from the ongoing global pandemic which brought unprecedented supply chain constraints and inflationary pressures to the automotive industry broadly, Nexteer continued to execute its long-term… Continue reading Nexteer Reports Full Year 2021 Financial Results

DENSO Group Company NSITEXE Leads Quadric’s $21 Million Series B Funding Round to Enhance AI Solutions

Investment advances DENSO’s commitment to achieve an environmentally-friendly, safe and secure mobility future NSITEXE, Inc., led Quadric’s $21 million Series B funding round NSITEXE is a DENSO group company that designs and develops key semiconductor components enabling next-generation automotive applications DENSO’s collaboration with Quadric helps the mobility supplier progress its sustainability and safety goals SOUTHFIELD,… Continue reading DENSO Group Company NSITEXE Leads Quadric’s $21 Million Series B Funding Round to Enhance AI Solutions

Toyota with partial autonomy in the Mirai

The Japanese manufacturer Toyota will integrate the Teammate into its Mirai model. The manufacturer Toyota will equip its first model with a system of partial autonomy: the Toyota Mirai. The Teammate system will be available from this year. [embedded content] The system is in the luxury brand from Toyota, the Lexus, already included. It allows… Continue reading Toyota with partial autonomy in the Mirai

Ford developing clutchless manual gearbox for ICE cars

Ford has filed a patent for a clutchless manual transmission for combustion-engined cars, featuring an automated clutch action that does without a third pedal. The driver can also override the automatic clutch function through a pressure-sensitive gear lever. In the patent files, the gearbox is described as being ‘mounted to the engine block’, indicating that… Continue reading Ford developing clutchless manual gearbox for ICE cars

Toyota and Yamaha are working on a hydrogen-powered V8 engine

Toyota has called on Yamaha to create a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine. And Yamaha hasn’t done things by half-measures, choosing to take the Lexus RC F’s 5.0-litre V8 unit as a starting point for the project. The block is basically the same, but Yamaha has made modifications to the engine’s fuel injectors, cylinder heads and… Continue reading Toyota and Yamaha are working on a hydrogen-powered V8 engine