Tag: Toyota

The tricky art of badge engineering | Axon’s Automotive Anorak | GRR – Goodwood Road and Racing

Following the formation earlier this year of Stellantis – the new custodian of 14 disparate car brands, formed out of the merger of the monolithic FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) and PSA (the Groupe Peugeot) to form the world’s fifth-largest motor company (behind the Volkswagen Group, Toyota, General Motors and Renault-Nissan) – a degree to product… Continue reading The tricky art of badge engineering | Axon’s Automotive Anorak | GRR – Goodwood Road and Racing

World NM: Indus Motor declares Rs12.8b profit after tax for 2020-21001519

The Board of Directors of Indus Motor Company Ltd. (IMC) met on August 26, 2021 to review the company’s financial and operating performance for the year ended June 30, 2021. The increase in turnover and profitability for the year was mainly due to higher CKD and CBU volumes, primarily due to improved economic conditions and… Continue reading World NM: Indus Motor declares Rs12.8b profit after tax for 2020-21001519

Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete

Self-driving cars Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete Japan’s Aramitsu Kitazono was left with cuts and bruises after being hit by the e-Palette vehicle at the athletes’ village Toyota has suspended its e-Palette driverless vehicle service at the Paralympics after one hit a visually impaired athlete at the Paralympics. Photograph:… Continue reading Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete

Toyota pulls self-driving e-Palettes from the Paralympics following a crash

Four days into the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Toyota removed its self-driving e-Palette vehicles from the event following a collision with a pedestrian. The automaker made the decision Friday, according to Reuters, a day after one of the pods hit a visually impaired athlete who was walking nearby.  According to a video statement from Toyota CEO… Continue reading Toyota pulls self-driving e-Palettes from the Paralympics following a crash

Toyota suspends all self-driving vehicles at Paralympic Games after collision with athlete

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced an immediate halt to all of its e-Palette self-driving transportation pods operating at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. The decision comes on the heels of an accident that took place in the Paralympic Village yesterday, when a Toyota e-Palette collided with a visually impaired athlete, injuring them. While Toyota remains a… Continue reading Toyota suspends all self-driving vehicles at Paralympic Games after collision with athlete

@Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 24th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020

About Toyota Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands plus our 1,800 dealerships. Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly employs more than 47,000 in North America. The… Continue reading @Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 24th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020

@Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) Fact Sheet

President: Frank Voss Groundbreaking: 1986 Plant Site: Cambridge plant (400 acres) Woodstock plant (1,000 acres) Plant Size: Cambridge plant (3 million sq. ft.) Woodstock plant (1.8 million sq. ft.) Investment: CAD $8 billion Employment: About 8,500 Annual Production Capacity: 500,000 Products: Corolla, RAV4, Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h Operations: Assembly, Stamping, Body Weld, Paint and… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) Fact Sheet

@Toyota: Statement Regarding a Collision between a Pedestrian and a Toyota e-Palette Vehicle at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes’ Village

On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at around 14:00, a Toyota e-Palette, a mobility vehicle used to support mobility within the Athletes’ Village at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, collided with a visually impaired pedestrian about to cross a pedestrian crossing. Firstly, we would like to express our sincerest apologies to the individual that… Continue reading @Toyota: Statement Regarding a Collision between a Pedestrian and a Toyota e-Palette Vehicle at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes’ Village

Self-Driving Bus Hits Pedestrian at Tokyo Olympic Village

But it seems that neither the athlete nor the bus were to blame. Share the Road On Thursday afternoon, one of the self-driving shuttle buses operating at the Tokyo Olympic village crashed into a Paralympian while they were crossing the street. The bus drove into 30-year-old Japanese judo competitor Aramitsu Kitazono, who is visually impaired,… Continue reading Self-Driving Bus Hits Pedestrian at Tokyo Olympic Village