Tag: Toyota

Toyota Says Solid-State Batteries Still More Than Decade Away

1 M BY MARK KANE Shinzo Abe, Toyota’s powertrain general manager, in a very interesting Wards Auto interview, outlined a future (by 2030) dominated by hybrid car sales, not plug-ins. Toyota Prius Plug-In (Prius Prime) The Japanese company expects that in Japan and Europe, hybrid car sales will outperform other alternatives. Also, North America is… Continue reading Toyota Says Solid-State Batteries Still More Than Decade Away

Toyota and Suzuki Agree to Start Discussing Joint Projects for Technological Development, Vehicle Production, and Market Development

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have agreed today to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. After having concluded a memorandum of understanding toward business partnership on February 6, 2017, Toyota and Suzuki have been pursuing concrete forms of cooperation and have… Continue reading Toyota and Suzuki Agree to Start Discussing Joint Projects for Technological Development, Vehicle Production, and Market Development

US launches auto import probe, China says will defend interests

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports that could lead to new U.S. tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminum in March. The national security probe under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 would investigate whether vehicle and parts… Continue reading US launches auto import probe, China says will defend interests

Optimising flow within mobility systems with AI: The Turing and Toyota Mobility Foundation collaborate to modernise city planning and traffic management

The Alan Turing Institute and the Toyota Mobility Foundation are collaborating on a project to transform the way cities are planned and managed. The objective of this new project, ‘Optimising flow within mobility systems with AI’, part of the Turing’s new AI programme, is to transition complex traffic management from static systems into dynamic, optimized… Continue reading Optimising flow within mobility systems with AI: The Turing and Toyota Mobility Foundation collaborate to modernise city planning and traffic management

All electric vehicles in India possible only in 2050: Toyota

HYDERABAD: Toyota Kirloskar Motor has said the Centre’s earlier target of setting up an all-electric fleet from 2030 will be possible from only 2050 and suggested that hybrid cars will be an “interim” solution till that time.Vice-chairman and whole-time director at TKM, Shekar Viswanathan said the Japanese car maker is in the process of shipping… Continue reading All electric vehicles in India possible only in 2050: Toyota

Apple’s Robot Cars Are Driving In the Slow Lane

A few years ago, I chatted to a senior Volkswagen AG manager who’d been involved in discussions with Apple Inc. about teaming up on autonomous vehicles. In essence, he said, Apple had asked the German autos giant to give it a stack of vehicle and driver behavior data. In return, VW would receive the self-driving system… Continue reading Apple’s Robot Cars Are Driving In the Slow Lane