Funding will help YPC expand its team and further develop its robotic kitchen LOS ALTOS, Calif. (October 20, 2020) — Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s early-stage venture capital fund, today announced its investment in YPC Technologies, a robotic kitchen startup based in Montreal, Canada. The funding follows YPC Technologies’ participation in the 2020 Toyota AI Ventures… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota AI Ventures Invests in YPC Technologies Through 2020 “Call for Innovation”
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Toyota AI Ventures Invests in YPC Technologies Through 2020 “Call for Innovation”
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s early-stage venture capital fund, today announced its investment in YPC Technologies, a robotic kitchen startup based in Montreal, Canada. The funding follows YPC Technologies’ participation in the 2020 Toyota AI Ventures “call for innovation” focused on smart, connected cities that launched earlier this… Continue reading Toyota AI Ventures Invests in YPC Technologies Through 2020 “Call for Innovation”
Ford wage, benefits fuel union buzz at Honda, Toyota, says Unifor leader
Jerry Dias has his eye on Honda and Toyota now. The president of Unifor, the union representing Detroit Three autoworkers in Canada, said contract talks with Ford Motor Co. went so well that nonunion workers have begun making inquiries, wondering if the time has come to join. The Ford deal announced Sept. 28 included a $1.5 billion (U.S.) investment… Continue reading Ford wage, benefits fuel union buzz at Honda, Toyota, says Unifor leader
Toyota bets on start-up Tugende’s small loans to boost Africa business
By Elias Biryabarema 3 Min Read KAMPALA (Reuters) – The trading arm of the Toyota Group has invested $4 million in Ugandan start-up Tugende, saying it hopes the firm’s loans to small, independent businesses will also help customers buy the carmaker’s vehicles. Launched in 2012 in Uganda, Tugende began by offering motorcycle loans to riders… Continue reading Toyota bets on start-up Tugende’s small loans to boost Africa business
@Toyota: Investment into Data Integrated – a digital platformer for public transport sector in Kenya- Promoting a digitalization of public transport in Africa –
2020-10-16 Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) and its group company CFAO SAS (“CFAO”) have invested through Mobility 54 Investment SAS (“Mobility54”) – established in October 2019 as a group joint venture between Toyota Tsusho and CFAO – into Data Integrated Limited (“DIL”), a company providing a transporter management system in Kenya. 1. Background In Kenya,… Continue reading @Toyota: Investment into Data Integrated – a digital platformer for public transport sector in Kenya- Promoting a digitalization of public transport in Africa –
@Toyota: Hispanic Scholarship Fund y Toyota Anuncian la Renovación de su Asociación, con $900,000 de Subvención para 2020-2021
El impacto de una beca otorgada por el fondo Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), la organización sin fines de lucro más grande del país que apoya la educación superior de los hispanoamericanos, va mucho más allá del valor monetario; se trata de generar esperanza y promover el acceso equitativo a la educación. El ingeniero de Toyota… Continue reading @Toyota: Hispanic Scholarship Fund y Toyota Anuncian la Renovación de su Asociación, con $900,000 de Subvención para 2020-2021
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LM Industries Announces $15M Funding from SPARX Group to deliver Olli to customers and consumers
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LM Industries, the parent company of Local Motors – the world’s first and only digital vehicle manufacturer – today announced a $15 million raise from Mirai Creation Fund II (managed by SPARX Group Co., Ltd, the Japanese asset management firm). This financing will help Local Motors deliver… Continue reading LM Industries Announces $15M Funding from SPARX Group to deliver Olli to customers and consumers
Exclusive: PSA to ditch its two small gasoline city cars, sources say
By Gilles Guillaume 4 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) – PSA PEUP.PA is ending the production of Peugeot and Citroën small city cars, three sources told Reuters, withdrawing from an increasingly unprofitable market as its starts a strategic review ahead of its planned merger with Fiat Chrysler FCHA.MI. A Peugeot logo is seen on a car… Continue reading Exclusive: PSA to ditch its two small gasoline city cars, sources say
@Toyota: Toyota Tsusho to Conduct Feasibility Study into Local Production for Local Consumption of Hydrogen- Seeking to use fuel cells to large-scale machinery at the Port of Los Angeles –
2020-10-14 Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (“TAI”) have been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (“NEDO”) to take part in a research project entitled “An investigation into the potential production and use of hydrogen based on a local production for local consumption model.” To this end,… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Tsusho to Conduct Feasibility Study into Local Production for Local Consumption of Hydrogen- Seeking to use fuel cells to large-scale machinery at the Port of Los Angeles –