Tag: Toyota

@Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri (TMMMO) Fact Sheet

President: Wes Woods Groundbreaking: 1991 Start of Production: 1993 Investment: $455 million Plant Sites: 75 acres Plant Sizes: 550,000 sq. ft. Employment: 900 Products: cylinder heads 2019 Production: 2.8 million cylinder heads Operations: low pressure casting, core making, die making Impact on Missouri: The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) conducted a study based on 2015 data… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Missouri (TMMMO) Fact Sheet

@Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Tennessee (TMMTN) Fact Sheet

President: Wes Woods Groundbreaking: 2003 Start of Production: 2005 Investment: $365 million Plant Sites: 200 acres Plant Sizes: 450,000 sq. ft. Employment:  300 Products: engine blocks and automatic transmission cases and housings 2019 Production: 1.6 million engine blocks, 870K automatic transmission cases and housings Operations: high pressure casting, die making Impact on Tennessee: The Center for Automotive… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Tennessee (TMMTN) Fact Sheet

@Toyota: TRI-AD and DMP kick off HD Map update PoC from April 2020

On March 17th, 2020, Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Dr. James Kuffner, “TRI-AD”) and Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Hiroyuki Inahata, “DMP”) have agreed to a partnership to build a proof of concept (“PoC”) applying the technologies of both companies starting April 2020. This PoC… Continue reading @Toyota: TRI-AD and DMP kick off HD Map update PoC from April 2020

@Toyota: Toyota Builds its LCV Line-up with Launch of new Proace City Compact Van

Toyota has significantly strengthened its presence in the UK van market with the introduction of the all-new Proace City, a compact van that offers a wealth of best-in-class load-carrying capabilities and high equipment specifications for the customer who needs their business transport to double as a mobile office. At a stroke, this new compact van… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Builds its LCV Line-up with Launch of new Proace City Compact Van

Volkswagen suspends production as coronavirus hits sales

* VW says sales down 15% in first two months of 2020
* VW CFO says coronavirus makes forecasts impossible
* VW resumes production in China as Europe shuts down (Adds CFO comment)
FRANKFURT, March 17 (Reuters) – Volkswagen Group , the world's biggest carmaker, is suspending production at factories across Europe as the coronavirus pandemic hits sales and disrupts supply chains, the company said on Tuesday.
The German carmaker, which owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini, Porsche, Seat and Skoda brands, also said that uncertainty about the fallout from coronavirus meant it was impossible to give forecasts for its performance this year.
“Given the present significant deterioration in the sales situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts supplies to our plants, production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by group brands,” Chief Executive Herbert Diess said on Tuesday.
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@Toyota: Toyota Blockchain Lab, Accelerating Blockchain Technology Initiatives and External Collaboration

Toyota City, Japan, March 16, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Toyota Financial Services Corporation launched a cross-Group virtual organization, Toyota Blockchain Lab, in April 2019, which has moved forward with initiatives for using blockchain technology including, to date, verifying the usefulness of the technology through demonstration trials, and global collaboration with Group companies. In an… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Blockchain Lab, Accelerating Blockchain Technology Initiatives and External Collaboration

Government to ask UK manufacturers to build ventilators

UK automotive manufacturing firms could be asked to produce ventilators for the NHS, as the health service’s resources are put under heavy strain due to the coronavirus outbreak.  Reports suggest Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak today (16 March) to engineering firms and vehicle manufacturers, including Ford, Honda, Rolls-Royce and JCB, to discuss whether their… Continue reading Government to ask UK manufacturers to build ventilators

Fca brakes in front of the Coronavirus: from today also closed the bodies of Mirafiori and Maserati of Grugliasco

Production suspended until March 27 to respond to the Covid emergency also in the factories of FCA, Mirafiori and Maserati included. The decisions to close the factories at least temporarily in order to restore the ideal conditions for the people who have to work inside are multiplying – day after day. And after the cases… Continue reading Fca brakes in front of the Coronavirus: from today also closed the bodies of Mirafiori and Maserati of Grugliasco

New V6 hybrid ‘Esprit’ to lead Lotus expansion plan

Before these models arrive, this 2021 model will be the last series-production car to be spun off the current extruded aluminium platform used in the Evora. However, the car is not intended as a direct Evora replacement, instead sitting above it as a separate model. Autocar has learned that the new car will make use… Continue reading New V6 hybrid ‘Esprit’ to lead Lotus expansion plan