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Toyota Research Institute Bets Big In Vegas On ‘Toyota Guardian’ Autonomy
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2019 – Toyota is doubling-down on humans. That’s the answer to the question; What has the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) been doing in automated driving over the past 12 months? Using onboard cameras, sensors and 3D animation, TRI opened its portion of a press conference today at the annual CES show in Las Vegas with a vivid reenactment of a three-car crash on a California Interstate, where no one was injured.
Read MorePAVE coalition launches broad-based public education campaign on automated vehicles
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 7, 2019) -- A broad coalition of leading industry, non-profit and academic institutions today launched a first-of-its kind campaign to inform the public and policymakers about the potential and the reality of advanced vehicle technologies and self-driving vehicles.
Read MoreToyota Mobility Foundation Unveils Five Visions for the Future of Mobility at CES
LAS VEGAS (January 7, 2019) - The five finalists in the three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge have been unveiled at CES in Las Vegas. The Toyota Mobility Foundation launched the $4 million global challenge in 2017 in partnership with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, with the aim of improving the lives of millions of people with lower-limb paralysis.
Read MoreToyota Financial Services Offers Payment Relief to Customers Affected by Federal Government Shutdown
PLANO, Texas, January 2, 2019 – Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced it is offering payment relief options to its customers affected by the current federal government shutdown. This broad outreach includes any Toyota Financial Services (TFS) or Lexus Financial Services (LFS) customer financially burdened by the government shutdown, including furloughed workers, businesses and employees of businesses directly affected by the shutdown, government contractors, and suppliers.
Read MoreToyota Safety Sense: Preventive Safety Package-equipped Vehicles Top 10 Million Units Globally
TOYOTA CITY, Japan, November 26, 2018—Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) today announces the total global number of vehicles equipped with Toyota Safety Sense (TSS)1, the Toyota-developed preventive safety package, has reached the 10 million unit mark, approximately three and a half years after its March 2015 introduction. It is anticipated that within this year, three million vehicles in Japan and five million vehicles in North America will have the package.
Read MoreAll-New 2019 Toyota RAV4 Breaks the Mold for the Segment It Created
PLANO, Texas (Nov. 20, 2018) The original Toyota RAV4 arrived in the United States 22 years ago, casting the mold for a whole new industry segment, which evolved into the compact crossover SUV.
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