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Toyota Launches New Mirai Premium Car
Toyota Motor today launched the completely redesigned Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in Japan. FCEVs run on hydrogen, a fuel that can be produced from various energy sources and contributes to preservation of the global environment and reinforcing energy security. They are the ultimate eco-cars, offering long cruising ranges with a short refueling time…
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Toyota Launches New Model RAV4 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in Japan
Toyota today launched the new model RAV4 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) through dealerships in Japan. Since its debut in 1994, RAV4 has pioneered the crossover SUV market, and remains the market leader. The new Toyota RAV4 PHEV aims to boost the fun-to-drive appeal of RAV4, adopting the newly developed Toyota Hybrid System (THS II).…
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Toyota Japan Expands Monthly Production Capacity of Medical Face Shields to 40,000 units
Toyota and Toyota Group companies are engaged in full-scale production of medical face shields in Japan, with Toyota largely expanding its production capacity from 500 to 600 units per week by approximately 20 times to start production of 40,000 units per month (approximately 2,000 units per day) from April 27. Toyota plans to further expand…
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Toyota cars’ real-time wiper data to help improve rain forecasts using IoT and big data in Japan
Toyota and weather information provider Weathernews Inc. have started tests to improve the accuracy of rain forecasts by using real-time data from networked cars’ windshield wipers. In the tests, which began Friday in Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi Prefecture, Weathernews receives data on wiper movements from Toyota cars via the internet and analyzes it together with…
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Toyota Rolls out New GR Supra Racing Car with BMW Engine in Japan
Toyota announced the launch of the new Supra in Japan after a 17-year absence. The new two-seater model was released on Friday in Japan, with its engine provided by the company’s German partner BMW. The new Toyota Supra is taking part at Germany’s 47th 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race being held from June 22…
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Toyota Uses Solar Power-derived Hydrogen for Forklifts in its Motomachi Plant in Toyota City
Toyota announced today that it has newly introduced SimpleFuel to its Motomachi Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. SimpleFuel is a simplified hydrogen station that uses electricity from solar panels at the plant site to produce low-carbon hydrogen from the electrolysis of water, which is then supplied to fuel-cell forklifts (FC forklifts) after it is…
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DoCoMo and Toyota Conduct Successful Remote Control of T-HR3 Humanoid Robot Using 5G
NTT DoCoMo and Toyota have successfully controlled the Toyota-developed T-HR31 humanoid robot in trials using fifth-generation mobile communications2 (5G) under a test environment with control from a remote location (a distance of approximately 10 kilometers) using 5G in an area between two points. The trials confirmed that the T-HR3 is capable of performing tasks that…
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Thermo-Tect Lime Green Prius deflects more sunlight than your car
While the Toyota Prius has its critics, there is something about the car that manages to set it apart as the renegade automobile that defies odds even with the strange colors and a design that is despised by many. Now, the Japanese car is offering science as a solution to enhance the experience of being…
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Toyota’s fuel cell car Mirai will sell in Northeastern US and California in 2016
“Mirai” which means future in Japanese might actually be the future of cars as it is very eco-friendly and doesn’t require oil to run. Toyota has announced the production of the Mirai fuel celled car which is fuelled by hydrogen just before the Los Angeles Auto Show. The fuel-cell car the Mirai can give a…
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Toyota announces plans to launch anti-collision system and semi-autonomous cars by 2015
Close to 1.3 million people are killed around the world every year due to road mishaps. Despite different deterrents and road safety measures put into place by the authorities, the number is only swelling each year. Many automakers are spending billions of dollars into development of fully autonomous crash-less cars which promise to dramatically improve…
