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Toyota Is Racing Into the Cloud Revolution


Get ready for vehicles talking to drivers, other vehicles, and infrastructure.

As cloud technology becomes an integral part of life from controlling indoor temperature to coordinating between hospitals, several automobile companies are also beginning to hop on board.

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota is the most recent jump on—and in a big way.

The carmaker announced the creation of a separate, Plano, Texas-based company, Toyota Connected on Monday. The firm will collect and analyze data…
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Toyota Speeds Ahead on Automatic Brakes


Toyota Motor Corp. said automatic brakes would become a standard feature on nearly all the Japanese auto maker’s vehicles by the end of next year, speeding up on a pledge from most auto makers to do so by 2022.

The Japanese company on Monday said the feature—which detects imminent crashes and eventually engages brakes automatically if a driver fails to react quickly enough—would be on nearly all Toyota and luxury Lexus models…
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The Scion FR-S is Reborn as the Toyota 86 in New York

Toyota GT86 revamp for New York show


If the above Scion FR-S looks slightly different, it’s because it is. The front fascia has been tweaked and slightly shaped for 2017, the headlamps have been reworked to house more LEDs, and it’s the same story around back. The Subaru-derived boxer engine now puts out 205 horsepower and 156 pound-feet of torque, bumps of five horsepower and five pound-feet respectively. But unless you live outside of North America, the biggest change isn’t the power or the shape: It’s the new badge adorning the bonnet and decklid.

Since 2013...
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Toyota's popular Highlander Renewed


When it comes to the deployment of new technologies in its mainstream, high-volume models, Toyota is one of the most conservative automakers out there. The late-adoption strategy seems to work well for the Japanese brand, however, as it allows it to decide whether such additions are truly worthwhile for its customers. It also helps it to develop and refine such technologies to a high degree before introduction, an approach that helps it to avoid reputation-staining…
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Back On The Road


Upon the launch of the North American leg of the Ever-Better Expedition in June, Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz set out a vision.

"These cars may have been conceived in an engineer's mind," Lentz said. "But they were born on the road. And it's time to get them back to the place of their birth."

And that's exactly what they did, as more than 140 engineers and team members drove a…
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Toyota Launches A Wooden Car

The Setsuna concept car (Picture Toyota)

The Ise Grand Shrine, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu, is the holiest shrine of the Shinto religion. Every 20 years, people tear it down. Then, they build it new, all from wood, without a single nail. They have been doing this for around 1,300 years. Instead of preserving a single structure, the original design, and most of all the skill to build, are preserved from the eroding effects of time. “Its secret isn…
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Toyota Motor Sales' Lexus Brand Ranks Highest for Fifth Consecutive Year

Toyota Motor Sales’ Lexus Brand Ranks Highest in J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study for Fifth Consecutive Year
  • Toyota brand ranked 4th overall
  • Four of the top 10 models belong to Toyota Motor Sales
  • Toyota Motor Sales receives six segment awards total
2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport 008

The Lexus brand captured the highest ranking in vehicle dependability among all nameplates for a fifth consecutive year in the 2016 J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS).  Toyota Motor Sales…
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Toyota create ‘crash test cyclist’ to help develop driver-less cars

The car maker has built a cycling crash test dummy in order to assess the radar technology on the driver-less cars it's developing.




The world’s biggest car manufacturer has built one of the world’s first crash test bicycles, complete with a crash test cyclist. The new bike is like a jigsaw. It has pieces made of a shatter-resistant material. They break apart in a collision and can be slotted back together quickly…
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Cops Get A Boost From Toyota Hybrids In MPGs, Arrests, And Dollars

Toyota Camry Hybrid Enforces More Law Per Gallon

 

ARKADELPHIA, Ark., Jan. 21, 2016 – On the surface, it’s just an environmental thing: A gas/electric hybrid is going to emit less pollutants than a gasoline-only power train. But it’s also going to use less fuel and get more mpg and at low speeds, it’s quieter than a gasoline engine.  Think of it as a “stealth mode” when running…
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Self Driving Cars Double Crash Rates...But It's Not Their Fault


DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now: The vehicles have racked up a crash rate double that of those with human drivers.

The glitch?

They obey the law all the time, as in, without exception. This may sound like the right way to program a robot to drive a car, but good luck trying to merge onto…
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