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Marion Toyota Master Technician Named Toyota Region Quality Champion


Every year, there are a small number of MDT and Master level technicians, 'Toyota Advocates', who devote a considerable amount of time and effort into producing superior grade Dealer Product Reports (DRP's) on a regular basis.  The Toyota Quality Champions program is designed to recognize these efforts, and encourage submission of DRP's from technicians who have the proven ability and willingness to provide this valuable information back to Toyota.

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Toyota and Shell One Step Closer to a Hydrogen Refueling Network in California


The California Energy Commission (CEC) posted a Notice of Proposed Award (NOPA) outlining subsidies to support hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California. Shell, in partnership with Toyota, will be considered for the installation of hydrogen refueling equipment into seven retail stations in the state of California and an award of $16,362,500 to develop those stations.  
 
The NOPA marks an important step forward in California’s aspiration for broader deployment of low-carbon fuels and vehicle…
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Master Technician Doug Janz Named Outstanding Quality Champion


Marion Toyota Master Technician, Doug Janz, has been named "Outstanding Quality Champion" among Toyota Master Diagnostic Technicians in the Chicago Region.

Within each of the 12 Toyota region of the country, there are Master Technicians and Master Diagnostic Technicians who submit a significant number of high quality product reports on a regular basis.  These technicians are "Toyota Advocates" who care enough to devote their own time and effort into making high quality Dealer Product Reports…
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The Cars Owners Keep For At Least Ten Years


The top 10 cars that people hold onto are all from Japanese automakers, which isn’t surprising since they have a reputation for reliability. But the makeup of the cars is unexpected. These kinds of cars tend to be used as family cars, so they might be expected to be kept for many years if they’re bought just as their owners start their new families.

iSeeCars.com, an automotive research firm, ranked the most…
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Toyota Develops World's First Behavior Observation Methods for Lithium Ions in Electrolyte

Structure and Principles of an Automotive Li-ion Battery

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed the world's first1 method for observing the behavior of lithium ions (Li-ions) in an electrolyte when a Li-ion battery charges and discharges.

By using this method, it is possible to observe in real-time, the deviation of Li-ions?one of the causes of deterioration in the performance of Li-ion batteries. Toyota believes that this will provide essential guidelines for R&D that aims to improve the performance and durability…
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Toyota Works To Develop Advanced Electric Car Battery


Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a new way of observing the movements of tiny particles in batteries used to power electric vehicles — an advance it says will help boost their cruise range by 10 percent to 15 percent.

Toyota engineer Hisao Yamashige explained to reporters Thursday at the Japanese automaker's Tokyo office the complex method for tracking the lithium ions, which are tiny particles in lithium-ion batteries, also used in laptops and smartphones.

The…

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