After three days of city and
highway driving, I was ready to dismiss the 2016 Toyota Tacoma pickup as
a very nice, very tall sedan. One of those citified trucks.
It’s so quiet, cushy and comfortable that it hardly seemed to be a truck at all...
Toyota Swamped With Orders For 2016 Mirai In US
The automaker has announced that it has nearly 1,900 orders for the Mirai in the US, more than the expected initial production run of the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle...
Fifth Annual Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge Launches To Promote Safe Teen Driving
Today’s teens are digital natives
who, on average, send over 100 texts and watch 1.15 hours of online
videos a day. That’s why Toyota TeenDrive365 is launching two defensive
driving campaigns that harness teens’ love of texting and online videos...
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Toyota Announces They Will Be Selling Cars That Can 'Talk' To Their Surroundings By End Of 2015
Toyota aims to become the first automaker to mass market talking
cars—that is to say, vehicles that can receive and share data
transmitted by external infrastructure and by other vehicles.
So-called “vehicle-to-infrastructure” and “vehicle-to-vehicle” communications are key to enabling autonomous cars because they provide essential safety information that sensors and cameras onboard vehicles cannot pick up.
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So-called “vehicle-to-infrastructure” and “vehicle-to-vehicle” communications are key to enabling autonomous cars because they provide essential safety information that sensors and cameras onboard vehicles cannot pick up.
Toyota Unveiling Latest Technology for Smart Mobility Initiatives at ITS World Congress
From October 5 through 9, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies from around the world will go on display in Bordeaux. Toyota will be one of those hosting an exhibit at the 22nd ITS World Congress (hosted by ERTICO-ITS Europe), and will showcase some of its many ongoing initiatives in this area.
“Towards Intelligent Mobility?Better Use of…
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“Towards Intelligent Mobility?Better Use of…
Toyota Becomes First Sponsor of NBC/Universal-AOL Content Alliance
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Toyota Motor has signed on as the launch sponsor of a partnership unveiled in April that will stream video content from NBCUniversal’s various properties on AOL’s “On” outlet that works online, via mobile app and on sundry broadband outlets.
Potential e-AWD available in the 2016 Prius?
Anyone out there up for going muddin' in a Prius? That may be possible,
sort of, because Toyota might be getting ready to offer an
all-wheel-drive version of the world's most popular hybrid. No word on
mudflaps, but one can only dream.
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'The Toyota Effect' Premieres At The New York Film Festival
The Toyota Effect premiered at NYFF
in conjunction with a panel that was moderated by Bob Garfield, Host of
NPR’s “On The Media” and featured Marjorie Schussel, Director,
Integrated Brand Communications at Toyota, Kief Davidson and Ross
Kauffman. Entitled “Brand Meets Story: How Filmmakers and Brands Are
Reinventing Digital Content”, the panel explored how content marketing
campaigns, like The Toyota Effect, are marrying creative freedom with
meaningful brand communications to tell “stories that matter.”
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First Crash Involving Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Was... Reassuring?
This past weekend, Xbox AOL Director Randy Shaffer got a chance to test drive a brand new Toyota Mirai. For the most part, the drive was uneventful. Towards the end, though, or what was going to be the end, before that end point was forcefully bumped up, the Mirai was involved in what we believe was the first Mirai accident in the US, perhaps the world. As you might suspect...
Toyota's 2016 Prius First to Feature TNGA
Toyota is finally launching their fourth generation, Toyota Prius 2016. The newest model is supported with a brand new look and breaking eco benchmark record on its release at Toyota's media event in Las Vegas...
