Toyota Tests Solar-powered Prius
A project led by Toyota Motor is experimenting with a sun-powered Prius that it hopes will one day require no power plugging in.
In the...
Toyota to Invest $600 Million in Chinese Ride-Hailing Giant Didi
Toyota Motor has concluded an agreement with Didi Chuxing (DiDi) to expand collaboration in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in China.
As part of...
Toyota Showcases Field Support Robot, Miniature Self-driving Vehicles For the Tokyo Games
For the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Toyota Motor is preparing a new way to fetch javelins: pint-sized, self-driving A.I. robot cars.
The company, which is a...
BYD, Toyota Enter Agreement to Jointly Develop Battery Electric Vehicles
BYD Company Ltd. (BYD) and Toyota Motor announced today that they have signed an agreement for the joint development of battery electric vehicles (BEVs)....
Toyota Strikes Deal With Chinese Supplier of Electric Car Batteries CATL
Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to buy batteries from Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. as part of a broader partnership.
The two companies have entered into...
DENSO and Toyota Establish Chip Joint Venture for Cars
DENSO Corp. and Toyota Motor Corporation today agreed to establish a joint venture for research and advanced development of in-vehicle semiconductors.
The two companies...
NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota to Begin Road Trials of Electrified Vehicles Equipped with Solar Batteries
NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota Motor plan to commence public road trials of electric vehicles powered by solar batteries starting from late July 2019.
The...
Panasonic and Toyota Establish Joint Venture Related to Town Development Business
Panasonic and Toyota concluded today contracts aimed toward the establishment of a new joint venture to develop “connected” services to be used in homes and...
Uber Receives $1 Billion Investment From Toyota, Denso And SoftBank
Uber’s autonomous vehicle unit has raised $1 billion from a consortium of investors including SoftBank Group Corp, giving the company a funding boost for its...
SAE International, Ford, General Motors and Toyota Form Consortium to Address Autonomous Vehicle Safety
SAE International, along with Ford, General Motors (GM) and Toyota today announced they are stepping forward to form the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) that...
