Whether it's vehicle specifications, manufacturing processes, environmental concerns, or the future of the automobile, Toyota and Lexus engineers and designers are always finding ways to make things better. Better means more performance, more safety, more fuel efficiency, more sustainability... more value, and more reasons for customers to say, "Toyota offers me an innovative, advanced technology driving experience that's easy to integrate into my life". Here, you'll find examples of the world-leading advancements and technology that help make Toyota and Lexus leaders in innovation.
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Sep 29, 2016 Attention Drivers: Automated Vehicle Technology Not Driverless Yet
Ottawa, September 29th, 2016 /CNW/ - Startling results of a national public opinion survey about automated vehicles revealed that public misperceptions and over-confidence in these technologies may have unintended consequences for driver behaviour. The May 2016 poll was released today by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) in partnership with the Toyota Canada Foundation (TCF). More than 2,600 Canadian drivers responded to the poll that investigated driver knowledge, attitudes, and practices in relation to much anticipated, semi- and fully-automated vehicles.
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Sep 15, 2016 Toyota and Open Source Robotics Foundation to Partner on Robotics and Automated Vehicle Research
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, September 15, 2016 – Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today announced that it will join forces with the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) and its newly-formed for-profit subsidiary Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC) to expand the development of both open source and proprietary tools for Toyota’s fast-growing robotics and automated vehicle research initiatives.
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Sep 12, 2016 Toyota Disrupts TechCrunch with Technology Trifecta ‘The Impossible Quest’
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 12, 2016 – Take emerging virtual reality technologies, add one of the world’s most recognized visual architects and mix in an Emmy-award winning director and the most technologically advanced hybrid vehicle in...
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Aug 30, 2016 Two Canadian Youth Claim Bronze in Global Art Contest
TORONTO, ON., August 29, 2016 - Two young Canadian artists won bronze at the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest global awards ceremony in Japan. Their works of art were chosen from 855,371 submissions from more than 80 countries.
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Jun 30, 2016 Toyota Canada team wins big at 2016 Nîmes-Alès eco-rally
(TORONTO, ON – JUNE 30, 2016) Toyota Canada’s reputation for promoting advanced, efficient motoring received global recognition over the weekend, at the first-ever Nîmes-Alès eco-rally in southern France. There, Toyota’s Canadian rally team – Vinh Pham and Alan Ockwell – piloted their 2016 Toyota Prius to a first-place finish in the Hybrid category and a second-place Overall result.
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Jun 30, 2016 Toyota Leads Auto Industry in Innovation, Again!
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, June 30, 2016 – Whether it’s creating artificial skin for pedestrian safety mannequins, helping autonomous vehicles detect and safely react to emergency vehicles or fabrics that clean themselves, Toyota leads the way in anticipating...
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Jun 22, 2016 MIT Technology Review Names Toyota Among World’s 50 Smartest Companies
PLANO, TEXAS, June 22, 2016 – MIT Technology Review has named Toyota one of the world’s smartest companies, placing the automaker among respected tech leaders like Amazon, Alphabet, and Facebook, and ahead of others such as Microsoft, IBM, and Intel....
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Jun 22, 2016 Toyota Adds Child Models to Virtual Crash Dummy Line-up
Toyota City, Japan, June 22, 2016 -- Toyota Motor Corporation has added three new models to represent children aged ten, six, and three to Version 4 of its Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) virtual crash dummy software. THUMS allows injuries sustained by human bodies during vehicle crashes to be simulated on computer, and sales of the new models will begin from this autumn.
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Apr 13, 2016 Toyota Helps Turn Ann Arbor into World’s Largest Connected Car Proving Ground
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, April 13, 2016 – On the heels of last week’s announcement that Toyota is putting more boots on the ground in Ann Arbor to study fully autonomous driving and advanced mobility, Toyota also will be deploying cars on the road for real world testing.
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Apr 12, 2016 Lexus Hybrid Owners, Thanks a Million
TORONTO, ON., April 12, 2016 – Lexus International today announced it has sold over one million hybrid vehicles globally since the world’s first hybrid luxury vehicle, the RX 400h, went on sale in April 2005.
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