Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our…
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Toyota reveals the world’s first fuel cell mobile clinic
Toyota and the Japanese Red Cross have revealed the world’s first hydrogen-powered and zero-emission mobile clinic, which has been developed in response to the increasing need for the delivery of medical services and temporary electrical power in disaster-affected areas of Japan.Working on the foundations of a fourth-generation Toyota Coaster minibus, engineers exchanged the original 4.0-litre…
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President Akio Toyoda’s Comment on Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay (after fulfilling his role as a torchbearer on April 6) | Corporate | Global Newsroom
Toyota members, including me, participated in the Torch Relay as torchbearers, embracing the power of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to help create, through sports, a peaceful and an inclusive society without discrimination in which anyone can participate. The first torchbearers for our relay section in Toyota City today were "Team Special Olympics*," led by…
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MyT app: Five ways it can improve your Toyota experience
The MyT smartphone app is a useful tool to help you get the most out of your Toyota ownership experience, featuring clever and helpful functions which aim to make your Toyota journey as smooth and stress-free as possible. With modern life proving to be increasingly busy, the MyT app looks to give you some peace…
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Toyota Launches LS and Mirai Equipped with “Advanced Drive” that Enables Drivers and Cars to Drive Together in Japan | Corporate | Global Newsroom
Advanced Drive is the system that assists driving when driving on an expressway or other motor-vehicle-only roadway. By setting the destination in the navigation system, the on-board system will appropriately detect the situation, make decisions, and assist driving under the driver's supervision according to actual traffic conditions. It can keep the vehicle in its lane,…
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Lexus to Display LF-Z Electrified Concept and New ES | Lexus | Global Newsroom
Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our…
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Final Proposals Unveiled for LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2021 | Lexus | Global Newsroom
Dong Gong founded Vector Architects in 2008. He and Vector Architects have been invited to various exhibitions including 2018 FREESPACE Venice Biennale, and won awards internationally including "100+ Best Architecture Firms" selected by Domus (2019); being nominated by Swiss Architectural Award (2018); the Overall Winner of Italian Archmarathon Awards (2016); "Design Vanguard" selected by Architectural…
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The story of the one-off Toyota Picnic Sport Turbo
Sometimes, there’s no greater reason for doing something than ‘For the hell of it’, and that’s exactly what Toyota GB’s PR and Social department thought in 1997, when we turned an example of the sensible six-seater Toyota Picnic MPV into the barnstorming Picnic Sport Turbo.Registered in 1996 as P593 APF, the Lucerne Silver Picnic started…
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Le Mans Hypercar explained – new-look WEC guide
The history of sportscar racing is marked by long periods of stability in the regulations, punctuated by major shakeups that reset the field. The 2021 season is one of those reset moments, with the new Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) category taking the place of the old LMP1 Hybrid class at the top of the tree…
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Toyota announces its new BEV series, Toyota bZ, in establishment of a full line-up of electrified vehicles | Toyota | Global Newsroom
Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our…