All Toyota articles
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ArticleOEM and Tier One venture divisions invest in start-ups: BMW for machine intelligence and cybersecurity, Faurecia for cognitive science, Toyota for robotics
BMW i Ventures in Silicon Valley BMW’s i Ventures capital fund, based in Mountain View, California [HQ pictured], is investing in two-year-old machine intelligence company Graphcore, based in Bristol, UK, and with offices in London, Oslo, Palo Alto and Beijing. Graphcore is said to be developing a ...
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ArticleToyota announces AV data alliance, trials multi-modal service
Image: TRI-AD Toyota is establishing a business alliance with the Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., and the Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD). The insurance company’s data, including that on circumstances and causes of accidents, will be deployed to develop automated driving technology; ...
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ArticleLexus to debut digital side-view mirrors on new ES model
Cameras replacing traditional side-view mirrors transmit images to small monitors inside the Lexus ES (Photo: Lexus)Lexus said it will introduce digital side-view mirrors on its new ES sedan in Japan next month.The Toyota Group's premium brand will install small exterior cameras on the front doors of the vehicle. These ...
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ArticleToyota ties up with Uber, plans to invest $500 million
Image: ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation and Uber Technologies are expanding their partnership, with Uber to deploy purpose-built Toyota vehicles on its fleet. Toyota is also investing $500 million in the ride-hailing firm, subject to regulatory approval.The collaboration aims to advance, commercialize and scale up technologies for autonomous ride-sharing. An initial ...
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ArticleToyota R&D team asked to connect up their cars to UMTRI research
Image: UMTRIToyota’s North America R&D team members are being invited to connect up their cars to the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment (AACVTE), led by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The AACVTE is trialling the latest wireless DSRC 5.9GHz V2X system and is asking over ...
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ArticleToyota takes InfoTechnology Center in-house
Image: ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced the reorganization of its InfoTechnology Center research and development companies. The functions of the Tokyo-based InfoTechnology Center (ITC Japan) will be absorbed into TMC’s in-house Connected Company by March 2019, and ITC USA, California, will be incorporated into Toyota Motor North America.ITC ...
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FeatureInside Silicon Valley automotive: A new role for tech and IT offices
Carmakers are expanding technology and IT offices in Silicon Valley, and tasking them with functions that are different from the roles played by traditional R&D centers.
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ArticleToyota invests in Singaporean ride hailer Grab
Image: Toyota/GrabToyota is to invest $1billion in ride-hailing firm Grab, which will leverage the Japanese carmaker's mobility services platform in Southeast Asia. Singapore-based Grab – which acquired Uber’s assets in the region earlier this year – operates mobile platforms for transportation, micro-payments, financial services, and food and package delivery, ...
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ArticleHERE, Airbiquity, Bose and more join Automotive Grade Linux open source project
Image: ToyotaThe Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) project, an open source collaborative program bringing together automakers, suppliers and technology companies, has welcomed a number of new members which brings it to over 120. The latest to join are Abalta Technologies, Airbiquity, Bose, EPAM Systems, HERE, Integrated Computer Solutions and Sitech ...
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ArticleToyota Mobility Foundation and Alan Turing Institute to research AI for traffic management
Image: Alan Turing InstituteThe Toyota Mobility Foundation is supporting the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, on an AI project to optimize traffic flow in mobility systems. The programme aims to transition complex traffic management from static systems into dynamic, optimized systems ...
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ArticleMIT researchers present dynamic lane-change algorithm for AVs
Image: MIT NewsResearchers from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have presented a new lane-changing algorithm for autonomous cars. This creates and reassesses ‘buffer zones’ around a vehicle and is said to allow for more aggressive lane changes than existing simple ...
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ArticleToyota invests in ALBERT Inc. for big data analysis alliance
Toyota's Koibuchi (l) and Albert's Matsumoto signed the alliance agreement (Image: Toyota)Toyota Motor plans to invest around 400million yen in ALBERT Inc., a data solutions business. The resulting alliance for big data analysis will focus on development of automated driving technologies.ALBERT, founded in 2005 and based in Tokyo, currently ...
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ArticleToyota launches Toyota Connected Europe (TCEU) in London
Toyota is launching a London-based business unit to support the development and adoption of new shared mobility and fleet management solutions in Europe. Toyota Connected Europe (TCEU) is to partner with Toyota Motor Europe, Toyota retailers and distributors on services and products for consumers, businesses, governments and other stakeholders. These ...
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ArticleUS Toyota, Lexus models will have DSRC connectivity from 2021
Car-to-car communication is designed to prevent traffic accidents (Illustration: Infineon)Toyota and Lexus will use Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) systems to connect cars in the US, starting with the 2021 model year.The goal is to adopt the car-to-car communication protocol across most of the brands' models by the mid-2020s.Toyota said ...
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ArticleToyota USA creates digital transformation division
The new digital division underlines Toyota's resolve to develop new digital business areas (Photo: Toyota)Toyota Motor North America will establish a division that will focus on digital transformation and new forms of mobility. It will be led by regional CDO and CIO Zack Hicks.Hicks, who also is in charge ...
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ArticleToyota to reorganize some of its global IT operations
Toyota's IT reorganization reflects the growing importance of new technologies (Photo: Toyota)Toyota Motor, recognizing the growing role of information technology in all of its business areas, will merge three IT subsidiaries into one new company, Toyota Systems Co. The move will take effect January 1, 2019.The Japanese carmaker said ...
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ArticleAt Toyota, a new software development unit for automated driving
Toyota's e-Palette, unveiled at CES 2018, is a concept for a multi-functional autonomous vehicle (Photo: Toyota)Toyota Motor, in a new venture, will step up its development efforts in the area of software for automated driving.The Japanese automaker said its Toyota Research Institute will form a new company later this ...
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ArticleToyota in partnership to handle connected-car data
Automotive data traffic is expected to grow 10,000 times in the next 8 years (Photo: Denso)Toyota Motor has formed a partnership with Denso, Ericsson, Intel and NTT to better handle the huge data volumes that are expected to move in and out of tomorrow's cars.The carmaker also said it ...
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ArticleAGL platform to debut on 2018 Toyota Camry
The 2018 Camry will be the first Toyota vehicle to have the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) platform underpinning its next-generation infotainment system.AGL, an open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation, is developing a common platform for car infotainment systems and enhanced connectivity that functions as an industry standard.“The flexibility ...
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ArticleWill fuel cells replace batteries in tomorrow's EVs?
(Photo: Toyota, Illustration: Thomas Lutz)The problem with electric vehicles is well-known: They cost too much, don’t have enough range and are impractical because of a dearth of charging stations. Automakers, together with other new-mobility stakeholders, are working on this. But so far, EV sales growth has been slow and ...
