Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) announced a $27 million investment in the operation to support an increase in its production capabilities. Founded in 1972, Toyota Auto Body California, Inc. (TABC) is Toyota’s oldest plant in North America. It supports the stamping and welding of parts for Tacoma and past model service parts for multiple North […]
Toyota Auto Insurance Launches in Five States
Underwritten by Farmers Insurance affiliate, the program is the first branded product from vehicle manufacturer’s exclusive insurance agency. Plans expansion into four additional states. Toyota Insurance Management Solutions (TIMS) has established its first branded product, Toyota Auto Insurance, designed to offer customers quality, customizable coverage at affordable rates. Toyota Auto Insurance is currently available in […]
Toyota Partners with CCC on Mobile Collision Assistance Service
Post-collision guidance feature helps Toyota and Lexus drivers file claim, find collision repair shop, through smartphone app. Toyota and Lexus drivers now have a new assistance service available to them in the moments following a collision. Collision Assistance, a just-in-time support service, is now available to drivers within the Toyota and Lexus mobile app. The […]
Toyota Says 10 Million Vehicles Produced for North America Equipped with Crash Avoidance Technology
Toyota was one of 20 automakers that entered into a voluntary agreement in 2016 with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) that requires Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) on more than 95% of the vehicles an OEM builds by fall 2022. As of fall 2020, Toyota announced it was well ahead of schedule with 97% […]
Solera Adds Toyota and Lexus Vehicles to AudaVIN
Solera Holdings, Inc. announced the expansion of Toyota and Lexus makes and models to its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) service, AudaVIN. With this addition, AudaVIN now covers over 80% of vehicles in the United States. AudaVIN is an automated vehicle identification service that integrates seamlessly with Qapter, Solera’s AI-based estimating, repair, and evaluations solution. AudaVIN […]
Toyota and Lexus Employees Team Up for Virtual Food Drive
As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Toyota and Lexus employees didn’t let the stay-at-home orders stop them from giving back to the communities in which they serve. Employees unleashed their creativity and tapped other colleagues to execute an unprecedented initiative: a virtual food drive. How, though, to get around the basic fact that […]
Toyota Launches New $100 Million Venture Fund to Invest in Autonomous Mobility and Robotics Startups
Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Toyota AI Ventures (TAIV) announced its Fund II, a new $100 million fund dedicated to investing in early-stage startups developing disruptive technologies and business models in the autonomous mobility and robotics markets. Led by founding managing director Jim Adler, who also serves as executive advisor at the Toyota Research Institute […]
SAE, Ford, General Motors and Toyota Form Autonomous Vehicle Safety Consortium
SAE International, along with the top three U.S. vehicle manufacturers Ford, General Motors (GM) and Toyota, announced the formation of the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) that will work to safely advance testing, pre-competitive development and deployment of SAE Level 4 and 5 automated vehicles. The AVSC will provide a safety framework around which autonomous […]
Toyota Invests $500 Million in Uber
Extends collaboration on automated vehicle technologies. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) today announced that they have agreed to expand their collaboration with the aim of advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale. To accomplish this, technology from each company will be integrated into purpose-built Toyota […]
Isuzu and Toyota to Dissolve Capital Ties
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Isuzu Motors Limited (Isuzu) agreed August 3 to dissolve their capital tie-up, with Toyota planning to sell its entire stake in Isuzu in the future. The two companies intend to maintain their strong relationship, through ongoing joint development projects related to basic technologies and the like, and will remain open […]