Toyota’s choice so as to add no less than a 3rd plug-in hybrid nameplate to its U.S. lineup subsequent yr bucks an business pattern that has seen different automakers pull again their PHEV choices as full battery-electric autos proliferate. The business fall-off in plug-ins is perhaps due to the autos’ added value and complexity or
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Simply earlier than the coronavirus pandemic hit, on the 2020 Shopper Electronics Present, Toyota introduced an formidable plan to construct a whole metropolis in Japan as a showcase for futuristic tech. Regardless of every part that is occurred since that announcement, Toyota remains to be going forward with this scheme. Toyota held a groundbreaking ceremony
Joby Aviation, the 12-year-old electrical air taxi startup partnered with Toyota and Uber Applied sciences, will go public in a $6.6 billion reverse merger with clean test firm Reinvent Know-how Companions, the businesses stated. California-based Joby goals to start a business passenger service in 2024, utilizing its electrical vertical takeoff and touchdown (eVTOL) plane. Potential
It’s not fairly often {that a} small automobile sends petrolheads buzzing, however that’s precisely what the Toyota GR Yaris has finished. Since its unveiling final yr, the GR Yaris has generated the kind of hype that few different scorching hatches in current reminiscence have, with the potential exception of the third-generation Ford Focus RS in
Toyota and Aurora introduced on Tuesday plans to collaborate on self-driving automotive improvement. The 2 corporations mentioned they shaped a long-term partnership to construct and deploy self-driving vehicles at scale. Japanese automotive provider Denso can be concerned within the partnership. We cannot have to attend too lengthy to see the primary fruits of the partnership.
The Toyota GR Yaris is an outstanding efficiency machine out of the field however UK tuner Litchfield has began modifying the hatch with the intention of creating it much more spectacular. The crew lately had the chance to see the consequence. Litchfield presently has two GR Yaris fashions in its storage and is within the
What sort of car is the 2021 Toyota Mirai? What does it examine to? The 2021 Toyota Mirai is a hydrogen fuel-cell sedan, with area for as much as 5, plus a newfound emphasis on an opulent journey and balanced dealing with. It goes as much as 402 miles on a tank of hydrogen. The
Toyota on Wednesday confirmed plans to launch two electrical autos and a plug-in hybrid within the U.S. this yr. The brand new fashions are a part of a large-scale electrified-vehicle push. By 2025, Toyota desires 40% of its U.S. automobile gross sales to be electrified fashions, together with hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery-electric automobiles, and hydrogen
Toyota has already confirmed that the GR Yaris received’t make its approach to our market, as we are going to as a substitute get a unique sizzling hatch within the close to future, so ought to we be upset about it? Really, we should always, as a result of this isn’t your typical quick hatchback,
This is a take a look at the 4 automaker Tremendous Bowl spots and the entry from Vroom, the used-car purchasing website that is making its Tremendous Bowl debut. Basic Motors is working a company electrical car spot along with a Cadillac advert. Jeep, which is predicted to function singer Bruce Springsteen in its spot,
Toyota has formally earned probably the most patents of any automaker within the U.S. In 2020, its scientists and engineers had been awarded 2,819 patents by america Patent and Trademark Workplace, a 4 % improve over 2019. The rating was licensed by the Mental Property House owners Affiliation and the outcomes affirm that Toyota approach
The vanguard of Toyota’s large push into digital retailing is in a single dealership within the seventh-largest metropolis in Iowa. Wilson Toyota of Ames — a dealership that final yr bought about 1,200 new Toyotas in a city of simply over 66,000 residents — is the primary within the nation to make use of a
Toyota appears to obtain all of the reward as of late as the GR Yaris finds its way to more and more reviewers. This time it’s Harry Metcalfes’ flip to offer his verdict on the Japanese scorching hatch everybody loves. The explanation behind all of the noise generated by the arrival of the GR Yaris
What Toyota did with the GR Yaris is remind each petrolhead that carmakers nonetheless know find out how to cater to their extra enthusiastic prospects with out asking them to interrupt the financial institution. And even when Toyota gained’t deliver the little GR Yaris over to the U.S., reviews recommend that the Japanese carmaker is
The primary-generation Toyota Mirai was by no means a very fascinating automobile. In actual fact, it was quiet the other. Now, with the launch of the second-generation mannequin, has Toyota delivered a hydrogen-powered automobile that folks may really need to personal? Shortly after the 2021 Mirai landed in america, Doug DeMuro has had the chance
Round 6 PM Friday evening, a automobile touring down Interstate 93 southbound close to the Zakim Bridge in Boston went airborne, touchdown on the ramp that connects Route 1 visitors from the Tobin Bridge to Interstate 93. In keeping with Massachusetts State Police, the automobile, which seems to be a Toyota 86, (or a Scion
We mentioned goodbye to the Toyota Land Cruiser, had our first seat time within the 2021 Mercedes-Benz E450 Coupe, and witnessed the top of Ken Block’s unique partnership with Ford. It is the Week in Reverse, proper right here at Motor Authority. We spent a week with the 2021 Toyota Land Cruiser to remind ourselves
Lisa Materazzo begins her first week Monday, Jan. 4, as the brand new group vp of promoting for Toyota Motor North America. Within the position, Materazzo, 52, is succeeding longtime Toyota government Ed Laukes, who introduced his retirement in November. When she first joined Toyota in 1998 as a senior product planner, Materazzo was a
The 80 Collection Toyota Land Cruiser was extensively thought to be one hell of an off-roader. A Japanese firm by the title of Flex Dream determined that it might be extra fascinating with a brand new face. Enter the “Marvel” Land Cruiser, an 80 Collection with the face of a 60 Collection. The Marvel is
What sort of automotive is the 2021 Toyota Venza? What does it examine to? The 2021 Toyota Venza is a hybrid crossover SUV that seats as much as 5, and is basically primarily based on the RAV4. Smaller than the three-row Highlander, the Venza revives an older Toyota nameplate that was beforehand utilized to a wagon/crossover
The 2021 Toyota RAV4 compact crossover SUV nonetheless has a couple of methods up its sleeve. It provides a plug-in hybrid this 12 months, with a twist: the 2021 RAV4 Prime has the quickest acceleration of the lineup. For 2021 the RAV4 Hybrid could be ordered as an XLE Premium, too. The 2021 RAV4 will
The Toyota GR Yaris has been receiving reward from all corners in latest months and on this newest assessment of the potent scorching hatch, High Gear’s Jack Rix reveals simply how particular it’s. Toyota initially supposed for its 2021 WRC racer to be based mostly on the GR Yaris, however later modified its thoughts. In
With a 36-mpg hybrid powertrain for the complete lineup, the 2021 Toyota Sienna affords a mashup of swagger and sustainability. What sort of automobile is the 2021 Toyota Sienna? What does it evaluate to? The Sienna is a passenger-oriented minivan, with seating for 7 or 8. A hybrid powertrain on all fashions within the lineup
Toyota will halt manufacturing within the UK and France from Tuesday on account of transport delays attributable to the unfold of a mutant pressure of coronavirus that has led a number of international locations to shut their borders with Britain. The closures have “disrupted the transportation of elements,” Toyota spokeswoman Shino Yamada stated in an
TOKYO — On the skin, Toyota’s redesigned Mirai hydrogen gas cell sedan will get a glossy and attractive, top-to-bottom makeover. However the actual revolution is what occurred below the pores and skin. The reengineered gas cell stack is extra refined, and it is going to be the constructing block for quite a lot of hydrogen-powered
Police in Australia have arrested and charged a person with a number of offenses after he crashed his Toyota Land Cruiser right into a Chevrolet Camaro within the state of New South Wales whereas carrying medicine and weapons. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 5 and dashcam footage captured the entire thing. This video reveals
On paper, each the Toyota GR Yaris and the Honda Civic Sort R are sizzling hatches of the same value, at the very least within the UK, however the distinction in dimension and powertrains make this comparability extra of a dialog matter than anything. Maybe selecting the rather more costly and exclusive Limited Edition of
Robust lease returns, a push from fleet and being one of many few automakers nonetheless within the high- quantity sedan enterprise helped Toyota escape a broad trade gross sales fall in November, a month made worse by a calender quirk that pushed three promoting days into December. Throughout the trade, the seasonally adjusted, annualized price
Toyota Motor North America will promote a longtime advertising government to group vice chairman for Toyota advertising, succeeding Ed Laukes, who introduced his retirement in November. Lisa Materazzo, 52, vice chairman of Lexus advertising for Toyota Motor North America, will succeed Laukes on Jan. 4. She can be accountable for Toyota Division’s market planning, promoting,
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