Toyota is reportedly not going to lag behind trends and is going to develop its own operating system for its cars by 2025. The OS will be focused on more than just infotainment features. She will be responsible for all software in the car, including driver assistance systems and autonomous...
Japanese automaker Toyota has begun public sales of the compact electric Toyota C + Pod, which is designed specifically for densely populated cities. The Toyota C + Pod was first introduced in Japan last December for corporate and municipal customers, but it will now also be available to individual buyers...
Toyota Motor said it will launch a service next year offering customization and upgrades for vehicles as customers cling more and more to their old vehicles. The service, known as the Kinto Factory, will be available at the end of January. It will provide for the addition of new security...
Toyota has announced an unexpected innovation that makes the function of remote start of the car from the original key fob part of a paid package that requires a regular subscription. A Toyota spokesperson confirmed to The Drive that if a Toyota vehicle produced in 2018 and later is equipped...
Toyota has selected the site to build its first battery manufacturing plant in the United States. The $ 1.29 billion facility will be located in North Carolina. Its construction is scheduled for completion around 2025. The plant will consist of four production lines, each capable of producing batteries for 200,000...
Japanese automaker Toyota has partnered with Chinese company BYD to create an electric vehicle that will be launched in 2022. The partnership between Toyota and BYD is seen by the Japanese company as a step towards accelerating the development of electric vehicle models in line with industry trends. Toyota has...
Toyota is a fairly active opponent of the rapid transition to electric vehicles, but it has nowhere to go. Recently, the European division of the company presented its 14-year development plan called Kenshiki (“discernment”). The main attention there is paid precisely to the transfer of cars to “green” energy sources....
Toyota regularly sells more Camry sedans in the US than all Lexus models combined. For example, in 2020, 294,348 Camry vehicles and 275,041 Lexus vehicles were sold, and in 2019 the difference was even greater. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the automaker regularly presents an updated version...
The Toyota RAV4, the brand’s best-selling crossover, celebrates its 25th anniversary in the United States. To mark the occasion, Toyota unveiled new paint options, wheel options and new headlights for existing versions, as well as a new hybrid model. The SE Hybrid will join the RAV4 lineup in 2022. This...
Toyota has unveiled a hybrid version of the Toyota Raize compact crossover with an e-Smart Hybrid powertrain. The car uses a 1.2-liter gasoline engine that has no connection to the wheels: it generates electricity through a generator and recharges the traction battery that feeds the electric motor. The average fuel...
Toyota unveiled its first electric car yesterday. The bZ4X crossover was not the most typical Toyota design, but most of all, many journalists were surprised by the steering wheel. It is here about the same as in the new Tesla, that is, in the form of a steering wheel. And...
Toyota previously announced its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X, and now the company has unveiled a production version and revealed specifications. The bZ4X is a crossover with dimensions almost exactly like the RAV4, but inside the car is much more spacious: the wheelbase length is 2850 mm versus 2690 mm...
Renesas Electronics has announced that its R-Car H3 and R-Car M3 SoCs have been selected by Toyota Motor for the next generation of car multimedia systems. Toyota’s next-generation multimedia system will debut for the first time in the Lexus NX, scheduled for release in November 2021. It is planned that...
The second-generation Toyota Mirai hydrogen car set a mileage record at one gas station: it traveled 845 miles, which is exactly 1360 km. As Bob Carter, executive vice president of Toyota North America said, “In 2016, the Toyota Mirai was the first mass-produced fuel cell electric vehicle available for sale...
Toyota has introduced a new vehicle, and it’s not a car. The C + walk T is a three-wheeled electric scooter, and Toyota calls it a three-wheeled standing-type BEV. It is designed in such a way that it is convenient to use in pedestrian areas without disturbing the pedestrians themselves....
Toyota has confirmed that it is forced to suspend production of its newest SUV, the Toyota Land Cruiser 300, which just went on sale. The reason, as is the case with other manufacturers, is the banal shortage of microcircuits, which has reached record levels. As we reported just yesterday, back...
