As vehicle software becomes increasingly important with the onset of electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous driving systems, Toyota has said it plans to create a new operating system to accommodate the high-level functionality of upcoming vehicles. Toyota plans to launch a new operating system, set to help the company’s vehicles manage self-driving and other advanced […]
Just weeks after Toyota announced plans to invest money into a North Carolina electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, the company is reportedly also planning to invest in a move to electrification. Toyota shared plans on Tuesday for a $70 billion USD (8 trillion yen) investment into electrifying the company’s entire brand of cars by 2030, […]
Toyota announced on Monday it will be building a new electric vehicle (EV) plant in North Carolina. The announcement was made in Liberty, North Carolina just now. The company will hire 1,750 jobs and begin vehicle production by 2025. The site of this Toyota EV battery plant will be located in Randolph County near US 421, […]
Veteran Japanese carmaker Toyota has reportedly partnered with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD, to use the latter’s battery technology in an upcoming all-electric sedan, slated to launch exclusively in China in late 2022 — reports Automotive News. Toyota turns to BYD for new China EV battery tech, report says https://t.co/fqbR0R1UnK pic.twitter.com/2wthRvLviB — Automotive News […]
According to Automotive News, the all-electric 2022 Toyota bZ4X crossover will launch in the U.S. sometime in the spring, with an estimated range of up to 250 miles (~402 km). 2022 Toyota bZ4X to arrive to U.S. in spring with range of up to 250 miles https://t.co/IcpkAJI1Si pic.twitter.com/f1FX8MyLQD — Automotive News (@Automotive_News) November 17, 2021 Toyota […]
Following Toyota’s announcement of the bZ4X concept earlier this year, the company has officially released specs and other details about the upcoming bZ line of electric vehicles (EVs). Toyota announced the all-electric bZ4X production model, set to launch globally in mid-2022 according to a press release shared on Thursday. The bZ4X is set to be […]
As Toyota unveils more plans for zero-emission cars in years to come, including the Toyota bZ4X unveiled earlier this year, the company is looking towards how it will bolster the production of zero-emission car batteries over the next decade. Toyota announced plans on Monday to invest $3.4 billion USD into localizing automotive battery production in […]
Following the unveiling of Toyota’s electric bZ4X concept earlier this year, Toyota is reportedly looking to build new factories around the world to supply battery components, and plans to spend as much as $9 billion USD on the projects. Toyota plans to invest $9 billion USD in the coming decade to build electric vehicle (EV) […]
The first Toyota Prius was launched in 1997, and the hybrid helped to pioneer a generation of environmentally conscious car buyers. However, the company’s stance towards clean car technologies has not been as clear to consumers as of late. Toyota has become one of the auto industry’s strongest enemies of swift, mainstream adoption of electric […]
Subaru has shared the concept for its very first electric SUV, and interested consumers can now sign up to receive updates for the vehicle’s production through the company’s website. On Tuesday, Subaru announced the 2023 Solterra electric SUV, which will be built on the e-Subaru Global Platform, its all-new electric vehicle (EV) architecture, according to […]
Time is money and when it comes to producing self-driving technology, it’s expensive, time-consuming and difficult. This is why it’s easier to acquire a solution, which is exactly what Toyota subsidiary, Woven Planet, has just done. Woven Planet and Lyft announced on Monday the Toyota subsidiary would acquire the latter’s Level 5 self-driving car unit […]
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) has announced it plans to launch three electric vehicles in the United States in 2021, consisting of two battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and one plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). “We continue to be leaders in electrification that began with our pioneering introduction of the Prius nearly 25 years ago,” said […]
As legacy automakers brace themselves for the inevitable onset of sustainable transportation, many auto companies are resisting changes to the current industry – and likely to their own detriments. Thursday, Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s President, said that electric vehicles (EVs) are overhyped, including that Japan would run out of electricity in the same summer if every […]
Tesla sales currently pale in comparison to those of auto giants like Toyota and Volkswagen. But what will the onslaught of a largely electric vehicle (EV) world do to traditional gas automakers like these? After a recent teardown of a Tesla Model 3, the Nikkei Asia found that Tesla’s full self-driving computer, known as Hardware […]
