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Winners Announced for 2023 Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest
A solar-powered, babysitting car aimed at reducing pollution while providing a safe and fun environment for kids was one of the nine award-winning concepts in the 2023 Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest. The program seeks to inspire creativity in youth and encourage innovative ideas for future mobility. After deciding on her concept, it took Lingfei Coco Truong, age 12, almost…
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Celebrating 30 Years of the Toyota Production System Support Center
How does decades of assembling some of the world’s best vehicles help improve small and mid-sized manufacturers, food banks, health care providers and government agencies? For more than 30 years, Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC), a not-for-profit corporation, has shared its know-how with more than 500 partners. Its teachings are based on the Toyota Production System (TPS), an organizational…
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Toyota Announces the Winners of its ‘Need a Nudge’ Contest
An inspiring group of noteworthy local grassroots organizations from across the U.S. have been named recipients of $10,000 grants, in the first-ever Toyota “Need a Nudge” contest. The national initiative, launched in the fall of 2022, was conceived to help support and uplift non-profit organizations and leaders across the country, whose often unsung work is effecting positive change in the…
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Toyota Launches the Way Forward Fund
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced the Way Forward Fund, a multi-year initiative aimed at strengthening access to care and injury recovery support for individuals and their families, with an initial focus on children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). According to National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), TBI…
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Toyota EV Incentive Finder Powered by EV Life Helps Customers Find Incentives, Tax Credits and More
Toyota customers considering the purchase of a new Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) or Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) have a new tool at their disposal to help find available incentives. Now available on Toyota.com, the Toyota EV Incentive Finder powered by EV Life makes finding federal, state and even municipality incentives much simpler. Using EV Life’s proprietary “Incentives Engine,” Toyota…
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Time Attack Extended: GR Corolla Circuit Edition Continues in 2024
Due to popular demand, Toyota Motor North America is announcing that the GR Corolla Circuit Edition will continue to be produced for model year 2024. “We are seeing a ton of enthusiasm and excitement for the GR Corolla, especially the Circuit Edition,” says Michael Tripp, Toyota vice president of Marketing and Communications. “When Toyota GR fans speak, we listen and…
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Toyoda Gosei’s LED Driver Alert Lighting System Used on New Prius
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has developed an LED driver alert lighting system that adds an alert function to decorative lighting. This system is used on the new Toyota Prius. Toyoda Gosei has been developing high value-added products that combine electronic components with its core rubber and plastic technology. Adding functions for communication between vehicle and occupants via LED lighting (human-machine…
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Toyota Research Institute Opens its Doors for the First Time for an Uncommon Look at How Technology Can Help Solve Society’s Biggest Problems
Today, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) opened its doors for the first time to members of the media to showcase the research taking place at its headquarters in Silicon Valley. During the TRI Expo, the company’s CEO and Toyota Motor Corporation’s Chief Scientist, Gill Pratt, explained TRI’s high-risk, high-reward approaches to tackle three major societal challenges: 1) aging society, 2) climate…
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Toyota Moves into Top Five of Intellectual Property Owners Association Rankings
For the 9th consecutive year in 2022, Toyota was awarded more patents than any other automaker by the United States Patent and Trademark Office according to an annual listing by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). In addition, Toyota moved up the ranks in overall patents being awarded to a single company, to fourth overall this year. The ranking represents the…
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Lexus, Toyota Recognized in J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study Results
The results of the J.D. Power 2023 Vehicle Dependability Study are in: Lexus ranks #1 in vehicle dependability among all brands with an overall score of 133 (PP100) vs the industry average 186 in the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study. In addition, Toyota Motor Corporation received the most model-level awards, six, of all automakers for the following vehicles…
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