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Teens School Peers on Distracted Driving: There’s No ‘Fine’ Time to Text
SILVER SPRING, Md. (May 22, 2018) To educate their peers on the dangers of distracted driving, high school seniors Kirklin “Mack” Hopkins (17) and Kellen Stadler (18) of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, send a clear message: A single second can have life-long consequences. Their poignant video, titled “It’s Not Fine,” is the winner of the Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge, a national driver safety public service announcement competition, using the tools of storytelling to get through to young drivers.
Toyota Gets on Track for 24 Hours of LeMons
What do Toyota engineers do for fun on the weekends? Race cars, of course. In February, the Toyota Engineering Motorsports team arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, for “24 Hours of LeMons,” an off the wall, endurance racing series, now in its […]
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Smith Grabs Top Prize for Toyota Over Weekend of Racing
Toyota driver Zane Smith continued the manufacturer’s ARCA Racing Series winning ways, while Daniel Suárez finished runner-up in NASCAR’s All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway to lead Toyota Racing over the weekend.
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Toyota Camrys (and Prius) Turn Heads and Collect Hardware in 2018 One Lap of America
PLANO, Texas (May 18, 2018) – Smart money probably wouldn’t have been on a Camry vs a Corvette in the 2018 Tire Rack One Lap of America Saturday, May 5-12. However, by the end of the eight-day, 3,675-mile test of man and machine, three teams of Toyota engineers collected trophies for first and second place in the alternate fuel class; third place in the economy class; and third place in the mid-priced sedan class. The Camry’s overall standings in the field of more than 70 cars placed them ahead of several Corvettes, Camaros and BMWs.
Read MoreJim Adler Ventures Into AI
“I’m not a car person,” says Jim Adler, executive advisor to Toyota Research Institute (TRI). “I started my career as an electrical engineer, launching rockets for what’s now Lockheed-Martin.” But shortly after he joined TRI in May 2016 and began to work on helping Toyota leverage data obtained […]
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Building Skills for High-Demand Jobs
SAN ANTONIO (May 15, 2018) – Schools in the greater San Antonio area will soon have additional resources to help prepare youth for the jobs of tomorrow. Toyota USA Foundation, together with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), awarded $400,000 in grants to provide curriculum and teacher professional development focused on computer science, engineering, and biomedical science.
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