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Rally RAV4 Season Sweep, K&N Title Hunt Heats Up Between Toyota Teammates
Millen and Gelsomino won the Ojibwe Forests Rally in Minnesota over the weekend to give the team a sweep of the ARA’s 2WD class in the series’ inaugural season with six victories in six events.
Read MoreToyota Creates ‘Connected Technologies’ to Advance In-Car User Experience
PLANO, Texas (August 28, 2017) Toyota Motor North America today announced the decision to form a new group focused on delivering industry-leading user experiences and new technologies for its Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Leveraging the company’s new “One Toyota” structure, the newly formed “Connected Technologies” group will have approximately 100 positions and will include members from Toyota’s existing teams working on connected vehicles, information systems, and research and development. Combining Toyota’s various strategy, planning, development, engineering and operations for connected service and hardware systems, will help advance and personalize the in-car technology experience for customers. The transition to the new group will start immediately.
Read MoreDirt Races, Road Course on Tap for Toyota Racers This Weekend
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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series have the weekend off, while the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) visits their third and final road course of the season in Wisconsin’s Road America on Sunday.
Millen Looks to Close Out Perfect Season at Ojibwe Forests
Plano, Texas, August 22, 2017— Fresh off an American Rally Association 2WD class championship-clinching victory at the New England Forest Rally, Ryan Millen and Rally RAV4 head to Minnesota’s Ojibwe Forests Rally chasing a rare perfect season.
Read MoreBusch Sweeps Bristol, while Toyota wins in NHRA, USAC
Toyota’s Kyle Busch recorded just the second NASCAR race week sweep by a lone driver when he won three national series races at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway this week – matching a feat he accomplished at the track in August 2010.
Read MoreToyota and Servco Pacific Inc. Pilot Test New Car Share Application
PLANO, Texas, August 16, 2017 – Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc. (Servco) have partnered to test a new car-sharing technology in Honolulu. The suite of software and services is an important part of Toyota’s Mobility Services Platform (MSPF) which will offer various functions to enable a more convenient mobility experience. When the employee-only pilot testing program concludes, Servco, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Hawaii, will use the car-sharing technology to launch a new Honolulu-based car share business by the end of 2017.