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Our Point of View: Toyota’s Been Candid on Recalls
by Steve St. Angelo
Editor's Note: This is a letter to the editor of the New York Times setting the record straight Re “Toyota Concedes 2 Flaws Caused Loss of Control” (Business Day, July 15): For the last several months Toyota... Read MoreTesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation Formalize Agreement to Develop Electric Version of RAV4
TESLA MOTORS, INC. (Tesla) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) today announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to initiate the development of an electric version of the RAV4 as announced in May of this year by Elon Musk and Akio Toyoda.
Read MoreOur Point of View: The Smarter Dummy
by Kristen Tabar
Today our group was introduced to the THUMS Version 4, the most advanced vehicle crash test dummy ever engineered. THUMS—which stands for Total HUman Model for Safety—is a full-scale anthropomorphic testing device, or ATD, that... Read MoreOur Point of View: Defeating Driver Distraction Through Technology
by Kristen Tabar
Driver distraction has now joined alcohol and speeding as one of the leading factors in automobile fatalities and serious injuries. Here at Toyota, we’re putting our resources behind bringing attention to, and ultimately defeating, this... Read MoreOur Point of View: Change Comes From the Top
by Kristen Tabar
At the end of our three-day tour, our group had the opportunity to meet and interview our President Akio Toyota and Executive Vice President Shinichi Sasaki at Toyota’s Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. Toyoda-san is... Read MoreToyota Awards $123,000 in Grants to Six Local Non-Profit Agencies
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) today awarded $123,000 in grants to six Louisville non-profit organizations, with the money aimed at improving the lives of children and youth.
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