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2010 National Council of La Raza, Latinas Lunch – Yoshi Inaba
Yoshi Inaba, President & COO of Toyota Motor North America, Inc., speaks to the the National Council of La Raza on July 11, 2010.
Read MoreToyota Celebrates 10 Years of Prius
Ten years ago Toyota launched a new kind of car in North America. It was the Prius, an affordable car with a hybrid gas/electric powertrain. In the decade that followed, the Prius made an indelible mark on the automotive industry. The car with the signature wedge shape proved to be an agent of change, and a catalyst for innovative ideas. Over 1.8 million units have been sold in the world to date, with nearly 900,000 in the U.S. alone.
Read MoreToyota Statement on Agreement on Discovery Procedures in Multidistrict Litigation
Toyota released the following statement today regarding a joint Phase I discovery plan submitted to the U.S. District Court, Central District of California in the ongoing Multidistrict litigation...
Read MoreOur 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 More