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Toyota’s approach to technology development has the human at the center with the mission of delivering happiness. We are constantly thinking of ways to improve the human experience through the products we produce. Whether it’s ever-better vehicles or new inclusive, accessible mobility solutions, Toyota is advancing technology for greater comfort, convenience and safety that helps make our lives better.

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Mobility

Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

June 17, 2024

PLANO, Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 17, 2024) – Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X. This collaborative effort will explore bidirectional power flow technology that will allow BEV owners to not only charge their vehicle’s battery but also send power back to the local energy grid. V2G technology has the potential to support and provide benefits to customers through improved energy reliability and resilience, the integration of renewables, and the possibility of reduced electricity costs.

Research & Development

Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center Announces Fifteen New Research Projects to Advance Safety for the Automotive Industry

June 04, 2024

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (June 4, 2024) – Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) today announced fifteen new projects to help advance automotive safety industrywide for societal good. These additions to CSRC’s current five-year research phase focus on better understanding driver behavior, crash avoidance and crash injury mitigation.

Mobility

FuelCell Energy and Toyota Motor North America Celebrate Launch of World’s First ‘Tri-gen’ Production System at the Port of Long Beach

May 02, 2024

LONG BEACH, Calif. (May 2, 2024) – FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) are celebrating the grand opening of the first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen” system at the Port of Long Beach, California, today. Tri-gen uses biogas to produce renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and usable water, and was built to support the vehicle processing and distribution center for Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) at Long Beach, Toyota’s largest North American vehicle processing facility that receives approximately 200,000 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles annually.

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