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For 50 years, Toyota Motor North America Research & Development (TMNA R&D) has led engineering for several of the best-selling Toyota vehicles on U.S. roads. Centered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, TMNA R&D is pursuing Toyota’s mission to “Produce Happiness for All” by making life safer, easier and more enjoyable. Teams are now creating both next-generation vehicles and new and advanced mobility concepts that can better move people, goods and information.

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Toyota Engineers to Compete in Rebelle Rally for Second Consecutive Year

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (Oct. 4, 2022) – Toyota engineers will be sporting helmets for the second consecutive year as they represent the company in the 2022 Rebelle Rally competition, beginning later this week. Toyota will have three teams in the annual off-road navigation rally, exclusively for women competitors covering 2,500 kilometers of terrain across the Nevada and California desert, that runs from October 6-15.

October 04, 2022

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How Toyota’s EV Charging Solutions Team Is Contributing Toward a Sustainable Electric Grid

In striving to continue the quest for innovation, Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) has filed more patents than any other car manufacturer every year since 2014. As formally recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Toyota’s patents cover […]

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‘Mobility for All’ Comes to the American Center for Mobility

YPSILANTI, Mich. (Aug. 24, 2022) – Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and the American Center for Mobility (ACM) today unveiled “Mobility4All Parkway” as the new name of a test road at ACM’s Smart Mobility Test Center. Toyota was granted naming rights to the east/west section of ACM’s 6x6 lane intersection in recognition of five years since becoming an ACM founder-level sponsor. The announcement was made during Toyota’s Future Mobility Showcase for media on the ACM campus.

August 24, 2022

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