News & Analysis Uber Getting $1 Billion from Toyota, Others for Self Driving Car Technologies April 19th, 2019 0 Uber’s efforts to become the leader of the automated driving technologies sector got a major boost this week, as another major investment was...
Company Toyota Pushes Into European Compact Van Segment With PSA-built Proace City April 18th, 2019 0 Toyota isn’t big on commercial vehicles in Europe save for the Hilux. But even in the mid-size pickup segment, the Ford Ranger reigns supreme in...
Company 2020 Toyota Highlander Unveiled in New York April 17th, 2019 0 At a time when most carmakers are redefining their SUV lineups in light of the most recent evolutions in the industry, Toyota is once again joining...
Company 2019 Toyota RAV4 Now Available With TRD, Modellista Accessories In Japan April 14th, 2019 33 Like the U.S., the aftermarket in Japan beggars belief in terms of depth and scope. Even boring vehicles such as the RAV4 are treated to lots of...
Company Toyota F1 Platform To Underpin Next Tundra, Tacoma, Hilux Pickup Trucks April 8th, 2019 1 The second generation of the Tundra came out in 2006 for the 2007 model year. As for the Tacoma, make that 2015 for the 2016 model year. Neither of...
News & Analysis Toyota to Offers Patents for Free, Will Advise Others on How to Make Hybrid Cars April 7th, 2019 0 Historically, the first ever hybrid car was a Jacob Lohner-Ferdinand Porsche machine created at the beginning of the 20th century. Culturally...
News & Analysis Ford, GM and Toyota Join Hands to Create Rules for Self-Driving Cars April 7th, 2019 0 An organization with a name right out of a science fiction movie - Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) - was born this week as three...
News & Analysis Toyota Commits an Extra $3 Billion Investment in U.S. by 2021 April 6th, 2019 0 Back in 2017, Japanese carmaker Toyota announced it will be investing a total of $10 billion in its U.S. operations by 2021. This week, the company...
Auto Guide Batteries: Lithium-Ion or Solid-State? April 6th, 2019 0 The incredibly fast rise of the electric car in the past decade would not have been possible without the creation of batteries capable of storing...
Company 2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback Revealed Before NYIAS Debut April 6th, 2019 0 On April 1, Toyota presented the Yaris Adventure, a ute-wannabe subcompact meant to amuse. In a more serious note, the same carmaker unveiled the a...
News & Analysis Another 86 Million New Cars Sold in 2018, Toyota Ranks First April 5th, 2019 0 One of the most dynamic and capricious industries in the world managed to retain the momentum it gained in 2017 and swallowed another 86 million new...
Company 2020 Toyota RAV4 Is Less Comfortable Than Mazda CX-5, Says Consumer Reports April 5th, 2019 0 Toyota has been on a roll recently, with the new Corolla being particularly well received. But the 2020 RAV4 may be barking up the wrong tree with...
News & Analysis 9 Winners and Losers from the 2018 Detroit Auto Show: The Short List January 31st, 2018 1 callPlayer(xml_url,"WjpWXDI8YTk","galleryPlayer_1","640","390","0"); Another Detroit Auto Show is in the books – THANK GOODNESS! There were big...
News & Analysis Toyota Signs Formula 1's Fernando Alonso for 2018-2019 WEC Super Season January 30th, 2018 0 McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso has joined Toyota Gazoo Racing for the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’....
News & Analysis Toyota to Debut New Off-Road Package on February 8 January 28th, 2018 0 At the upcoming Chicago Auto Show, Toyota has let slip that it will reveal a new lineup of off-road ready vehicles. In the teaser photo seen above,...