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Toyota to launch two new plug-in hybrid models in China; Corolla and Levin

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On the eve of the 2016 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Toyota announced that it will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the Corolla and Levin—two mass-market models, both of which have conventional hybrid variants—in China during 2018. and Sinogy Toyota Automotive Energy System Co., Click to enlarge.

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Toyota establishing new artificial intelligence R&D company; $1B investment over 5 years

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Toyota Motor Corporation is establishing a new company, Toyota Research Institute Inc. The new company will begin operations in January 2016. The new company will begin operations in January 2016. He established three startups between 1983 and 2005, and helped found Olin College.

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2024 Toyota Tacoma targets for everybody, Trailhunter joins lineup

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Toyota has been quietly finding out the mid-size truck pageant and making ready a immense offensive. On Tuesday, the 2024 Toyota Tacoma debuted with a dizzying array of configurations no longer perceptible within the mid-size pickup branch. Past it’s the primary replace since 2016, the latter truck old a body that dated again to 2005.

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Toyota Research Institute CEO Pratt outlines initial AI/robotics mandates; trillion-mile reliability

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Last November, Toyota Motor established a new company—Toyota Research Institute Inc. At a press conference at CES 2016, TRI CEO and Toyota Executive Technical Advisor Dr. Gill Pratt laid out his new company’s near-term approach and challenges it seeks to address, as well as its much larger ambitions. Earlier post.) (The

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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of CO 2 per km from 2016, according to final data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). g CO 2 /km in 2016—the first year-on-year increase since monitoring began. However, between 2015 and 2016, emissions decreased by only 1.5 g CO 2 /km from 2016. in 2016 to 1.5% g CO 2 /km in 2017 to 118.5

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) —Jesse Schneider. Earlier post.)

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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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TATA Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, and a slew of other firms have begun to sell battery and hybrid electric vehicles in India. 2005 – 2015 : Period of a huge setback in the Industry due to various issues mainly poor government support and poor support system and infrastructure for EVs. The Present.

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