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Toyota Combines ‘Autonomous’ with ‘Mobility-as-a-Service’ in Sienna Autono-MaaS

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The resulting vehicle is called the Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS, or S-AM. The company started delivery of the completed FMVSS-compliant vehicles to customers Aurora Innovation and May Mobility from the fall of 2021. Demonstrations of the vehicle by these customers of various autonomous mobility services are already in progress.

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Toyota-backed U.S. self-driving startup garners $67 million investment

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The Toyota-backed U.S. The company plans to make self-driving buses and taxis by 2025, and Bridgestone has also joined Toyota in investing in the company, along with several others. May Mobility plans to begin demonstration tests in 2024 using self-driving vehicles based on the Sienna minivan, according to the report.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Toyota Conversion Van

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Chrysler revolutionized the American family-hauler world in the 1984 model year when the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan minivans first appeared. Toyota called the passenger version of this van the Van Wagon at first, but Volkswagen of America felt that name seemed awfully similar to that of the Vanagon.

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Junkyard Find: 1996 Toyota Camry Wagon

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Toyota sold new Camry station wagons in North America from the 1987 through 1996 model years. By 1996, Toyota showrooms had the RAV4 and the Previa to lure away potential Camry Wagon buyers, with the increasingly macho 4Runner standing by to snare those who didn't mind driving a truck with a jouncy truck ride.

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Tech: 2022 Toyota Connected: Autono-MaaS and Cabin Awareness Concept

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Toyota demonstrated two key technologies—mobility services and passenger safety—to the media the first week of June at its U.S. Both of these are important in their separate ways, reinforced by Toyota North America president and CEO Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa saying our concept is “Mobility for All.”. The Future of Safety Technology.

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Cumulative sales of Toyota Motor hybrids top 2M units in Japan, 4.6M worldwide; 1.02M from Jan to Oct.

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Cumulative sales in Japan of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) hybrid vehicles—including plug-in hybrids— reached 2.04 Globally, Toyota plans to launch 20 new hybrid models by the end of 2015 and will make further efforts to expand its hybrid vehicle product lineup and sales territories. Global annual sales of TMC hybrids.

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Honda Spills Beans on Future Product, Shows Civic Hybrid

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Let’s start with that model, a trim which is sure to pad sales numbers in Honda showrooms as it continues its long-running battle with the Toyota Corolla, a car which has been offering hybrid power for some spell. In comparison, Toyota sold 232,370 Corollas - not counting the Cross - through calendar year 2023, of which 47,990 were hybrids.