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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

Green Car Congress

People from Chevron and Toyota will be driving Toyota’s Tundra, RAV4 and Camry on this road trip with the objective of demonstrating the fuel, which is more than 40% less carbon intensive than traditional gasoline on a lifecycle basis, according to Chevron.

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Toyota recalls over 280,000 vehicles due to unexpected movement

Teslarati

The recall applies to a total of 280,663 vehicles, including some Toyota Tundra, Tundra Hybrid, Sequoia Hybrid and Lexus LX600 vehicles built between 2022 and 2024. Toyota is set to recall more than 280,000 of its vehicles in the U.S.,

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Interview Sheds Light On Toyota’s Thinking About EVs

CleanTechnica EVs

A recent interview at CarBuzz with Mike Sweers, executive chief engineer for the Toyota Tundra, Sequoia, Tacoma, and 4Runner programs at Toyota Motor North America, gives us some insight into Toyota’s thinking not only on electric trucks, but electric vehicles in general.

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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

The Truth About Cars

In order to reach this out-of-touch conclusion, the killjoys at Investopedia start with an assumption that one should limit their transportation expenses to 10 percent of an annual salary, including insurance, fuel, maintenance, and the car payment itself. Same goes for the myriad of decade-old BMW X5s and Merc C-Class sedans.

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Toyota launches Collaborative Safety Research Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Green Car Congress

In September 2010, the US Department of Transportation released updated 2009 fatality and injury data showing that highway deaths fell to 33,808 for the year, the lowest number since 1950. TTC has helped develop the Avalon, Camry, Sienna, Solara, Tundra and Venza vehicles for the North American market. over 2008 levels.

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Toyota investing $1B in new TNGA plant in Mexico, realigning North American manufacturing; expansion in Guangzhou

Green Car Congress

The plant is the first designed from the ground up with TNGA production engineering technologies and will leverage the existing supply base and transportation infrastructure in the region. Toyota will also establish a plant preparation office in the state of Queretaro.

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Our EV warrior

Electric Auto Association

Tijuana to the tundra Hall’s EV advocacy took another form when he became the first person to drive an EV from the U.S. In order to better quantify the results, Hall and his fellow chapter members have turned to hand-held tally counters. “At At the end of the day, we add it all up,” he said. EVs have attention on the national stage.

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