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Toyota and Hino to develop heavy-duty fuel cell truck; Mirai stacks

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Toyota Motor Corporation and Hino Motors, Ltd. Also, cruising range will be set at approximately 600 km, aiming to meet high standards in both environmental performance and practicality as a commercial vehicle.

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JFE Steel and NEDO begin demo testing of ferro coke production at medium-scale; reducing ironmaking energy consumption and CO2 emissions by 10% each

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In Japan, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and JFE Steel Corporation have built a medium-scale ferro coke production facility with a daily production capacity of 300 tons and begun demonstration testing. Subsidies have been granted to JFE Steel Corporation, Kobe Steel, Ltd.

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DENSO and Thai ITS association partner on V2X to ease traffic congestion and reduce CO2 emissions

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DENSO Corporation and DENSO International Asia Co. DENSO Corporation, DIAT and Thai ITS will collaborate their research efforts to gather wireless data on urban streets, as well as evaluate and analyze information systems that are commercialized in Japan to determine its adaptability to the traffic conditions of Thailand.

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Toyota to begin demonstration tests of Mirai fuel cell vehicle in China

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Toyota Motor Corporation will send two Mirai fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to China in October 2017 to conduct demonstration tests in the country. Started in 2003, the project has initiated FC bus services in China, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, and India.

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Toyota & Daimler Merging Hino & Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Brands

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will be collaborating on commercial vehicle development, procurement, and production. From Automotive News : "Behind this collaboration is our four companies' strong desire to create the future of commercial vehicles together," Toyota CEO Koji Sato said at a Tokyo news conference.

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Hyundai Motor and Kia revamp R&D organization to make it more agile, flexible and independent like startups

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Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are reorganizing their joint research and development (R&D) organization to be able to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing global automotive industry, advance the transition to electrification and accelerate the development of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota hybrids top 3M units

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 3-million mark, with more than 3.03 Next came the second-generation Prius in 2003 and the expanded use of TMC’s hybrid system on such vehicles as minivans, SUVs, rear-wheel-drive sedans and hatchbacks. Click to enlarge.

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