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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

The Truth About Cars

Whilst we don’t generally run news of this sort, it is worth noting that this month represents a full two decades since Toyota put shovels in the ground to build what would become their San Antonio truck plant, a spot which currently cranks out Tundra and Sequoia machines. Images: Toyota] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Toyota Adds Nightshade, Factory Lift to Tundra for 2024

The Truth About Cars

Take note, Nissan – this is what happens when a so-called outsider plows continual research and development effort into a category traditionally dominated by the Detroit Three. Critically, it worked with the Toyota Safety Sense suite of nannies, as this 3-inch factory lift surely also does. Pro tip: They really aren’t.

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Video Friday: Good Behaviors

Cars That Think

IROS 2023 : 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL ROSCon 2023 : 18–20 October 2023, NEW ORLEANS Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS Cybathlon Challenges : 2 February 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! Please send us your events for inclusion. TC Disrupt ]

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

Green Car Congress

The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Availability of the Focus Electric will expand in 2012 to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. About Marc: Marc has been a long-time advocate of electric vehicles and drives a 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV, 2011 Th!nk What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. About Marc: Marc has been a long-time advocate of electric vehicles and drives a 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV, 2011 Th!nk What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Cars That Think

Goh, Ufuk Topcu, and Avinash Balachandran from University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, Calif., We thus aim at building a novel cyber-barman by capturing and analyzing the intention of the customers on the fly.

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