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APRIL 22, 2021

million Series A financing round led by prominent Silicon Valley venture fund, Playground Global, with the investor syndicate comprising Fortescue Future Industries, Coatue, Global Founders Capital, Plug Power, Airbus Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Sojitz Corporation, and Future Shape.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has taken delivery of 23 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEV), marking the company’s first purchase of hydrogen-powered vehicles. View footage of the Toyota Mirai HFCEVs [link] Each vehicle in our light duty over-the-road fleet is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year.

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JUNE 14, 2023

According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the worldwide commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) market is projected to grow from US$30.7 This market valuation refers to the total industry-wide global revenues derived from all commercials EVs sold yearly. billion in 2020 to more than US$682 billion by 2030.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Isuzu Motors, Hino Motors and Toyota Motor plan to strengthen their efforts to electrify buses. Isuzu, Hino, and Toyota to begin study for the planning and development of next-generation FCEV route bus.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Toyota is collaborating with Joby Aviation (Joby), an aerospace company that is developing and commercializing all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to enable the deployment of fast, quiet and affordable air transportation services. —Toyota Motor Corporation President and CEO Akio Toyoda.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Subaru Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation, and Yamaha Motor Co., Taking on the challenge of racing in the Super Taikyu Series next year using biomass-derived synthetic fuel (Subaru and Toyota). Specifically, Subaru intends to race in a Subaru BRZ-based vehicle and Toyota in a Toyota GR86-based vehicle.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2022

Toyota's planned solid-state batteries will debut not in an EV, but in an upcoming hybrid, an executive said in a recent interview with Autoline.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2024

General Motors (GM) and Honda announced that their 50-50 joint venture on a hydrogen fuel cell facility in Michigan is ready to start commercial production. New Toyota CEO considers hydrogen a priority despite EV focus General Motors and Honda’s partnership on fuel cell system development goes all the way back to 2013.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Market analysis firm FutureBridge expects that cost-parity between Li-ion and solid-state batteries could be achieved in another five years. However, today their commercialization is limited to micro-scale applications outside mobility, such as medical devices. Over the next decade, ilika plans to have SSBs with 10-year operating life.

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JULY 22, 2021

have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

A near production-ready all-electric Isuzu D-MAX ute has been confirmed for an Australian launch as the Japanese brand attempts to head off electrified utilities based on the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger. It’s no wonder why, as the Isuzu D-MAX remains Australia’s third best-selling pick-up after the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux.

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2023

Toyota is one of the world’s most respected carmakers, but there is little doubt that the Japanese auto giant has been lagging in the battery-electric vehicle segment. And when Toyota actually released an all-electric car to rival best-sellers like the Tesla Model Y, it was so uninspiring that few were sold.

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AUGUST 8, 2021

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has appointed Sumitomo, Chiyoda, Toyota Motor, Japan Research Institute and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to conduct a feasibility study on the receiving and distribution business of hydrogen in Chubu Region. Iwatani Corporation, Chubu Electric Power Co., Toho Gas Co.,

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APRIL 19, 2019

Toyota Motor Corp., The investment, in a newly formed ATG corporate entity, aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of automated ridesharing services. Under the terms, Toyota and DENSO will together invest $667 million and SVF will invest $333 million, valuing the new Uber ATG entity at $7.25

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Drawing on our leadership team’s decades of experience, we intend to commercialize and scale-up membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production while working closely with Tier-1 manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. The program is funded by an Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) OPEN award.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Toyota’s targeted cost reductions in fuel cell vehicles. Source: Toyota. In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015.

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MARCH 21, 2021

China-based Momenta announced strategic cooperation with Toyota to provide automated HD mapping and updates through vision-based technologies. With this joint development, both companies aim to promote the commercialization of Toyota’s Automated Mapping Platform (AMP) in the China market to better serve Chinese customers.

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MAY 24, 2018

Toyota projects that global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) will increase significantly after 2020 to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. Manufacturing both components at scale is critical to achieving lower system costs and wider availability for further growth and sales of FCEVs. Expanding sales.

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MAY 30, 2023

On Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corp. Meanwhile, Hino Motors has been wholly owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Meanwhile, Hino Motors has been wholly owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Now, Fuso and parent Daimler Truck have signed a memorandum of understanding with Hino and parent Toyota.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Toyota Motor Corporation and Subaru Corporation disclosed today that they have agreed jointly to develop a platform dedicated to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for midsize and large passenger vehicles and jointly to develop a C-segment-class BEV SUV model for sale under each company’s own brand.

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JULY 23, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC’s) European. subsidiary Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (TME) and PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) have. signed an agreement under which PSA will supply light commercial vehicles to TME for. sale under the Toyota brand in the European market. Toyota and PSA. There are no plans.

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JUNE 21, 2022

These positives have led to significant investment by car manufacturers, including Hyundai, Toyota and BMW. The report identified the nascent development stage of many commercial vehicle types and the high average cost of hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles—more than $70,000 globally in 2022—as key factors limiting adoption.

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JULY 26, 2022

The study, being performed in collaboration with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Toyota Tsusho is expected to contribute to the realization of a pipeline transportation model for hydrogen that could be implemented globally. Toyota Tsusho.

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Teslarati

JUNE 15, 2023

In its last briefing session, Toyota Motor Corporation set ambitious electric vehicle (EV) goals. With the resources we earn, we will improve our product appeal to exceed customer expectations and secure earnings,” stated Toyota. Toyota has steep BEV goals for the next few years as it adapts to an ever-changing auto industry.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Electric long-haul trucks like the upcoming Tesla Semi might not have operating-cost advantages over diesel, a new analysis suggests. Toyota’s Prius C is back in other world markets—sort of. DHL is going light with electric commercial vehicles. This and more.

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APRIL 26, 2018

In Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chita City, Toyota City, Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries have launched the Chita City and Toyota City Renewable Energy-use Low-carbon Hydrogen Project. Background. Hydrogen is a useful energy source for realizing a low-carbon society.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. kW/L—twice as high as that of its previous FCV, the Toyota FCHV-adv (earlier post). Toyota’s view of hydrogen. —Yoshikazu Tanaka.

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JULY 11, 2016

Catalytic pyrolysis company Anellotech, which focuses on producing cost-competitive BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) from non-food biomass, revealed Toyota Tsusho Corporation as a multinational strategic equity investor and corporate partner in the renewable aromatic chemicals supply chain.

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MARCH 5, 2018

Eleven companies, including automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Honda Motor, have jointly formed Japan H2 Mobility, LLC (JHyM), aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCV) in Japan. Toyota Tsusho Corporation; and Development Bank of Japan Inc. Cost reduction and regulation review.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The financing was led by Intel Capital, and includes strategic investors Singapore-based EDBI, JetBlue Technology Ventures, and Toyota AI Ventures. The company is now focused on developing a commercial version of that design, and preparing that vehicle for certification.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This represents a significant milestone on the company’s path to commercialization, as Pony.ai’s passenger car business has officially moved from the testing to the commercialization stage. The PonyPilot+ commercialization pilot area covers central areas of Yizhuang (60 square kilometers / 23.1 Founded in late 2016, Pony.ai

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will carry out a series of verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 2012 to March 2013 to assess various practicalities of the widespread deployment of standard chargers for plug-in vehicles. The tests will be conducted together with two local governments and 10 businesses.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation announced its plans regarding the mass adoption of electrified vehicles for the decade 2020-2030. By around 2030, Toyota aims to have annual sales of more than 5.5 The FCEV line-up will be expanded for both passenger and commercial vehicles in the 2020s. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 23, 2016

Uno-X Hydrogen, a newly established joint-venture that plans to establish a 20-station hydrogen network by 2020 in Norway, is the first customer in that country to take ownership of the Toyota Mirai. Toyota has been engaged in the research and development of automotive hydrogen fuel cell technology for more than 20 years.

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JUNE 9, 2022

(TPS) nanosecond pulsed power ignition system ( earlier post ) on the current Toyota 2.5-liter, The “Dynamic Force Engine” achieves one of the world’s best thermal efficiencies of 40% in gasoline powered vehicles according to Toyota. The Toyota 2.5L —Dan Singleton, CEO & Co-Founder of Transient Plasma Systems.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Using wide bandgap (WBG) materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN)s for power electronics can improve efficiency and thereby reduce the high cost of battery packs, according to a new report from Lux Research. SiC ahead in road to commercialization. Click to enlarge. million to a $3.8-million GaN Systems, Inc.;

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our holistic approach to working with technology leaders like Toyota, Hexagon Purus and Xos will result in a sustainable, low-cost product line up that will meet the needs of our customers as our industry moves forward to zero emission vehicles.

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