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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing unveils GR H2 Racing Concept at Le Mans 24 Hours

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At a press conference of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) at Circuit de la Sarthe in western France, Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed the hydrogen engine vehicle prototype “GR H2 Racing Concept”. Toyota is also racing a liquid hydrogen-fueled version. Earlier post.)

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Suzuki and Toyota to explore business partnership; environment, safety, and information technology

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Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have agreed to start exploring ideas that are directed towards a business partnership. Toyota and Suzuki just started exploring on any opportunities for collaboration, with the belief that it will help both companies solve their respective challenges.

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Toyota Research Institute “deeply satisfied” with results of $100M collaborative research program with US universities

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Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced the latest results of its collaborative research program with US academic institutions. The last year saw three papers win awards at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS). However, all proposed alternatives don’t last long in an operating environment before they dissolve.

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Toyota Research Institute developing blended envelope control for Guardian driver assistance

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In a briefing at CES 2019, Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) CEO and Toyota Motor Corporation Fellow said that one of TRI’s most significant breakthroughs this year was the creation of blended envelope control for its Guardian driver assistance system. 7, 2019 – Toyota is doubling-down on humans.

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Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, NVIDIA partner to accelerate use of autonomous vehicles and AI technologies

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Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development ( TRI-AD ) and NVIDIA announced a new collaboration to develop, train and validate self-driving vehicles. This end-to-end simulation toolchain will help enable Toyota, TRI-AD and TRI to bring automated vehicles to market. Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc.

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ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

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Two hydrogen mobility projects led by Air Liquide—Hype and HyAMMED—were selected in January 2020 by ADEME (French Environment & Energy Management Agency) as part of the second closing of its “Hydrogen Mobility Ecosystems” call for proposals. Toyota will deliver 500 additional Mirai, which will supplement the existing fleet.

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Toyota???s Carter: we???re on the cusp of the automotive hydrogen age

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Morgan Auto Conference in New York, Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales (USA) Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations said that the company in spending an average of more than $1 million an hour this year on R&D. That leaves the issue of the hydrogen infrastructure, which, as Toyota has said often recently, needs to be developed.

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