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Toyota to invest ~$50M to establish joint research centers at MIT and Stanford; intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will be investing approximately $50 million over the next 5 years to establish joint research centers at Stanford and MIT, focused on the research and development of intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies. —Kiyotaka Ise, TMC Senior Managing Officer and Chief Officer, R&D Group.

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Toyota establishing new artificial intelligence R&D company; $1B investment over 5 years

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Toyota Motor Corporation is establishing a new company, Toyota Research Institute Inc. The headquarters will be located in Silicon Valley near Stanford University, with a second facility to be located near MIT. TRI), as an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and robotics.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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Meet the recipients of the 2022 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, and corporate recognition. MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Naples, Fla.

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MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

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A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. John Goodenough from the University of Texas as Austin, has found one of the most effective catalysts yet discovered for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for use in water-splitting to produce hydrogen or in rechargeable metal-air batteries. Yang Shao-Horn, in collaboration with Prof.

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Toyota Research Institute CEO Pratt outlines initial AI/robotics mandates; trillion-mile reliability

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Last November, Toyota Motor established a new company—Toyota Research Institute Inc. Dr. Pratt earned his doctorate from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT, and taught at MIT and Olin College as Associate Professor and Professor, respectively. Earlier post.) (The John Leonard, Samuel C.

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UMD collaborative study finds that fuel efficiency of one car in household may be cancelled out by next car purchase

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In a recent collaborative study led by the University of Maryland (UMD), researchers found that consumers tend to buy something less fuel efficient than they normally would for their second car after buying an eco-friendly vehicle.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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AK Steel Corporation. AK Steel Corporation’s Research & Innovation Center will conduct alloy design, lab validation, manufacture, and testing of novel low density steels that possess mechanical properties exhibited by currently available advanced high strength steels. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. DOE Funding.