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Toyota Combines ‘Autonomous’ with ‘Mobility-as-a-Service’ in Sienna Autono-MaaS

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Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) announced that its Michigan-based production development teams have been modifying Indiana-produced 2022 Sienna minivans, adding a vehicle control interface, to create a new vehicle platform compatible with third-party autonomous driving kits and sensors (“Autono”) for use in Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) applications. (..)

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Toyota to increase Highlander output, including hybrid and exports, in Indiana

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The project is expected to create approximately 400 new jobs at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. TMMI currently employs 4,800 and builds the Highlander, Sequoia full-size SUV and Sienna minivan. Toyota will increase production of the Highlander mid-size SUV in late 2013 at the company’s Princeton, Ind.

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Stellantis investing $155M in 3 Indiana plants to produce new electric drive modules

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Stellantis will invest a total of $155 million in three Kokomo, Indiana, plants to produce new electric drive modules (EDM) that will help power future electric vehicles assembled in North America and to support the goal of 50% battery-electric sales in the US by 2030. billion in Indiana to support its transition to electrification.

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FPL Group and Duke Energy Pledge 10-year, $600M+ Commitment to Transition Fleets to PHEVs and EVs

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Currently, the only near-term options for available PEV supply are sedans, minivans, vans and a few bucket trucks. Its regulated utility operations serve approximately 4 million customers located in five states—North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky—representing a population of approximately 11 million people.

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Chrysler Group files S-1 for IPO; snapshot of R&D priorities; exploring a light-duty hydraulic hybrid

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The Group manufactures the majority of its volume requirements for both the 8- and 9-speed ZF transmissions at its own facilities in Kokomo, Indiana under licenses from ZF, and purchases the remainder of our volume requirements from ZF. This transmission is being used first in 2013 for the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and in other future vehicles.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. State of Indiana West Lafayette, IN. Chrysler LLC. $70. Manufacturing: Warren, MI and St. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Purdue University.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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