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The study was part of a larger collaboration among scientists from Stanford, MIT and the Toyota Research Institute that bridges foundational academic research and real-world industry applications. —Patrick Herring, co-author and a scientist at the Toyota Research Institute. Attia et al. Attia, P.M.,

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

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’s CEO will be Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota’s Executive Technical Advisor.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

To improve the safety of autonomous systems, MIT engineers have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner. This work was funded by the Toyota Research Institute.

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APRIL 4, 2017

Three MIT-affiliated research teams will receive about $10M in funding as part of a $35M materials science discovery program launched by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Provided over four years, the support to MIT researchers will be primarily directed at scientific discoveries and advancing energy storage. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has selected 13 additional academic institutions to participate in the next five-year phase of its collaborative research program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC). Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Indiana University.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation has licensed the intellectual property (IP) of WiTricity, an MIT spin-off commercializing an approach to “mid-range” wireless charging (distances from a centimeter to several meters, earlier post ).

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JANUARY 6, 2016

Last November, Toyota Motor established a new company—Toyota Research Institute Inc. At a press conference at CES 2016, TRI CEO and Toyota Executive Technical Advisor Dr. Gill Pratt laid out his new company’s near-term approach and challenges it seeks to address, as well as its much larger ambitions. Earlier post.) (The

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APRIL 11, 2017

As part of MIT’s five-year Plan for Action on Climate Change, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has launched a major study—“Mobility of the Future”—to explore how consumers and markets will respond to potentially disruptive technologies, business models, and government policies.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin verification testing of its newly developed wireless battery charging system for plug-in electric vehicles—such as plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles—in late February in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The new function is coupled with Toyota’s Intelligent Parking Assist system.

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MARCH 27, 2021

Now, a study at MIT has for the first time analyzed and quantified how bubbles form on these porous electrodes. The work is described in the journal Joule , in a paper by MIT visiting scholar Ryuichi Iwata, graduate student Lenan Zhang, professors Evelyn Wang and Betar Gallant, and three others. —Beta Gallant.

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Toyota used the Los Angeles Auto Show as the forum at which to unveil a Driver Awareness Research Vehicle (DAR-V). By addressing these critical daily priorities before even setting foot in the vehicle, a driver potentially has more mental bandwidth to focus on driving, Toyota suggests. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 8, 2016

Toyota will establish its third Toyota Research Institute (TRI) facility in the US. Joining the TRI facility established last January in Palo Alto working with Stanford (TRI-PAL), and in Cambridge working with MIT (TRI-CAM), TRI-ANN is scheduled to open in June. Gil Pratt, TRI CEO. —Edwin Olson.

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JULY 26, 2017

Toyota, which has been working on solid-state batteries for EVs for a number of years ( earlier post ), is in the news with a report by the Wall Street Journal that it will be ready to commercialize a solid-state battery by 2022. However, there remain a number of unresolved issues precluding commercialization at this point.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) ( earlier post ) is making a $22-million investment in research focused on artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous driving at the University of Michigan (U-M). TRI-ANN is the third TRI facility, joining TRI offices in Palo Alto near Stanford and in Cambridge, near MIT.

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In the Toyota Global Vision announced in March, TMC expressed its commitment to leading the way to the future of mobility by integrating automobiles, homes and information technology. The collaboration is aimed to accelerate development and eventual implementation of wireless charging for automobiles.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. A paper on the research, which was supported by the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Initiative, the National Science Foundation, the Toyota Motor Corporation and the Chesonis Foundation, is published in the journal Science. Yang Shao-Horn, in collaboration with Prof.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Osamu Nagata, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. TEMA), made the announcement at Toyota’s 2014 Advanced Safety Seminar in Ann Arbor, Mich. CSRC’s newly expanded mission recognizes that the emergence of advanced technologies is radically reshaping the transportation landscape.

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CSRC is working with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Toyota Connected (TC). CSRC research has helped improve the safety of Toyota vehicles—for example, enhancing the capabilities of computer crash simulations and improving the tuning of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. —Chuck Gulash, Director of CSRC.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

Toyota (Japan) is the overall global leader in autonomous automotive innovation, followed by Bosch (Germany), Denso (Japan), Hyundai (South Korea) and GM (US). Carnegie Mellon University and MIT have four and seven unique inventions, respectively. Toyota and Hyundai take the second and third places.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Many of the world’s top automakers and their Tier 1 suppliers have licensed WiTricity’s technology, including Toyota, Mahle, TDK, IHI, Shindengen, Daihen, Aptiv, Anjie Wireless, Yura, VIE, Green Power, and Lumen Freedom. Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MacArthur Fellow and WiTricity founder.

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Meanwhile, China’s state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group Company (GAC) has announced it had developed an engine powered by ammonia with help from Toyota Motor Corporation during its annual technology showcase. What’s different about the GAC-Toyota joint is that the duo has allegedly overcome some of the issues associated with burning it.

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But these ships have been in short supply in recent years, with older vessels being retired and new ship orders down due to both the 2008 financial crisis and the industry upgrade to less-polluting fuels, reports MIT Technology Review.

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Toyota, among others, has actively been exploring the development of Mg-ion batteries as a higher energy density solution for energy storage. Based in Cambridge, MA, Pellion was founded by a team of MIT researchers. As an element, magnesium is much more abundant than lithium, and more stable. Earlier post.)

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Panasonic Corporation is supporting the Solar Electric Vehicle Team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT SEVT), in its participation of the Global Green Challenge (GGC), to be held in October 2009 in Australia. Under the sponsorship agreement, Panasonic is providing the MIT SEVT team with its 2.9

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A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. MIT’s charts reveal that the most expensive all-electric vehicle to own costs its owners no more than $600 a month on average. Nickel-Metal Hydride.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.” IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp. IEEE EDISON MEDAL Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Co.

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MARCH 26, 2020

A data-driven simulation system invented at MIT, in collaboration with the Toyota Research Institute, to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a host of worse-case scenarios before cruising down real streets.

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The MIT researchers created a spinoff company—WiTricity ( earlier post )—that is developing a stationary charging system capable of wirelessly transferring about 3 kW of electric power to a vehicle parked in a garage or on the street. WiTricity has entered partnerships with Toyota and Delphi.

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MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it’s safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views. Their paper is published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

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APRIL 24, 2014

without higher octane fuel, but with other projected vehicle and powertrain technology improvements), according to a new analysis by a team at MIT. However, notes the MIT team, the engine and measurement conditions of the RON and MON tests do not represent real world operating conditions. reduction by then in the baseline case (i.e.,

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

A team of researchers from MIT, the Japan Institute of Science and Technology, and Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that changing the surface texture of platinum used in a methanol fuel cell electrode—specifically, creating nano surface steps instead of using a smooth surface—can significantly increase the catalytic activity.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp. IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL Sponsor: IEEE Richard and Mary Jo Stanley Memorial Fund of the IEEE Foundation RODNEY ALLEN BROOKS MIT “For leadership in research and commercialization of autonomous robotics, including mobile, humanoid, service, and manufacturing robots.”

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MAY 19, 2021

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is committing another $36 million to its Accelerated Materials Design and Discovery (AMDD) collaborative university research program over the next four years. The total scope of the initial investment was $35 million over four years with multiple university partners. University of Michigan.

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MAY 22, 2017

The Toyota Research Institute ( TRI ) is exploring blockchain and distributed ledger technology (BC/DL) ( earlier post ) for use in the development of a new mobility ecosystem that could accelerate development of autonomous driving technology. —Neha Narula, Director, Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab.

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