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Toyota electric sports car teased with advanced battery tech

Green Car Reports

Toyota is once again showing its FT-Se electric sports car concept—this time with a bit more information. Now Toyota has published dimensions and hinted at next-generation battery tech that could be included if the.

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2025 Toyota Sienna hybrid minivan gains safety tech

Green Car Reports

The 2025 Toyota Sienna minivan will continue to offer a standard hybrid powertrain when it reaches dealerships later this fall. The Sienna is the first Toyota to get a more sophisticated rear seat reminder that will eventually roll out to some of the automaker's other.

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Toyota developing in-wheel electric motors

Green Car Reports

Toyota has filed a new patent application for in-wheel electric motors, indicating the automaker is still working on this tech. 18, 2024, and originally filed by Toyota Oct. The patent application was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jul.

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2026 Nissan Rogue plug-in hybrid will borrow Mitsubishi tech

Green Car Reports

The Nissan Rogue will soon add a plug-in hybrid variant using tech from corporate ally Mitsubishi.

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Toyota — Dead Tech Walking?

CleanTechnica EVs

David Waterworth with Dr Paul Wildman Due to the overwhelming and positive interest shown in our first article, we thought to do a second article as another take on the Toyota/Japanese car-manufacturing situation. Is Toyota not circling the drain, after all? Is Toyota dead tech walking?

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Scientists: Dump hydrogen-powered Toyota as official car of Olympics

Green Car Reports

Scientists are questioning the green credentials of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles The Toyota Mirai is the official car of the 2024 Paris Olympics Hydrogen tech failed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics A group of 120 scientists, engineers, and academics have drafted an open letter to the organizers of the Paris Olympics, rallying to ditch the Toyota Mirai.

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Toyota secures $850M from Japan to fuel EV battery tech plans

Electrek

To accelerate domestic battery output and establish a reliable supply chain, Japan is awarding nearly 120 billion yen ($847 million) to fuel Toyota ’s newly revealed EV battery tech strategy. more… The post Toyota secures $850M from Japan to fuel EV battery tech plans appeared first on Electrek.

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