Toyota unveiled a new robot that can tackle domestic chores like clearing tables and wiping down countertops and other surfaces. A human can easily tell an object apart from its reflection, but ‘transparent or reflective items commonly found in the home befuddle today’s robots,’ according to a statement from the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). ‘Since … Read more
While other manufacturers are fast-tracking the demise of the combustion engine with the release of electric car after electric car, Toyota is making the most of petrol power while it still can by adding another performance model to its ranks that will get enthusiasts’ pulses racing when it goes on sale next year. Called the … Read more
Toyota’s Yaris has won the coveted European Car of the Year, defeating the likes of the new fully-electric Fiat 500 and Volkswagen ID.3 as well as Land Rover’s Defender SUV to claim the award. The Japanese supermini – which starts from £19,910 in the UK – was crowned in a ceremony in Geneva on Monday afternoon. … Read more
Dr Johan van Zyl, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe, has sounded a Brexit trade deal warning The boss of Toyota in Europe says a No Deal Brexit would be a ‘disaster’ that could put the brakes on the chances of the Japanese giant building future planned electric cars in the UK. Ultimately it … Read more
Toyota is stepping on the gas with its new and sleeker second-generation Mirai – and slashing its price by 20 per cent to encourage a ten-fold increase in sales. The Mirai is the Japanese car giant’s hydrogen-powered electric fuel-cell car that not only offers green zero emissions motoring, but actually cleans and purifies the air … Read more
Land Rover driver repeatedly rams into parked Toyota in ‘parking row’ in London A driver smashed his Land Rover into a parked Toyota in Canning Town, London Footage shows the 4×4 crumple the parked car’s bonnet after hitting it head on Social media users suggested a parking row sparked the shocking incident By Joe Davies … Read more
As red devils go, Toyota’s rally-inspired and derived GR Yaris can certainly burn tarmac with fiery intensity. Fitting therefore that I should take it on an energetic spin through some heavenly country lanes on a route that included a pit-stop at an aptly named area of outstanding natural beauty – with breath-taking views near Brighton … Read more
His Holiness’ hydrogen car: Toyota converts $80,000 fuel-cell Mirai into a Popemobile to be used by the supreme pontiff in Japan next month Toyota has converted a Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicles into a popemobile It has the traditional raised platform for the Pope to stand or sit in The hydrogen car has a range … Read more
For motorists looking for a highly reliable, economical car, Toyota has traditionally been a safe bet, if a little unadventurous. But Toyota’s anglophile president Akio Toyoda, who when living and working in London in the Eighties used to whizz around in an original Mini, wanted to add some pizzazz. Toyotas ‘must not be boring’, he … Read more
Tesla has raced past Toyota to become the world’s most valuable car company. In a sign of the times, the electric car maker’s value yesterday rose by almost 4 per cent to £165.4billon. That made it more valuable than its much bigger Japanese rival, which is worth £162.7billion, and came as Tesla celebrates the tenth … Read more