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Toyota TES-ERA Sports EV concept!

The TES-ERA EV, developed by the Toyota Engineering Society, is an EV sports car based on the Toyota Sera, a two-door coupe produced for the Japanese domestic market in the 1990′s. It features gullwing doors, and the color scheme[...]
Toyota TES-ERA Sports EV concept!

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Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Press Briefing – Toyota, Nissan, Honda

Interested in Hi-tech and Car? Wanted to come to Japan for this year Tokyo Motor Show but was stuck at the office? Don’t worry here you are a nice little recap video just for you! This Video is provided to you by DigInfo.tv, Akih[...]
Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Press Briefing – Toyota, Nissan, Honda

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Panasonic Delivers MirrorLink-Certified Display-Audio System for Toyota iQ

Panasonic announced that it has delivered its in-car Display-Audio system compatible with the new MirrorLink smartphone-to-car connectivity standard for the Toyota iQ city car. This genuine Toyota accessory named “Toyota Touch Li[...]
Panasonic Delivers MirrorLink-Certified Display-Audio System for Toyota iQ
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Toyota Care Support Robots For Nursing And Healthcare

Toyota has developed robots for care support, in response to society’s aging demographics. These robots have been co-developed with Fujita Health University. They utilize advanced technologies from Toyota, including motor control[...]
Toyota Care Support Robots For Nursing And Healthcare

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Toyota to beat EV record on Nurburgring

Toyota is setting their aims on beating the EV record of Nurburgring, for this they need to complete the 12.9 mile long complete circuit in under 9 minutes, 1.388 second. With this in mind Toyota is using a similar car with the one use[...]
Toyota to beat EV record on Nurburgring
Toyota to beat EV record on Nurburgring

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Lexus Unveils Next-Generation ‘GS 350′

Lexus today held the world premiere unveiling of the next-generation “GS 350″ here at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The all-new GS 350, due for launch in early 2012—and with GS hybrid and GS “F-SportR[...]
Lexus Unveils Next-Generation ‘GS 350′
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[Review] Lexus CT200h

It has been quite a while since I had my hands on a press car. After jumping from a Ferrari 458 Italia to a 2012 Nissan GT-R, I decided that it was time to get a bit more reasonable and decided to give Toyota’s new compact “sporty” Lex[...]
[Review] Lexus CT200h
[Review] Lexus CT200h[Review] Lexus CT200h[Review] Lexus CT200h[Review] Lexus CT200h[Review] Lexus CT200h

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[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s Steering Wheel prototype with integrate ECG sensors

Here you are another wonder from Toyota’s Safety Day with this very interesting ECG set of sensors that has been integrated into a steering wheel. The concept here is simple how to prevent accident and save live before something wrong [...]
[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s Steering Wheel prototype with integrate ECG sensors
[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s Steering Wheel prototype with integrate ECG sensors[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s Steering Wheel prototype with integrate ECG sensors[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s Steering Wheel prototype with integrate ECG sensors[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s Steering Wheel prototype with integrate ECG sensors

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[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator

Back in 2010, Lexus America made sensation with the video below, where the company shows to the American the world largest car simulator! And today, well last week actually, we at AkihabaraNews among some other selected journalist arou[...]
[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator
[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s latest wonder the world largest Car Simulator

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[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s new PCS with auto Steering

PCS stands for Pre-Crash System and Toyota, like many other companies includes in its PCS something called Lane Departure Prevention that will not only alert you if you are changing lane without noticing it but also, depending on the m[...]
[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s new PCS with auto Steering
[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s new PCS with auto Steering[Toyota Safety Day] We tested Toyota’s new PCS with auto Steering

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[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.

Ok, I admit that we where pretty far from the actual crash test in a secure location with other journalist to enjoy one of the most impressive and interesting demonstration that I have witnesses in a long time! Like every automakers To[...]
[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.
[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.[Toyota Safety Day] Toyota’s Crash Test experience and $2.5 Million USD Crash Test Dummies.

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[TEASER - TOYOTA] We tested the World Largest Car Simulator and more!

Sorry if today was rather limited in terms of news on AkihabaraNews, but to tell the truth Benoa-San and I tested, among some other crazy things, the world largest Car Simulator, yep the very same one that you may have seen lately in L[...]
[TEASER - TOYOTA] We tested the World Largest Car Simulator and more!
[TEASER - TOYOTA] We tested the World Largest Car Simulator and more![TEASER - TOYOTA] We tested the World Largest Car Simulator and more!

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Toyota Etios, The First True Indian Japanese Car

Introduced last December in India in its sedan version as well as in Japan for the press, the Etios is the first Toyota car that has been size made for the Indian market and produced locally. Sure an Indian Toyota Car may not the sexie[...]
Toyota Etios, The First True Indian Japanese Car
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Toyota Prius PHV x Neon Genesis Evangelion

The Toyota Group’s Toyota Marketing Japan in collaboration with Evangelion and the town of Hakone hosted an event in which the former Sengokuhara Middle School in Hakone was made to resemble the Tokyo-3 No. 1 Middle School attend[...]
Toyota Prius PHV x Neon Genesis Evangelion

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Toyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety System

Toyota aims to reduce traffic accidents through the use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), has developed an onboard navigation system compatible with the vehicle-infrastructure cooperative Driving Safety Support System (DSSS) sche[...]
Toyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety System
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Toyota Housing bring EV’s power to home

Toyota Housing builds an experimental house in Toyota City (Aichi Prefecture) that comes with the possibility to be powered by any EV or PHEV Cars (Electric Vehicle / Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) in case of emergency. Equipped with[...]
Toyota Housing bring EV’s power to home
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Toyota develops low-priced EV charging stand

Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Media Service showed their jointly developed G-Station, a charging stand for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, at the Smart Grid Exhibition 2011. G-Station verifies and communicates via a non-con[...]
Toyota develops low-priced EV charging stand

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Toyota to Show New GRMN Hybrid Concept at Nürburgring

Toyota will show the “GRMN (GAZOO Racing tuned by MN2) SPORTS HYBRID Concept II”, a convertible mid-ship gasoline-electric hybrid concept, at the 39th Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race to be held near Nürburg, Germany, fro[...]
Toyota to Show New GRMN Hybrid Concept at Nürburgring
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Toyota makes Pigs life more bearable thanks to its new Swine Manure Compost Deodorizer

Picture from Maurice Swine Manure compost sticks, and I am sure that you will all agree with me on that someone has to do something! And well apparently Toyota took this very seriously and announced today that it has finally has availa[...]
Toyota makes Pigs life more bearable thanks to its new Swine Manure Compost Deodorizer

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Gazoo Racing unleashes race-prepped Lexus CT hybrid at Nürburgring

Sure Lexus’s CT200h is a hell of a hot hatchback, and its Hybrid powertrain is quite sexy, but frankly speaking I have drove “faster” cars in my life, but then again who’s said that Nothing can be improved? And this is exactly what the[...]
Gazoo Racing unleashes race-prepped Lexus CT hybrid at Nürburgring
Gazoo Racing unleashes race-prepped Lexus CT hybrid at NürburgringGazoo Racing unleashes race-prepped Lexus CT hybrid at Nürburgring

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Toyota to Add Wrong-way Driving Alert to Navigation Systems

Toyota announced that it will add a function to its onboard navigation systems that gives on-screen and voice alerts to wrong-way drivers. Jointly developed with Aisin AW Co., Ltd. and Denso Corporation, the function monitors vehicle d[...]
Toyota to Add Wrong-way Driving Alert to Navigation Systems

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Toyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next year

Barely a month after our first test drive of Toyota’s Prius A prototype, Toyota invited us today to the official launch of its new Seven Seater known overseas Prius V in North America and Prius + In Europe. So what’s new here? Well act[...]
Toyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next year
Toyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next yearToyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next yearToyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next yearToyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next yearToyota launch its new 7 Seater Prius A in Japan today and expect to ship it later next year

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