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Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo reached a preliminary agreement to explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies. Woven by Toyota will also join the potential collaboration as Toyota’s strategic enabler, contributing its strengths in advanced software and mobility innovation. This potential partnership is built on a shared vision of improving road safety and delivering increased mobility for all. Toyota and Waymo aim to combine their respective strengths to develop a new autonomous vehicle platform. In parallel, the companies will explore how to leverage Waymo's autonomous technology and Toyota's vehicle expertise to enhance next-generation personally owned vehicles (POVs). The scope of the collaboration will continue to evolve through ongoing discussions. Toyota has long advanced research and development in support of a zero-traffic-accident vision, guided by a three-pillar approach...

       

March 10, 2025 ― On April 13, 2025, KDDI will release Virtual Mirai City, a service that integrates "The Future Life Expo: Future City" (hereinafter, the "Future City"), one of the Future Society Showcase Projects of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, with KDDI's metaverse/Web3 service platform "αU." Virtual Mirai City is a virtual space themed around the concept of "Thinking about the future that we hope to live in." Based on the theme of the Future City, "To the city of happiness," KDDI and nine other sponsors of the Future City have created a human-centered urban space as envisioned by Society 5.0. Users can enjoy a unique virtual experience through avatars, exploring a future in which humanity has overcome social issues while trying out technologies that will enable such a future. We aim to provide users with the opportunity to think about the ideal future by exploring Virtual Mirai City. Overview of Virtual Mirai City 1...

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Honda Mobilityland Co., Ltd., which operates the Suzuka Circuit, will host the official promotional event for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix *1 , “F1 TOKYO FAN FESTIVAL 2025.” The event will take place over four days—April 2 (Wednesday) and April 4 (Friday) to April 6 (Sunday), 2025—at Tokyo BAY (Odaiba/Aomi). In addition to a public viewing of the F1 Japanese Grand Prix, the event will feature F1 car exhibitions, interactive F1 experiences, live music performances, and cuisine from countries hosting F1 races. A wide variety of attractions will be available, ensuring that both passionate motorsport enthusiasts and newcomers, as well as families, can all enjoy the event. The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the FIA *2 Formula One World Championship (F1) and the 60th anniversary of Honda’s first F1 victory, making it a milestone year. F1 TOKYO FAN FESTIVAL 2025 will connect the public viewing site in Odaiba with Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefect...

Creating Collaboration in an “Ever Evolving City" It was from the stage of the CES 2025 in Las Vegas that Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda announced the completion of building construction at Toyota Woven City – from the very spot where in 2018, he declared Toyota’s goal to transform into a mobility company, and in 2020, shared with the world his intention to develop Woven City, a test course for mobility. After a groundbreaking in 2021, buildings for the first phase of the project were completed in October 2024, and we have been busy preparing for the official launch planned for the fall of 2025, which will see the first residents move in. “For me, at its core, Woven City is about collaboration… it's about the opportunity to weave together diverse points of view, talents and abilities… to create a new kind of fabric for our future – a future where we hope to not only move people… but move hearts,” said chairman Toyoda at the CES press conference on...

     

At CES 2025, Toyota Motor Corporation ("Toyota") announced the completion of Phase 1 construction of Toyota Woven City ("Woven City"), its test course for mobility. The launch of Phase 1 is planned for fall 2025 or shortly thereafter. Toyota first announced its transformation into a mobility company at CES 2018 and, at CES 2020, unveiled the Woven City concept being developed in collaboration with Woven by Toyota ("WbyT") to demonstrate Toyota's long-term commitment to shaping the future of mobility. Woven City has made steady progress since its groundbreaking ceremony on February 23, 2021, at the former site of Toyota Motor East Japan's ("TMEJ") Higashi-Fuji Plant in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Construction of Phase 1 buildings―the initial area for co-creation activities―was completed in October 2024. Preparations for the official launch are now underway. Woven City's Phase 1 has also previously been rec...

Toyota Motor Corporation (hereafter, Toyota) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (hereafter, NTT) have agreed to a joint initiative in the field of mobility and AI/telecommunications with the aim of realizing a society with zero traffic accidents.  Through their previous collaborations, the two companies have confirmed that they share common values, such as contributing to society through technological and industrial development, a people-centered approach, and global contributions that start in Japan. This time, they will further deepen their collaboration with the aim of achieving a "society with zero traffic accidents" as the first step towards realizing a prosperous mobility society where safety and freedom are in harmony. In order to achieve a society with zero traffic accidents, it is necessary to take an infrastructure-cooperative approach that constantly connects people, mobility and infrastructure, in addition to the advancement of drivi...

  Nov 2024 - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Joby Aviation (Joby) conducted a successful test flight of Joby's air taxi at Toyota's Higashi-Fuji Technical Center (Shizuoka, Japan). Akio Toyoda, the chairman of the Toyota Group, and Joby CEO and founder, JoeBen Bevirt, were also present to lent support to the test flight. The air taxi can potentially shorten travel time between Tokyo and Shizuoka from 2 hours to 25 minutes. Global commercial passenger operations will start next year with partners, including Uber, Delta Air Lines and ANA, here in Japan. JoeBen Bevirt, Founder and CEO of Joby (left), Akio Toyoda, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation (right)  

 

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team announced today that they have concluded a basic agreement on entering a technical partnership concerning MoneyGram Haas F1 Team vehicle development and collaborative efforts. Through this partnership, the two sides aim to contribute to the development of the automotive industry by creating an environment in which young Japanese drivers, engineers, and mechanics can gain experience and grow in the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), the pinnacle of motorsports. From left: MoneyGram Haas F1 Team Team Principal Ayao Komatsu, Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda, and GAZOO Racing Company President Tomoya Takahashi TGR continues to compete in motorsports to hone the three essential elements of car manufacturing: people, pipeline * , and product. In the "driver-first" carmaking strongly advocated by Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda, aka Morizo, cars are repeatedly broken and fixed...

Toyota City, Japan, October 8, 2024 - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has announced that it will exhibit at Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2024, to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture from Tuesday, October 15 to Friday, October 18. Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2024 is an event where the mobility industry and startups that will lead the next generation interact to co-create toward the shared goal of a sustainable future. At the event, Toyota will exhibit technology related to carbon neutrality from among its various sustainability initiatives. For Japan, a country with limited land and resources, "energy policy" is a significant challenge for both the nation and its industries. Given this situation, it is crucial for the mobility sector, which has a broad base and operates in the B to C market, to act as a pacesetter, fostering collaboration across the entire industry. In pursuit of achieving carbon neutrality through a multi-pathway approach, Toyota will promote co-cr...