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6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: Preview TOYOTA GAZOO Racing set for Spa spectacle
02 May 2025
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing takes on the challenge of spectacular Spa-Francorchamps when the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) moves to Belgian for round three on Saturday 10 May.
Toyota Mobility Foundation and MaRS renew Mobility Unlimited Hub programming, announce call for second cohort applicants
02 May 2025
Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) in collaboration with MaRS Discovery District, is extending support for the inaugural cohort of the Mobility Unlimited Hub, a program designed to help startups scale g
Toyota Mobility Foundation, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, UN-Habitat, Asian Institute of Technology and Toyota Motor Thailand Sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Launch the TRUST Project for Road Safety in Thailand
30 Apr 2025
The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF), in collaboration with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and key partners, UN-Habitat (UNH), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Toyota Motor Thail
Toyota and Waymo Outline Strategic Partnership to Advance Autonomous Driving Deployment
30 Apr 2025
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. Wove
Rally Islas Canarias: Day 3 Rovanpera spearheads 1-2-3-4 finish for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
28 Apr 2025
Kalle Rovanpera has claimed an emphatic victory at the head of an outstanding 1-2-3-4 finish for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team at Rally Islas Canarias.
Sales, Production, and Export Results for March 2025
24 Apr 2025
Toyota Motor Corporation announces its sales, production, and export results for March 2025 as well as the cumulative total from January to March 2025, and the fiscal year from April 1, 2024 to March
Toyota Invests Additional $88 Million its U.S. West Virginia Plant
23 Apr 2025
Toyota's North American subsidiary Toyota North America, Inc, announced today an additional investment of $88 million in its West Virginia plant to assemble the next generation of hybrid transaxles. T
[Toyota Times] Presenting Toyota Times Business! A New Series with a Focus on Mobility and Business
23 Apr 2025
Toyota Times has added a new series, Toyota Times Business. We invite experts to explain and discuss mobility through a business lens. The subject for the first episode is, "What's Going on With Vehicle Taxes?"
Lexus Unveils the All-New ES at the World Premiere in Shanghai
23 Apr 2025
LEXUS unveiled the all-new ES at its world premiere at the Shanghai Motor Show (April 23 - May 2). A phased rollout across various regions is scheduled to begin in the middle of 2026.
Premiere of New bZ7 and Lexus ES at Auto Shanghai
23 Apr 2025
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced at Auto Shanghai 2025 in Shanghai, China that it will be expanding its battery electric vehicle (BEV) lineup in China as part of its multi-pathway approach toward achieving a carbon-neutral society.
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Wishful thinking about cars
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
