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PLANO, Texas (October 27, 2021) – Toyota’s full-sized Sequoia offers the complete package. The highly capable yet sophisticated SUV offers comfort, durability and Toyota toughness that’s perfect for family adventures with room for up to eight. For 2022, the Sequoia carries on with those attributes and more while offering the new Wind Chill Pearl exterior color to replace both Blizzard Pearl and Super White. The Nightshade Special Edition that joined the Sequoia line for 2021 returns, […]

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. As a steward of the environment, Toyota is dedicated to being a part of the solution to the world’s climate challenges. Pushing toward a net-positive impact from its operations, the automaker developed the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, an ambitious set of six challenges that will move the company toward a more sustainable future over the next 30 years — and beyond. To drive meaningful change across North America, Toyota […]

PLANO, Texas (October 25, 2021) – Get your kids’ creative engines started! Unpack the art supplies, unbuckle imaginations and kickstart the freewheeling designs of what your kids think cars should look like in the future. Then, enter their artworks in the Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest. Submissions created by youth, ages 4-15, are accepted online or by mail starting November 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022. It’s easy to enter. Kids create an original drawing by hand using digital […]

We sat down with the Toyota Motor North America product development chief engineer who oversees the development of the Sienna, to learn how our customers influence the creation of our vehicles and how our engineers provide them with the independence and flexibility that they have come to expect. Tell us about your work at Toyota.  Craig Payne: I’m currently the chief engineer in charge of development of the Toyota Sienna, which recently launched a new model change in 2021, but I’ve […]

NEW YORK (October 20, 2021) — With encouragement from the Biden Administration and the keen support of new US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, a number of elite U.S. companies have turned to alternative energy sources to power their facilities and operations. Some large-scale fields of solar photovoltaic panels and wind turbine farms are currently under construction, while some are already commissioned and generating clean, emissions-free electricity either for direct or indirect use […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.  (October 18, 2021) – Together with state and community leaders, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) held an event to celebrate the first of Toyota’s latest engine products for the all-new 2022 Tundra to come off the production line. These new engines, a hybrid electric powered twin-turbo V6 engine and the gas-powered twin-turbo V6 engine, usher in the next era of powertrains being assembled in Huntsville.  Toyota’s new twin-turbo V6 engine line was […]

PLANO, Texas (October 13, 2021) – The fourth-generation Toyota Highlander’s bold, distinctive design is going to stand out even more for 2022 thanks to the new Bronze Edition – exclusive to the Highlander Hybrid powertrain. Available in both front-wheel drive (FWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD), the Highlander Hybrid Bronze Edition offers unique styling and premium features to inspire a turned head of any curious onlooker. Once on sale later this year, the 2022 Highlander Hybrid Bronze […]

LOS ALTOS, Calif. (October 11, 2021) — Today, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced the acceptance of six research papers in the field of machine learning at the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). The research advances understanding across various tasks crucial for robotic perception, including semantic segmentation, 3D object detection and multi-object tracking. Over the last six years, TRI’s researchers have made significant strides in robotics, automated driving […]

LOS ANGELES (October 8, 2021) –The 2021 Toyota Mirai has officially set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the longest distance by a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle without refueling. The Mirai achieved an unprecedented 845 miles driven on a single, five-minute complete fill of hydrogen during a roundtrip tour of Southern California as it set the record. Recently selected by Ward’s Automotive as a 10Best Engine & Propulsion Systems winner, the Toyota Mirai’s record sets a new […]

The Rebelle Rally is a thrilling women’s only, off-road navigational competition spanning 1,400 desert miles through California and Nevada. Kicking off today, October 7, at the Hoover Dam, the rally will test the driving prowess and sheer endurance of teams angling to get across a distant finish line. Among them? Two teams representing Toyota. Research and Development Representing Toyota’s Research and Development is Jessica Buck, ride and handling engineer; Stacy Danhausen, senior […]