Toyota, Lexus Offer Lower Emissions EV Charging Program
Toyota has entered into an agreement with WattTime to provide health and environmental impact data to Toyota and Lexus customers.
Toyota, Oncor partner on V2G EV charging project
Toyota and Oncor Electric Delivery have agreed to collaborate on a pilot project around vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging.
New EV entries cut into Tesla’s EV market share
Tesla is showing the expected signs of shedding market share as more entrants arrive with their own EV contributions.
Toyota debuts Corolla Cross Hydrogen concept car
Toyota engineers have created a prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered road car – the Corolla Cross H2 Concept.
Toyota’s electrified vehicles nearly 24% of 2022 sales volume
Toyota offers its customers 20 different electrified vehicle options.
Toyota switches up the formula on new Prius model
Toyota has unveiled its all-new Prius Series Parallel Hybrid (HEV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) models. The market should expect these new models to launch in the winter of this year and spring of the next, respectively. Toyota says it decided to treat this new generation to an overhaul to its feature list and appearance. With
Toyota invests $2.5B in North Carolina plant, BEV battery capacity
Toyota has announced an additional investment of $2.5 billion in its newest North American facility, Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC). This investment adds capacity to support battery electric vehicle (BEV) battery production. Scheduled to begin production in 2025, the facility will produce batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and BEVs. Last year, Toyota Motor
Toyota partners to advance megawatt-scale fuel cell systems
Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to build, install and evaluate a 1-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power generation system at NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Arvada, Colorado. This three-year, $6.5 million collaboration is funded in part by DOE’s Hydrogen
Toyota releases storage battery system for residential use
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed the “O-Uchi Kyuden System,” a home storage battery system, now open for preorders in Japan. The O-Uchi Kyuden System uses electrified vehicle battery technology such as Toyota’s battery control to provide a rated capacity of 8.7 kWh and a rated output of 5.5 kWh. By linking with a photovoltaic system,
Toyota working on closed-loop EV battery ecosystem
Toyota Motor North America has embarked on a mission to create a sustainable, closed-loop battery ecosystem for its electrified powertrains. The company says this mission focuses not only on the collection, testing and recycling of batteries into raw materials to create a sustainable supply chain, but also aims to develop second-life opportunities for remanufactured and
Toyota develops portable hydrogen cartridge prototype
Toyota Motor Corporation and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., have developed a working prototype of a portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toyota and Woven Planet will conduct proof
Toyota announces 2023 Corolla Cross Hybrid specs
Based on the Corolla sedan, Toyota has debuted its new 2023 Corolla Cross Hybrid in the U.S. Available only with all-wheel drive, the Corolla Cross Hybrid uses the TNGA-C platform. With the new fifth-generation Toyota hybrid system under the hood, coupled with the electronic all-wheel drive system that’s new to the Corolla nameplate, the Corolla
