Toyota Joins with Tech Company WiTricity To Develop Wireless Charging

Published Friday, 29 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

Toyota Joins with Tech Company WiTricity To Develop Wireless Charging

April 27, 2011 at 4:33pm by Davey G. Johnson

WiTricity has not an iota to do with Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland, Washington. Nor is it the county-fair touring incarnation of Quad City DJs, formed after they failed to follow up "C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)" with another smash hit. Rather, the Massachusetts company is following up on Nikola Tesla's promise of supplying electricity via thin air. Using magnetic fields to carry juice, WiTricity claims their technology is scalable from milliwatts (for say, a wireless mouse) to…

Toyota Outlines Timeline for Restoring Normal Production

Published Friday, 22 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

Toyota Outlines Timeline for Restoring Normal Production

NEW YORK, NY, April 22, 2011 -- After an in-depth analysis of its suppliers affected by the earthquake and tsunami, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that global production will begin to ramp up as soon as July in Japan and August in North America, with all models back to normal production by November or December 2011.

The one-month difference in the start date is due to the time required to ship parts from Japan to overseas plants.

"To all the customers who made the decision to buy a vehicle made by us, I…

Toyota Announces Finalists in 'Ideas For Good' Challenge

Published Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

Toyota Announces Finalists in 'Ideas For Good' Challenge

Twenty-Five Ideas Compete for Prototyping Opportunity

TORRANCE, Calif. (April 20, 2011) - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. has announced the 25 finalists in its Ideas for Good challenge, a unique initiative centered on what the company has been doing for many years: repurposing its innovative automotive technology to benefit society in the non-automotive space. These finalists will now compete for the public's votes in an attempt to bring their ideas to life during a prototyping session in June.

From November 8, 2010 through February 28, 2011, consumers were invited…

Toyota Announces Priority Registration Web Site for All-New Prius Plug-In Hybrid

Published Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

Toyota Announces Priority Registration Web Site for All-New Prius Plug-In Hybrid

TORRANCE, Calif., April 19, 2011 - - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced the introduction of a new Online Order System that will launch later this year for the all-new Prius Plug-in Hybrid, the most advanced Prius yet.

The first phase of the Online Order System, called Priority Registration, will launch on Earth Day, April 22, 2011. Customers who are interested in being one of the first to own a Prius Plug-in can log on to www.toyota.com/plugin and complete their registration on the site…

Toyota to Move Forward with Japan Car Production for Most of May

Published Friday, 15 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

April 15, 2011--Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) offers its most-sincere sympathies to those affected by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake.

As TMC continues to address its production situation in Japan following the disaster, it has decided that vehicle production from May 10 to June 3 will proceed at approximately 50 percent of normal. TMC will decide on production after this period after assessing the situation of its suppliers and other related companies.

Today's decision follows TMC's previously announced decision to produce vehicles at all its Japanese vehicle-production facilities from April 18 to April 27 at approximately 50…

Toyota Adjusting North American Production

Published Friday, 08 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

ERLANGER, Ky. (April 8, 2011) - Toyota is adjusting North American production due to parts availability following the March 11 Japan earthquake.

Over the next few weeks, Toyota's North American vehicle plants will operate on a reduced schedule, with production suspended on April 15, 18, 21*, 22, and 25. Most of the company's North American engine and component plants will follow the same schedule. Future production plans will be determined at a later date.

On these non-production days, the company will continue to provide employment for its approximately 25,000 regular North American team members. Team members not required…

Toyota Statement Regarding Status of North American Production

Published Monday, 04 April, 2011 by Jenny Scott. Categories: News.

NEW YORK, NY (April 4, 2011; Posted at 3:15 PM EDT) Contrary to recent headlines, nothing has changed from our update from March 23rd regarding our North American operations.

We continue to assess our supply base in Japan following the earthquake/tsunami. We have communicated to team members, associates and dealers here that some production interruptions in North America are likely. It's too early to predict location or duration.

Currently, the greatest majority of parts for our North America-built vehicles come from approximately 500 suppliers in North America. Also, we continue to receive parts from Japan that were…

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