Hacker News with Generative AI: Toyota

Toyota's Woven City is open for business and looking for startups (techcrunch.com)
Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory chock-full of startups and technology.

Toyota, Startups, Smart Cities, Technology

13 points by PaulHoule 28 days ago | 0 comments

Toyota rethinks its bet on hydrogen (ft.com)

Toyota, Hydrogen, Automotive Industry, Energy

64 points by JumpCrisscross 43 days ago | 85 comments

Automotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota (automotivelinux.org)

Automotive, Linux, Open Source, Collaboration, Toyota

74 points by teleforce 68 days ago | 54 comments

Trends in Cars that Could be Affecting Toyota's Legendary Reliability (topspeed.com)

Cars, Toyota, Reliability, Trends

13 points by prmph 104 days ago | 11 comments

Toyota's Solid-State Battery Ambitions Are One Step Closer to Reality (carbuzz.com)

Toyota, Solid-State Batteries, Automotive, Technology, Innovation

7 points by RickJWagner 116 days ago | 0 comments

Portable hydrogen cartridges by Toyota can supply energy to cars and appliances (designboom.com)
Toyota Motor Corporation exhibits its portable hydrogen cartridges at Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2024 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Hydrogen, Energy, Transportation, Technology, Toyota

11 points by ashitlerferad 120 days ago | 6 comments

Toyota to invest $500M in flying taxi startup Joby (ft.com)

Toyota, Startups, Transportation, Investment, Flying Cars

4 points by JumpCrisscross 142 days ago | 0 comments

Supacat MUV: Affordable military vehicle based on Toyota Hilux pick-up truck (thedefensepost.com)
British vehicle manufacturer Supacat has introduced its newest innovation: a low-cost medium utility vehicle (MUV) with a 3.5-ton payload capacity.

Military Vehicles, Toyota, Innovation, Defense

24 points by teleforce 148 days ago | 9 comments

Toyota Maru (1990) [pdf] (ayuba.fr)

Toyota, Automobiles, History, PDF, Japan

10 points by tosh 160 days ago | 2 comments

A Stock Prius just drove across America averaging 93.158 MPG (theautopian.com)
Hypermilers are a different breed. Like racing drivers, they view elevation changes, acceleration and braking zones with millimetric precision, but instead of clipping apexes and shaving off milliseconds, they’re all about boosting cruising range and dropping fuel consumption. Case in point: One hypermiler just set a new coast-to-coast MPG Guinness World Record from behind the wheel of a current Toyota Prius, clocking an average fuel consumption of 93.158 mpg.

Hypermilers, Fuel Efficiency, Automobiles, Toyota

35 points by RickJWagner 162 days ago | 32 comments

Toyota confirms third-party data breach impacting customers (bleepingcomputer.com)

Data Breaches, Toyota, Security

66 points by mooreds 169 days ago | 25 comments

Lexus and Toyota are the most reliable used-car brands, Tesla third from bottom (cbsnews.com)

Used Cars, Reliability, Tesla, Toyota, Lexus

11 points by teleforce 177 days ago | 0 comments

Toyota bets big on hybrid-only models as EV demand slows (reuters.com)

Toyota, Hybrid Cars, Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Business

38 points by alephnerd 190 days ago | 103 comments

The Toyota Pickup Truck Is the War Chariot of the Third World (2013) (medium.com)