Seattle-based high performance metals maker Modumetal today announced a new joint venture with Nagoya, Japan-based Toyota Tsusho America, a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Group, a Toyota Group company. The new… Read More
Grid battery storage projects like Tesla’s 100-megawatt installation in Australia may be getting lots of press, but behind the scenes, hydrogen fuel-cell systems are carving out a niche in applications… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Add Toyota to the long and growing list of companies that are integrating Amazon’s Alexa into products — in this case, select vehicles from the automaker in… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Beep beep! Will Amazon’s Treasure Truck have to move to the right to let Toyota’s vision for roaming retail get past somewhere down the road? After saying… Read More
I’m not exactly a car junkie, but I just had a lot of fun at the Seattle International Car Show — all thanks to technology. This annual event brings together… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Can technology help our cars behave more like humans? Toyota is betting on it. The company unveiled its newest concept car at CES in Las Vegas on… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, LA. — Toyota today announced a partnership with Microsoft to create a subsidiary called Toyota Connected that aims to catalyze the carmaker’s data science and analytics technology development. Toyota Connected will… Read More
Redmond-based Kymeta Corp. and Toyota took the wraps off their collaboration on a satellite antenna system that can send data to cars at broadband speeds. Toyota’s antenna-equipped, hydrogen-powered Mirai fuel-cell vehicle was… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Car makers didn’t participate in the giant CES trade show until 2007, but you would have never known that by attending CES this year. Between hugely extravagant… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Nearly everywhere you turn at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show people are talking about self-driving cars. But don’t believe the hype. Much of the science to get… Read More
Today, Toyota announced a $50 million, five-year collaboration with Stanford and MIT to develop “intelligent” cars. As the New York Times reports, it’s an “ambitious” move to get beyond the idea… Read More
Toyota wants to change how we power our vehicles. Earlier this month at the big Consumer Electronics Show, the car-maker revealed more details for the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell… Read More
LAS VEGAS — We’re back with the first official GeekWire radio show of 2015, direct from the press room at the Consumer Electronics Show, officially known as CES 2015. GeekWire’s John… Read More
LAS VEGAS — GeekWire’s John Cook, Taylor Soper and I share our impressions from CES Press Day in this latest video dispatch from the big consumer technology show. (Check out our previous… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Dr. Michio Kaku thinks Toyota has developed the perfect car. Kaku, a theoretical physicist and best-selling author, spoke at Toyota’s press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Toyota made it clear today at the big Consumer Electronics Show that its fuel-cell technology is the future of automotive transportation. The car-maker on Monday held a press… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It’s pretty cool how today’s technology allows us to charge an electric car by simply using an outlet in a home garage. But here’s something even more… Read More
A new partnership announced between Ford and Toyota this morning is attracting lots of attention, primarily focused on the companies’ plans to collaborate on a new hybrid-electric system for light trucks… Read More
The news today that Microsoft and Toyota are working on a cloud computing system for cars — described by the companies as a global platform for next-generation telematics applications —… Read More
Microsoft and Toyota have entered a new strategic partnership to build a next-gen information and telecommunications platform for Toyota’s vehicles based on the Redmond company’s Windows Azure cloud computing system.… Read More
Microsoft and Toyota will be announcing a “new collaboration between the companies” on Wednesday afternoon, and the involvement of CEOs Steve Ballmer and Akio Toyoda means it’s probably something noteworthy.… Read More