Toyota

"Connected Car" brings in-flight entertainment to your car

The humble car is about to be catapulted into the 21st century offering drivers and passengers a multimedia experience akin to enjoying an in-flight entertainment service sat on an aeroplane.

Although only at a "proof of concept" stage at the moment, Alcatel-Lucent...

VIDEO: This robot will run you down

The days of seeing a robot as something slow and methodical that you can outrun are soon to be over.

A video fromToyota R&D show its latest robot offering resisting a push and running you down at 7 kilometers per hour - that's 100m in just under a minute.

Solar powered flowers offer workers Wi-Fi and power

New Yorkers are being given the chance to work outside thanks to a little help from the sun and some technologically advanced daisies.

Toyota, in an attempt to show its green credentials for the launch of the Prius, has placed a handful of solar powered Wi-Fi...

Japan considers adding noise to hybrid cars

It's been talked up before, but the transport ministry in Japan is currently seriously considering forcing car manufacturers of near-silent hybrid vehicles to add sound to their motors.

"We have received opinions from automobile users and visually-impaired...

Aston Martin announces £20k Cygnet

Have you always wanted to own an Aston Martin? Well, that dream might be closer to reality than you'd think.

The luxury car marque has announced it is to launch a £20k motor for the "urban traveller", a far cry from the £100k or so usually required to get the...

Sony reports first annual loss in 14 years

Sony has announced its first annual loss in 14 years, going $1 billion into the red. The company has also joined other Japanese heavyweights, like Toyota and Hitachi, in seeing a bleak outlook for the coming year.

To help turn the business around, the company...

TomTom reveals embedded "Carminat" GPS for Renaults

TomTom has revealed the details of its embedded navigation solution co-developed with Renault, called "Carminat".

The Carminat TomTom, due to "open up" the embedded navigation to the "mass market", according to the GPS company, will launch with a 490 euro...

Toyota Auris launches with stop-start tech

Toyota's first ever European car with stop-start technology has gone on sale. Introduced this week, the Toyota Auris automatically cuts and restarts the engine when you stop, saving fuel and bringing down the car's carbon emissions. Like the hybrid technology seen in the...

Toyota develops robot for household chores

Toyota Motor Corp and a research body of the University of Tokyo have created a household robot.

The prototype handles household chores and has been designed to combat the predicted labour shortage that's said to be due to hit as a result Japan's aging population...

Toyota Winglet "personal transport assistant robot"

Toyota loves coming up with concepts that, if they are ever made, could mean hoards on commuters speeding along the streets on "personal transport assistant robots".

We've had the iReal, but here's the latest - the Winglet.

You ride standing up...

Toyota iReal "personal car concept"

In amongst the sleek super cars, and the noise and dust of the rally models at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, there was something rather unusual.

Toyota claims to have designed "a whole new way of relating to mobility".

The iReal is basically...

Toyota Yaris to come with "embedded" TomTom option

TomTom has announced what they are claiming is the availability of the world's first embedded portable navigation device at a car manufacturer.

The latest Toyota Yaris will come with the option to include a TomTom portable navigation device as part of the Yaris'...

Sony quash rumours of Aibo going to Toyota

Sony has moved to quash rumours that it has sold its robot division to Toyota this week.

In a statement sent out to press, the company stated that neither the technology behind its robotic dog, Abio or its pint sized robot Qrio has been sold/given/transferred...

Toyota's newer, warmer Yaris

Toyota has unveiled its new range-topping Yaris – the SR 1.8.

Powered by a new petrol engine with Dual VVT-i technology and with sports-tuned steering and suspension, body kit, 17-inch rims and a load of premium equipment spec such as climate control and fully...

Toyota Auris concept car to be on the road by 2008

Revealed as a concept at the Paris Motor Show last month, it seems Toyota’s new Auris will be pushed into European service sooner than expected.

Details of the new C-segment vehicle were announced today, demonstrating a startling similarity in looks to the existing...

Toyota launches the Auris concept

"Perfect imbalance" ... no, not the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes weirdalism that is their relationship, but Toyota’s brand spanking new concept – the Auris.

Supposedly designed from the inside out, the Auris "space concept" – revealed for the first time at the Paris...

Toyota Corolla celebrates 40th birthday

The humble Toyota Corolla is celebrating its 40th birthday. Now control yourself because this is clearly exciting stuff.

It may have a reputation of being one the dullest cars around, but through many overhauls and redesigns, more cars called Corolla have rolled...

Toyota to upgrade Yaris with sporty TS model

According to reports on the web, Toyota is getting ready to unveil a new sporty Yaris called the TS, to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September.

Under the bonnet of the small car will be a four-cylinder 1.8-litre Dual VVT-i engine capable...