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  • Toyota NS4 pictures and hands-on

    Toyota NS4 pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON The next generation 13 January 2012 10:13 GMT

    With the influx of electric cars, the Toyota and Lexus environmentally-friendly image halo - built up thanks to its leadership in hybrid cars - is under threat. So it’s no surprise to see this "NS4" concept appear in Detroit, and be badged with...

  • Toyota Yaris

    Toyota Yaris 1.33 T Spirit 5 door review

    3.0 REVIEW Missing some personality 28 October 2011 10:00 GMT

    Motoring reviews, or rather the people who write them, have a penchant for favouring cars that are powerful and fun to drive down a twisting B-road. But let’s face facts. Most people don’t care about driving like that, and when it comes...

  • Toyota Touch Life takes your iPhone for a ride. Car And GPS, Toyota, Phones, Cars 0

    Toyota Touch Life takes your iPhone for a ride

    7-inch display to mirror your smartphone 26 October 2011 16:06 GMT

    Let's face it, although in-car entertainment systems are getting better, they're simply no match for your smartphone.

    And that must be exactly what the boffins at Toyota thought when they were developing the Touch Life system - a seven inch...

  • Microsoft and Toyota to bring Cloud telematics to the car. Car and GPS, Cars, Toyota, Microsoft,  0

    Microsoft and Toyota to bring Cloud telematics to the car

    The car is the new computer 6 April 2011 20:55 GMT

    Microsoft and Toyota have announced they will partner together to allow Toyota to build a global cloud platform that will update in car telematics in Toyota hybrids and plug-in vehicles, starting in 2012.

    “As the car increasingly becomes...

  • Lexus CT200h SE-I  . Car And GPS, Cars, Toyota, Lexus, Lexus CT200h,  0

    Lexus CT200h SE-I review

    3.0 REVIEW One of the most advanced cars we’ve ever driven, but is it any good? 20 March 2011 22:26 GMT

    By 2015, Lexus is aiming to be the first wholly “hybrid” car brand. Bar the odd excursion into exotics, like its supercar LFA - which will remain powered by internal combustion alone - in the mainstream line up, you won’t be able...

  • VIDEO: iPad gets installed in car dashboard

    VIDEO: iPad gets installed in car dashboard

    Pimp My Ride will be jealous 6 April 2010 15:42 GMT

    The iPad has already found its way into a car dashboard just days after its official US launch.

    "Doug" from Sound Man looks so excited about the concept of listening to music, watching videos, or just playing the latest games on the road, that...

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

    Rent movies, surf the Web, play games 3 November 2009 22:00 GMT

    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...

  • VIDEO: This robot will run you down. Gadgets, Robots, Toyota, Honda, ASIMO 0

    VIDEO: This robot will run you down

    and shoot you like a dog 12 August 2009 17:10 GMT

    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...

  • Solar powered flowers offer workers Wi-Fi and power. Eco, Solar power, Toyota, Wi-Fi 0

    Solar powered flowers offer workers Wi-Fi and power

    Catch some rays while the sun works for you 24 July 2009 18:17 GMT

    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...

  • Japan considers adding noise to hybrid cars

    Japan considers adding noise to hybrid cars

    Eco motors too quiet 3 July 2009 10:15 GMT

    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...

  • Aston Martin announces £20k Cygnet

    Aston Martin announces £20k Cygnet

    "New luxury commuter concept" based on the Toyota iQ 30 June 2009 9:44 GMT

    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...

  • Sony reports first annual loss in 14 years

    Sony reports first annual loss in 14 years

    Company loses $1 billion, compared to $300m profit last year 14 May 2009 16:11 GMT

    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...

  • TomTom reveals embedded

    TomTom reveals embedded "Carminat" GPS for Renaults

    £439 system to launch in Clio 3 March 2009 16:30 GMT

    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...

  • Toyota Auris launches with stop-start tech

    Toyota Auris launches with stop-start tech

    Save fuel while you wait 20 November 2008 12:17 GMT

    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...

  • Toyota develops robot for household chores. Gadgets, Robots, Toyota, Home And Kitchen, Concepts 0

    Toyota develops robot for household chores

    Not quite Rosie the Robotic Maid, but close... 27 October 2008 16:33 GMT

    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...

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