5G action this day: DoCoMo controls a Toyota robot 10 km away using 5G; Cellcos must transform to capitalize on $66b network slicing opportunity; Smart Communications makes a 5G video call; Fujitsu makes single-panel antenna Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group are teaming up to develop self-driving car services, signalling deepening alliances between top automaker and tech firms as the global race to develop autonomous cars intensifies. Read more…
(Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp will invest $500 million in Uber to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, a bid by both companies to catch up Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to buy a $1 billion stake in Southeast Asia’s Grab in the biggest investment by a carmaker into a ride-hailing firm, at a time when traditional automakers Read more…
KDDI, OYO and Toyota have agreed to cooperate in establishing an information support system for the Japanese government and local administrations as a measure for disaster prevention and mitigation using IoT and big data analytics Read more…
Toyota and JapanTaxi have jointly developed a taxi dispatch support system with KDDI and Accenture that predicts demand for taxi services. The system combines data from taxi service logs with predictions of demographics made by Read more…
TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s trading arm became the latest participant in ride-hailing firm Grab’s current financing round that is expected to raise $2.5 billion, led by Chinese peer Didi Chuxing and Japan’s SoftBank Read more…
(Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp, chipmaker Intel and other technology and auto companies are forming a consortium to create an ecosystem for big data used in connected cars, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday. Ericsson, Read more…
TOYOTA CITY, Japan (Reuters) – Engineers, supported by Toyota Motor Corp, demonstrated their flying car on Saturday, which they hope will be able to light up the Olympic flame for the opening ceremony of the Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday said the infotainment system of its revamped Camry sedan to be sold in the United States will run on a Linux-based, open-source technology platform as it tries Read more…
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