Toyota Australia has launched the Toyota Hybrid Cavalcade, an Australia-wide series of inspiring and educational events to bring Hybrid technology to life. The Hybrid Cavalcade will be making its way through regional Australian towns throughout the year, dispelling common myths about Hybrid vehicles and providing information on the critical role these sustainable vehicles can play in shaping regional Australia’s transportation needs. The new initiative kicked off in Townsville at the NRL game between North Queensland...
The beneficiaries of grants provided by the Toyota Community Trust are making a difference in the next generation with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related projects. Initiated two years ago through a $32 million endowment, the Trust supports young people in Melbourne’s west to pursue further study and careers in STEM through the funding of grants. Spark Engineering Camp (Youth Without Borders) was selected as a grant recipient in January 2019. The week-long camp encourages...
Toyota Australia’s dealer network, students and local communities are rallying together this week for Australia’s largest annual tree-planting and nature care events – Schools Tree Day and National Tree Day. Earlier this week in South Australia, the Adelaide Crows squad were already out in force at Enfield Primary School for a Schools Tree Day activity. Supported by Conservation Volunteers SA and Toyota Australia, players attended the school for an assembly, followed by a series of...
Toyota Australia has today announced that it will initiate a safety recall on 183 Camry, Corolla, Prius and RAV4 hybrid vehicles sold to consumers that were produced between April 2019 to May 2019. In the subject vehicles, there is a possibility components of the electronic brake booster pump assembly may have been manufactured improperly. In some cases, the brake booster pump may stop operating. If this occurs, multiple warning lights and messages could illuminate on...
Toyota’s three main pillars for Tokyo 2020 centre on: (1) Mobility for All, or allowing all people the freedom to move; (2) Sustainability, centring on the realisation of a hydrogen society (environment/safety); and (3) Transportation support for the Games using the Toyota Production System (TPS). With these three pillars, Toyota has been aiming to provide mobility solutions that go beyond the traditional provision of vehicles. Looking towards Tokyo 2020, Toyota, through mobility solutions that combine...
It defined the funky ska sound of late ’70s British music and the cool Art Deco footware favoured by gentlemen from Fred Astaire to Edward VIII and from November this year, two-tone will become part of the standout colour palette for the stylish Toyota Corolla ZR hatch. The new two-tone colourways will be available on the top-of-the-range Corolla ZR variants as part of an update that also adds further safety and comfort features to the...
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), as a worldwide partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, aims to provide mobility solutions that go beyond providing official vehicles for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. One way Toyota is doing this is by participating in the “Tokyo 2020 Robot Project”, a project led by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) that brings the government, Tokyo Metropolitan government, as well as Games’...
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), worldwide partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, announced today that to support the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, it is developing a special new product, the “APM (Accessible People Mover)”, a mobility vehicle designed expressly for use at the Games. Through the Games, Toyota aims to provide all people the freedom to move, or what it calls, “Mobility for All”. The APM takes this challenge to the maximum degree,...
Toyota’s all-new Granvia will offer supreme comfort, premium appointments and a high level of safety features to move people in style when it arrives in Australia in the fourth quarter of this year. The new addition to the Toyota line-up will be offered in two grades with both featuring the latest Toyota Safety Sense driver assistance technologies along with luxury features that will appeal to high-end family, hospitality and corporate buyers. Toyota Australia Vice President...
New research from Planet Ark to mark this year’s National Tree Day and Schools Tree Day has found that 70 per cent of Australians believe individual actions can have an impact on global environmental issues like climate change. This promising finding is included in Planet Ark’s first edition of the Living Cities report, titled ‘Trees in the Urban Environment.’ The report includes many inspiring benefits to tree planting, including: • A 5% increase in tree...
