Toyota history: from loom to vroom
A brief Toyota history from its weaving roots to the launch of our first domestically developed passenger car, the 1955 Toyopet Crown
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Toyota introduces rewarding recycling for end-of-life vehicle disposal
Even Toyota’s cars reach the end of the road eventually, which is why we are introducing a system that rewards you for helping us ensure they are responsibly and efficiently disposed of.
Toyota electric race car breaks Nürburgring record
Toyota has set a new lap record for an electric race car at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany.
Toyota drives hydrogen development
Toyota joins forces with some of the world’s largest car companies to promote hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
Toyota healthcare robots shown in Japan
Toyota is displaying two robots designed to provide support in medical treatment and nursing in Tokyo this month.
Toyota’s electric car at Pikes Peak – how it got on
Toyota’s electric car at Pikes Peak competed in the 2012 and 2013 runnings of the legendary hillclimb event and set some impressive times.
How many cars has Toyota built?
In July 2012, Toyota celebrated building its 200 millionth car, a major milestone which had been 76 years in the making.
Solar-powered car – we drive the 2000GT SEV
This mouthwateringly beautiful Toyota 2000GT has been converted into a solar-powered car – and we got to drive this electric vehicle.
How to make a solar-powered car – Naohiko Saito
Who better to tell us how to make a solar-powered car than Naohiko Saito, who has overseen the 2000GT Solar Electric Vehicle project?
Keiichi Tsuchiya interview – we meet the drift king
Keiichi Tsuchiya, the man who inspired films like The Fast and The Furious and Initial D, comes to Britain.
Electric Toyota to take on Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Toyota Motorsport is set to build on its record-breaking success at the Nurburgring Nordschleife by entering a high-performance electric car in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
THUMS up for Toyota as future safety systems revealed
Toyota has announced the development of four new technologies that focus on protecting pedestrians and the elderly in the event of an accident…
Here comes the sun: Toyota’s solar switch-on
Toyota broke new ground with the installation of one of the UK’s largest solar panel ‘arrays’ at its Burnaston plant in Derbyshire. Now, the array has been officially ‘switched on’…
Power plant: Toyota embraces an array of solar technology at its UK car manufacturing home
What would you do with 4,600,000 kWh of energy? To put it into perspective, that’s about enough power to make 150 million cups of tea every year. Now, we like a good cuppa at the Toyota UK blog, but even we think it could be put to better use…
