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.
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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…
Toyota iQ electric prototype – an urban EV pioneer
The Toyota iQ electric prototype was unveiled at the Geneva motor show in 2011, offering a different take on the city car.
Toyota FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell car in the UK
Hydrogen is often promoted as the ideal clean fuel of the future and recently we had a rare chance to see it in action when Toyota brought its FCHV-adv (Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-advanced) to the UK for the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge…
Toyota RAV4 EV Concept revealed at LA Auto Show
Toyota has lined up a world-first at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. On 17 November the wraps will come off the RAV4 EV Concept, an all-electric version of the compact SUV that’s been developed by Toyota with American electric vehicle specialist Tesla…
Toyota Avensis race car unveiled at BTCC finale
The Toyota Avensis race car made its public debut at Brands Hatch in late 2010. The NGTC test car was driven by double BTCC champ James Thompson.
Toyota Deeside – behind the scenes of engine plant
We take a closer look at Toyota Deeside plant, the first Toyota factory outside of Japan to have the honour of building a hybrid vehicle engine.
