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Toyota plans to partner with BMW to supply hybrid powertrains and possibly fuel cell powertrains in the future. It appears that this is an offshoot of BMW's deal with Toyota to supply them with diesel engines. BMW and Toyota will make an offic...

Toyota is really staking its future on electric vehicles. Toyota Tsusho Corporation, a member of Toyota Group, is setting up a mine at the Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in northwestern Argentina. Toyota Tsucho will operate the mine with&n...

Days after successfully repairing the the TS030, the Toyota Hybrid Racing team has experienced another set back. Driver Hiroaki Ishiura has decided not to drive the #8 Toyota TS030 hybrid race car during the 24 Hours of Le Mans due to intense back...

Today was a huge day for sports car racing and prototype news. Toyota has announced that it will run one of its TS030s in the entire World Endurance Championship excluding Sebring, and it will have two cars entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ...

Changes made to monocoque and for better reliability

Toyota has taken the subtle route for its upgrades to the 2013 TS030 Hybrid prototype, but it says that it is already working on an entirely new car for the 2014 season. The TS030 was a major surprise last year. No one expected it to be so com...

It has higher downforce for the shorter tracks in the rest of the season

Toyota might only be racing one TS030 at this weekend’s Six Hours of Sao Paulo at the Interlagos circuit, but that car has received a new suite of aerodynamic upgrades over the version that was race 10 weeks ago at Le Mans. Maybe the changes...

Toyota Motorsports has officially announced the driver lineup for the second TS030 that will race at Le Mans.  The drivers for the second TS030 that will race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be Anthony Davidson, Hiroaki Ishiura and S&eacu...

The Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the California Science Center on September 21, but it will be towed to the California Science Center on October 13 not by any type of special vehicle, but a 2012 Toyota Tundra CrewMax 1/2-ton pickup...

At 6:42am Eastern Time, Toyota's Head of PR in the UK Scott Brownlee (ToyotaPR on Twitter) tweeted a picture of the new Toyota Le Mans car. All his tweet said was, "New Toyota Le Mans hybrid race car," with a link to the picture post...

Compact SUV concept will have a hybrid powertrain

Toyota is preparing the unveiling of a SUV concept, the C-HR, for the Paris Motor Show in early October. According to the Japanese brand, the new experimental vehicle is an innovative vision of a compact SUV model. In addition to debutin...