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In 2015 American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers.
#Toyota opens fuel cell patents to drive hydrogen society Toyota is serious about hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Upon walking into Toyota's CES press conference, the shimmering Mirai under the hard conference room lighting suggested that it might just be a rehashing of the details we already learned at November's LA Auto Show.
Toyota used the Mirai as a jumping off point for what it terms the"hydrogen future.""
futurist and author Dr. Michio Kaku said from Toyota's dais.""Seventy-five percent of the universe is made out of hydrogen.
"Toyota hopes to help jumpstart this future hydrogen society by sharing its intellectual property. This week's announcement represents the first time that it's sharing patents free of charge.
"At Toyota, we believe that when good ideas are shared, great things can happen, "said Bob Carter, senior VP of automotive operations at Toyota motor Sales,
USA Inc."The first generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, launched between 2015 and 2020, will be critical,
and hydrogen fueling station companies through an initial market introduction period that Toyota expects to run until 2020.
Toyota will consider requests from outside the transportation sector on a case by case basis. Last year,
#Uber teams with GM and Toyota to help 100k drivers buy cars to get more Ubers on the road The expansion means hundreds of thousands more cars must come onto the Uber system.
The company is partnering with GM, Toyota, and financial institutions to offer 100,000 driversreduced monthly car payments, in an effort get more Uber drivers on the road.##
More than one hundred companies including startups such as Witricity and Proxybypower and giants such as Toyota (TM), Intel (INTC), Samsung,
as was Toyota, which is reported to have plans to test a wireless charging station for plug-in cars.
who developed the cathode tech used today in the Toyota prius and the Tesla Model S. Takeya splits his time between San francisco
Panasonic Eco Ideas House, with solar, a fuel cell, battery backup and a plug-in Toyota prius, has stood long next to a company headquarters in Tokyo,
In Japan, Toyota is invested also heavily in green communities. Now it Honda turn. The automaker has made a splash with its vehicle-to-grid technology
It a new conceptual project driven by Lexus Australia and M&c Saatchi Australia creative tech division.
Although Lexus doesn't plan to add this feature to any current cars, this concept is one step towards a larger goal:
Back in December Toyota licensed Witricity technology for a future line of electric cars. Several more publicized
and adding stability at high speeds. 2) Toyota has donated 208 used Camry Hybrid batteries to Yellowstone national park,
The preeminent country for robotics patents is Japan with 31%of patents published the majority from Toyota.
and is modified not a conventional Toyota. The as yet unnamed car is very small (looks smaller than a Smart)
"The Google car uses the same technology as its fleet of Lexus SUVS which has logged some 1. 6 million kilometers (one million miles)."
It shows a self driving Lexus stopping at a junction in Mountain view near the firm's HQ-then being rear ended by the car behind.'
One of our Lexus vehicles was driving autonomously towards an intersection in Mountain view, CA.'The light was green,
and they'll drive using the same software that our existing Lexus vehicles usehe same fleet that has driven self over 1 million miles
friendly looking prototype-his young son thinks it looks like a koala because of the nose-like black laser on the front-is a good bridge between the company's current test fleet of 20 specially outfitted Lexus SUVS
The prototype cars-assembled in suburban Detroit by Roush Industries-have the same array of radars, lasers and cameras as Google's fleet of Lexus SUVS,
one of Google's Lexus SUVS seemed momentarily confused when a mail truck partially blocked its path.
#Lexus Hoverboard is real, lets people glide around using magnets and liquid nitrogen Lexus has unveiled the first working hoverboard,
powered by magnets and nitrogen but we won be flying around like Back To The Future just yet.
CEO of one of the companies that helped Lexus make the board, in a statement. he force is strong enough that the rider can stand
"he told Reuters. Sato says he is confident that Walkcar goes beyond bulkier devices such as the Segway or Toyota's Winglet."
No doubt Filimundus was looking at the several Toyota service centres in Gothenburg which switched to a six-hour day 13 years ago
No, not the hoverboard you saw Lexus create last month for a brand activation, but one made by a little company called Arx Pax.
which is to say it doesn't have to float over magnets nor utilize superconductors (like the Lexus hoverboard does).
Toyota announced in December that the 2013 Toyota Avalon Limited will be the first car to offer wireless charging with a Qi-powered console included under the dashboard.
This second industrial revolution was refined by Toyota Kaizen process of continuous improvement and, later, lean manufacturing and Six Sigma process control.
#Lexus Teases A Real, Liquid nitrogen-Cooled Hoverboard Well everyone now racing to make a hoverboard
Lexus is the latest to throw its hat into the ring, posting a teaser for its own hoverboard technology with at the promise of a long,
To its credit, Lexus has the best-looking Hoverboard Ie seen, provided it does actually work, with nice bamboo surfaces and even a Lexus grille.
The car company is keeping things dreadfully close to the chest about what going on here, but says that it uses agnetic levitationand iquid nitrogen cooled superconductors
Toyota, a Witricity investor, plans to use its technology in forthcoming electric and hybrid cars, and TDK recently licensed Witricity for use in electric car batteries.
and Toyota, are following suit, both in the U s. and worldwide, using partnerships with wireless carriers to deliver the connectivity.
#Lexus builds car with human HEARTBEAT in connection between driver and vehicle Lexus has built a car that pulsates with light in time with the driver's heartbeat in order to display the connection between the driver and the car.
Using electroluminescent paint, Lexus have converted an RC F coupe into a on-off model they are calling the'heartbeat car'.
'Unfortunately for petrol heads, the special project is a onetime collaboration, and won't go on general sale.
and Lexus Australia, was to connect the human body to the car. Pictured, the side panels light up The model uses biometric technology to visualise the physical and emotional connection shared by man and machine when at the wheel.
The aim of the project, a collaboration between the creative technology division of M&c Saatchi Australia, Tricky Jigsaw, and Lexus Australia
Lexus unveil the world's first ever car with a heartbeat LEXUS RC F SPECS Unfortunately for petrol heads,
Here are the specs of the Lexus RC F which was modified for the project. Engine:
#Toyota, Nissan, Honda Fund Hydrogen infrastructure Project Toyota, Nissan and Honda have agreed on key details regarding a new joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan.
Toyota and Nissan are also members of the US Energy department public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure for FCVS.
The Nikkei business daily said the government will invite Toyota, Nissan and Honda as well as Panasonic and Hitachi to the meeting
#Toyota Nissan Honda to jointly support hydrogen station infrastructure development Toyota motor Corp Nissan motor co and Honda motor Co have agreed to work together to help accelerate the development of hydrogen station infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles (FCVS.
Toyota Nissan and Honda are aiming to contribute to bringing about such a society through ensuring the widespread use of FCVS s
#Following Tesla's Lead Toyota Makes Fuel cell Patents Free Toyota is making thousands of its hydrogen fuel cell patents available royalty-free,
said Bob Carter, Toyota's senior vice president of automotive operations. The carmaker hopes the move will spur worldwide development and innovation in fuel cell technologies.
Carter said Toyota has a"long history"of sharing its intellectual property, citing as an example the firm's licensing of patents for hybrid vehicles.
But this is the first time Toyota is making its patents available for free, a move that"reflects the company's aggressive support for developing a hydrogen-based society,"
The announcement applies only to patents wholly owned by Toyota. Fuel cell vehicle-related patents will be available royalty-free until the end of 2020,
Toyota also encouraged other companies to share their fuel cell patents. Carter said his company provided substantial funding for the development of hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California and the northeastern United states. In May 2014
In November 2014, Toyota announced a collaboration with French multinational Air liquide to design and supply a network of 12 hydrogen stations for New york, New jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode island d
but is exploding in 2015, with available-now or soon-arriving cars from Toyota, Honda,
And Toyota is subsidizing a dozen stations in the Northeast. Connecticut recently announced that it would offer $450, 000 in subsidies for two hydrogen stations in that state,
Toyota Mirai hits dealerships in California this fall, with the East Coast also in the plans later.
Toyota just announced some stellar numbers for the car a range of 312 miles on a hydrogen fill
Toyota is preparing a big push on fuel-cell cars. ust as the Prius introduced hybrid-electric vehicles to millions of customers nearly 20 years ago,
said Jim Lenz, CEO of Toyota North america. Toyota is also working with BMW, previously mostly quiet on fuel cells though it showed an early interest in hydrogen with 7-Series cars that burned the stuff.
BMW said this week it will test a Toyota-enhanced fuel-cell car on public roads in July.
BMW showed a 5-Series ran Turismowith a fuel cell (and a range of 310 miles) at a race track in France
Three Japanese automakers, Toyota, Honda and Nissan (until recently a dark horse player in the field) said July 1 that they will band together to pay as much as one-third of the operating costs of Japan hydrogen network,
#Lexus Hoverboard Gets Off The Ground By Michael Greshko, Inside Science-In the classic 1989 film Back to the Future 2,
Luxury car manufacturer Lexus appears to be ready for him. This week, they announced that they've built a"real, rideable"hoverboard.
Lexus has no plans to sell the prototype board, Ars Technica reports. But even so, it's really floating there!
And on the hoverboard's official website, Lexus hints at how they pulled it off:
The Lexus Hoverboard uses magnetic levitation to achieve amazing frictionless movement. Liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors and permanent magnets combine to allow Lexus to create the impossible.
Now, Lexus, your hoverboard is really cool, but"impossible"?"Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Levitation is not only possible but also well understood from a physics perspective.
Lexus is taking advantage of key properties of materials called superconductors. As you might expect,
these sorts of materials are"super"at conducting electricity: When superconductors are cooled below a certain temperature,
More specifically, Lexus'use of liquid nitrogenhich has a temperature of-321 degrees Fahrenheitells us that they're using a high-temperature superconductor like yttrium barium copper oxide,
which is perfect for the kind of levitation Lexus is (Tony?)hawking. Yes,"liquid nitrogen"and"high-temperature"correctly went in the same sentence.
Lexus'superconductor probably starts working at about-292 degrees Fahrenheit, which sounds unfathomably cold. However, this temperature is actually quite warm by superconductor standards.
So how did Lexus float its high-temperature superconductors? By playing a magnetic trick on them.
Lexus has come up with a cool way to use superconductors to levitate a hoverboard and its rider, an impressive achievement,
if true--Lexus hasn't provided video of someone riding the board. But by now, you've probably noticed a theme:
And this is where Lexus is giving us a little movie magic. If the superconductors are in the hoverboard,
This is where Lexus'"permanent magnets"come in. Gourlay suspects that Lexus laid down a bunch of very strong rare-earth magnets underneath the"sidewalk,
"setting up a magnetic field powerful enough to support both board and, Lexus promises, a rider.
In fact, Gizmodo reports that the hoverboard only works on"special metallic surfaces.""This sort of setup is probably too expensive for your everyday skate park.
but what most people will want is a good Toyota, Mr Mcloughlin said. he MPL was designed to be sophisticated as as we could make it,
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