Toyota Develops Just-in-Time Efficient Operating System for Mobility Services
From ToyotaDec 24 2020
Toyota has developed a system to manage the operation of its e-Palette autonomous battery electric vehicle, to deliver goods, services, and mobility to people when and where they are needed.
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Working with a range of partners, it intends to test the vehicles in a real-world environment in Woven City, the prototype fully connected community Toyota has helped establish at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan. Their Autono-MaaS – autonomous mobility as a service
1 – applications will also pave the way for future mobility services to be made available in other areas and regions through the early 2020s.
Toyota Shows e-Palette Geared Towards Practical MaaS Applications
Toyota City, Japan, Dec 22, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation has announced an operations management system to support the providing of services that will enable practical use of the e-Palette, a battery-electric vehicle for autonomous mobility as a service (Autono-MaaS) applications(1) that will realize future mobility services. In collaboration with a range of partners, it is also planning to operate the vehicles in Woven City, a fully connected prototype city, while targeting commercial use in multiple areas and regions in the early 2020s.
When announcing his goal to transition Toyota to a mobility company at the January 2018 CES, President Akio Toyoda also announced the e-Palette as a symbol of mobility that goes beyond cars to provide customers services and new value. The e-Palette, with automated driving functions, had its debut at last year s Tokyo Motor Show. It will provide a loop-line bus tra
Toyota Shows e-Palette Geared Towards Practical MaaS Applications JCN Newswire
2020-12-22
Toyota City, Japan, Dec 22, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation has announced an operations management system to support the providing of services that will enable practical use of the e-Palette, a battery-electric vehicle for autonomous mobility as a service (Autono-MaaS) applications(1) that will realize future mobility services. In collaboration with a range of partners, it is also planning to operate the vehicles in Woven City, a fully connected prototype city, while targeting commercial use in multiple areas and regions in the early 2020s.
When announcing his goal to transition Toyota to a mobility company at the January 2018 CES, President Akio Toyoda also announced the e-Palette as a symbol of mobility that goes beyond cars to provide customers services and new value. The e-Palette, with automated driving functions, had its debut at last year s Tokyo Motor Show.
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