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NEEF and Toyota representatives joined community members at Fish Trap Lake Park Saturday [Photo: NEEF]
Toyota, NEEF Launch $150K Transformation of West Dallas’ Fish Trap Lake Park
by David Seeley | Sep 25, 2023
The three-year project will focus on site improvements at the park, along with increasing access to environmental education for local youth. An event held at the park Saturday marked the 30th annual National Public Lands Day—giving local community members a chance to volunteer and to let their voices be heard on the park's future.
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Partners with DFW School Districts on Classroom Programming
by Lance Murray |
Aug 18, 2023
The "Upstander Partnerships" with Dallas ISD and Coppell ISD allow the districts to integrate the museum's history-informed civics and citizenship education via a "consistent and engaging" cross-curricular learning plan for grades K-12. The goal: teaching students to be upstanders, not bystanders, when bullying or discrimination occurs.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jun 20, 2023
In the last 18 months, Social Factor has doubled its revenue and grown to 100-plus employees by helping brands turn "digital chaos to human connection."
This year, the team conquered Coachella for a second time, managing live chat for the official YouTube streams of the festival. Here's how it "stands ready to conduct the digital mosh pits" to come.
This year, the team conquered Coachella for a second time, managing live chat for the official YouTube streams of the festival. Here's how it "stands ready to conduct the digital mosh pits" to come.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 19, 2023
The Empact program seeks to address charging access, affordability, and carbon emission reduction. Plano-based Toyota North America said that Empact is based on the combination of 'environmental impact' and 'empowering action,' representing the efforts Toyota is making to design a more equitable and inclusive deployment strategy.
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Let’s Talk: Toyota, Google Cloud Expand Next-Gen In-Car Voice AI Systems
by Lance Murray | Oct 11, 2022
Plano-based Toyota North America is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud to enhance AI-based speech services in Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Audio control is now just a voice command away, processed by in-vehicle voice AI.
And a future Speech On-Device offering could offer a range of natural speech functions without even using the cloud—eliminating "dead zones" and tunnel dropouts.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 24, 2022
Fuel cells for cars? Think bigger—because Toyota sure is. After developing hydrogen fuel cell technology for over 25 years, mostly aimed at carbon-zero vehicles, the company is scaling up the tech for uses far beyond cars. Now it's working with the U.S. government to build a system that can add energy to the grid, power things like data centers, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 15, 2022
Over 400 Toyota software and hardware engineers from around the world gathered at the company's Plano campus last month for the SWARM Connected Mobility Hackathon—a 36-hour companywide “concept-to-creation” challenge.
And seven UT Dallas students were along for the ride.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 12, 2022
Ten local founders and innovators sparred in gloves-off debates, "fighting" to win each round.
The fight card included challenges like: Should brands be transparent? Should the government be involved in building the metaverse? And is ESG important? Here are the knockout rounds.
The fight card included challenges like: Should brands be transparent? Should the government be involved in building the metaverse? And is ESG important? Here are the knockout rounds.
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Silicon wafers like the ones seen here are used in manufacturing semiconductors. A global shortage of semiconductor chips has exacerbated supply chain issues worldwide. The new GlobiTech facility in Sherman will aim to alleviate that by bringing more manufacturing capacity to the U.S.—and right here in North Texas. [Photo: GlobiTech]
Sherman Picked for New $5B Silicon Wafer Plant, Bringing 1,500 New Jobs to North Texas
by Kevin Cummings | Jun 27, 2022
Beating out potential sites in Ohio and South Korea, the city of Sherman was selected today by GlobiTech for a new $5 billion, 3.2 million-square-foot silicon wafer facility. The plant could eventually produce more than 1 million silicon wafers monthly when production begins by 2025.
It's Sherman's second big manufacturing win in a month. Just weeks ago, Texas Instruments broke ground in the city on new semiconductor wafer fabrication plants with a potential $30 billion investment.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 9, 2022
Four industry stalwarts will retire this summer at Plano-based Toyota North America, leaving a legacy of firsts and innovations. In the wake, the company announced structural changes, new roles, and leadership moves to backfill the positions.
Here’s a rundown of the retiring executives—and who will take up their mantles.
Here’s a rundown of the retiring executives—and who will take up their mantles.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 28, 2022
Dallas-based AT&T just launched The Achievery, a free digital learning platform using clips from movies like "Wonder Woman" and "Aquaman" to help teach reading, writing, and language skills—and make virtual learning more engaging.
Along with a new educator hub from Dallas-based Istation and STEM education initiatives from Plano-based Toyota, it shows how edtech innovation is streaming out of North Texas.
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by Alex Edwards |
Dec 9, 2021
Toyota Insurance Management Solutions, which parked its new headquarters in Plano earlier this year, now offers customers customizable coverage via Toyota Auto Insurance. Flexible options are available for rideshare drivers or pet passengers.
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Toyota's 2021 electrified lineup, shown with options [Image: Toyota]
Plano-Based Toyota North America Will Build a $1.29B Battery Plant in the U.S. Could it Be Coming to Texas?
by David Seeley | Oct 18, 2021
The battery plant is part of a $3.4B investment Toyota announced today toward developing and localizing automotive battery production in the U.S.—including lithium-ion batteries for EVs.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 21, 2021
The "S-AM" hybrid electric minivans—short for "Sienna Autonomo-MaaS"—will be tested in a six-month pilot program in Dallas, Pittsburgh, the San Francisco Bay areal, and other locations. Aurora intends to deploy the vehicles on ride-hailing networks in late 2024.
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by David Seeley |
May 3, 2021
Toyota customers can compare and buy policies online boosted by AI, with opt-ins for usage-based data tracking of their connected vehicles.
Another reason for the opening? TIMS covers more than your Rav4. The agency has expanded to offer insurance products for home, renters, RVs, even pets.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 27, 2021
Notably, Huawei and Toyota, which both have their U.S. headquarters in Plano, came in at No. 8 and No. 21, respectively.
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