Articles tagged: Toyota Technical Center
New Toyota Avalon designed and engineered in Ann Arbor area
Posted: Nov 18, 2012The 2013 Toyota Avalon is the Japanese company’s first car to go from concept to finished product in North America. Much of that work was done at Calty Design Research and the Toyota Technical Center ... Read more »
Toyota celebrates technical center's 35th anniversary by donating to Ann Arbor-area nonprofits
Posted: Oct 27, 2012Toyota first officially incorporated a North American technical center in Southeast Michigan in 1977 and this week celebrated its 35-year anniversary in the region and on the continent by giving $35,000 to charitable organizations. Read more »
Heritage Media: Local Toyota Technical Center designs new all-electric RAV4 with Tesla Motors
Posted: Aug 15, 2012According to a report from the Ann Arbor Journal, engineers at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor Township have teamed up with electric carmaker Tesla Motors to develop a RAV4 Electric Vehicle that will ... Read more »
A Picasso in the making: Habitat for Humanity house taking shape with help of Toyota volunteers
Posted: Jun 09, 2012Monday through Friday, engineers and other staff at the Toyota Technical Center focus on building cars. But on Saturdays, they turn their attention to building houses. Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley and the Toyota ... Read more »
Crossword for December 3
Posted: Dec 03, 2011Here is the daily Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for December 3: 20111203pzdxl-a.pdf Read more »
AATA says increased Route 4 service between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti to begin in January
Posted: Nov 23, 2011Bus service along Washtenaw Avenue between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti will significantly increase starting Jan. 30, officials say. The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's governing board approved the proposed plan last week. Read more »
Michigan basketball great Cazzie Russell enters Hall of Fame on Sunday
Posted: Nov 18, 2011Cazzie Russell was a star from his first game in a Michigan basketball uniform, scoring 30 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in a 1963 game against Ball State. After 80 games, 2,164 points and 669 ... Read more »
Toyota Technical Center near Ann Arbor assumes role in sudden acceleration investigation
Posted: Mar 08, 2010Engineers from the Toyota Technical Center - located south of Ann Arbor - are now playing an active role in the Japanese automaker’s efforts to fix the sudden acceleration issue associated with its recalled vehicles, ... Read more »
Los Angeles Times: John Dingell presses Toyota executive in congressional hearing on recalls
Posted: Feb 23, 2010U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, pressed a key Toyota executive testifying before Congress today about whether the Japanese automaker's recall crisis is connected to electronic controls within its vehicles. Dingell, according to the Los Angeles ... Read more »
Toyota Technical Center near Ann Arbor not connected to mass recall, executive says
Posted: Jan 28, 2010The Ann Arbor region’s Toyota Technical Center did not engineer the parts associated with the Japanese automaker’s massive recall, an executive said. The 1,100-person engineering operation completed general engineering work for the Toyota Tundra and ... Read more »
links: Political blog roundup: Library Lot, commuter rail, Ypsilanti fire fighters, Milan police investigation
Posted: Jan 20, 2010My morning link round up for Jan. 20 is all politics, all the time. In this issue, we have Vivienne Armentrout on the Ann Arbor Library Lot RFP process; A2Politico on the sad state of ... Read more »
With video: Detroit auto show: Consumer demand prompts carmakers to embrace frugality
Posted: Jan 17, 2010For the 2010 Detroit auto show, the distressed global auto industry turned its back on far-fetched concept vehicles in favor of something more practical. Cars that sell. The automakers have largely dispensed with wild concept ... Read more »
Ann Arbor region's Toyota Technical Center has avoided cuts, executive says
Posted: Jan 17, 2010The Ann Arbor region’s 1,100-employee Toyota Technical Center has avoided job cuts despite the auto industry’s intense economic crisis, an executive said. Read more »
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