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Toyota has ambitious plan for Tokyo Olympics
Read MoreToyota Motor Corporation plans to have 100 buses on the streets in time for the summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. Sounds like a reasonable goal. What if I told you that they have plans to have 100 hydrogen powered busses ready for the 2020 Olympics? Well, that's the plan.
At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota Motor Corporation will unveil two new concepts cars vehicles, the Fine-Comfort Ride and the Sora Bus. The Fine-Comfort ride is just like it sounds, it looks like someone took a modern living room and put a car van around it.
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How You Can Help New Mexico's Bats
Read MoreAn easy way to help bats is by bldg bat houses. Learn more ways to support bats, WHC Bats Project Guidance https://t.co/59RJQJzn7i #BatWeek pic.twitter.com/KzrbDIhjwI
— Wildlife Habitat (@WildlifeHC) October 25, 2016New Mexico is home to a broad number of bat species, many of which use caves to roost in. These include the Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus), Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), and the Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans). According to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, riparian areas like the Rio Grande can be biodiversity hot spots.
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Toyota Funds Self-Sufficient New Education Center for Yellowstone Youth Programs
Read MoreProud to be involved in regenerative youth campus living buildings in @yellowstonePF! More:https://t.co/ZsQhrNPfbm pic.twitter.com/6VMsXGZMwj
— Toyota USA (@Toyota) August 25, 2016Yellowstone National Park hopes to be the first national park in America to earn Living Building Challenge Certification for one of its newest construction projects.
The park formerly housed two of its residential youth programs at the Youth Conservation Corps campus. To replace the aging campus, the park is investing in creating a campus with twice the student capacity, and on-site staff housing...
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When Will We Have Hydrogen Stations in Albuquerque?
Read MoreFind out what life is like for a new Mirai owner, via @freep https://t.co/MsHjruYoHY
— Toyota USA (@Toyota) July 11, 2016Albuquerque may have a bit of a strained relationship with hydrogen. In 1957, a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb was accidentally dropped in the outskirts of the city when a release mechanism failed on an Air Force B-36 bomber. It didn't go off, and the incident was kept secret for decades.
If it had, the detonation would have had over 600 times the force of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Today, many people would like to…
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Toyota Partners with the IUCN to Save Wildlife
Read MoreWe're funding 28,000+ species assessments with @IUCN to help protect biodiversity: https://t.co/wGteGwkSku pic.twitter.com/rOO0NUnMbL
— ToyotaGB (@ToyotaGB) May 10, 2016Alright Toyota (we ask in our best television-announcer voice) you've won the 2016 World Green Car Award, what will you do next?
This automaker is never done helping the environment in any way possible, and is in the middle of the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, with the explicit goal of reducing the negative impacts of automobiles to zero, in order to "help establish a future society in which humans live in...
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2016 Toyota Prius Steps Up Its Game
For years, drivers have turned to the Toyota Prius for an efficient, reliable and affordable way to get around the Albuquerque, NM area. Fully re-designed, the 2016 Toyota Prius goes beyond practical appeal to display futuristic style, lively performance and a premium, tech-driven interior cabin!
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9 Million-Plus Toyota Hybrids Sold Worldwide
Toyota Motor Corporation announced on May 20 that global sales of hybrid vehicles surpassed the 9-million-unit mark as of April 30. The fact that it only took the car manufacturer nine months to hit this number is quite an accomplishment and stands as a badge of honor for a brand committed to decreasing the environmental effects of automobiles.Read MoreItās no secret that Toyota has encouraged the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the world…
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Toyota Mirai Named 2016 World Green Car
Read MoreToyota is no stranger to the World Car Awards—which are in their 12th year—and has previously been recognized as part of the top three with the Toyota Prius (2010) in the categories of World Green Car and overall World Car of the Year. This year, however, the Toyota Mirai is the vehicle on a pedestal, as it won its segment of 2016 World Green Car.
#ToyotaMirai elected 2016 Green Car of the Year https://t.co/UlRmiT5Iek #fuelcell pic.twitter.com/fVjEIfNklt
— Toyota Europe (@toyota_europe) March 31, 2016