The Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS is presently in on-road tests with autonomous developers Aurora Innovation and May Mobility. Image: Toyota Toyota Motor North America announced in a statement its Michigan-based production development teams have been modifying Indiana-produced 2022 Sienna minivans, adding a vehicle control interface, to create a new vehicle platform compatible with third-party autonomous driving kits
In the U.S., nearly 43,000 people died in crashes in 2021. A recent analysis evaluates states for roadway danger. Photo: PxHere.com Mississippi ranks as the state with the most deadly roads, having scored the highest overall Road Danger Rating of 9.93 in a recent analysis from 1-800-Injured. To determine how dangerous a state’s roads are,
June 14, 2022 |11:00 AM PST |Duration: 1 Hr Why is driver coaching so important? Because 94% of crashes are caused by driver behavior and attitudes. Then why are only 20% of organizations using coaching effectively? Join this webinar to take control of a critical — yet often undervalued — component of fleet safety. Attendees
According to Toyota, the number of units affected by this additional suspension is approximately 50,000 units. Photo: Toyota Toyota issued a news release announcing more adjustments to its production plans due to the parts shortage. Toyota recently announced the suspension of operations at some domestic plants in Japan in May/June and the global production plan for
May 31, 2022 The 96th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers an updated look at the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. 🎙Today’s topics include: Two back-to-back early order cutoffs for 2023 model fleet vehicles due to high demand. Immediate cutoff of fleet orders
Ineos Group, the British chemical company entering the auto industry this summer with the BMW-powered Grenadier off-road vehicle, is adding a second SUV: a smaller battery-electric model. Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe said the second model will also have four-wheel drive and be aimed at enthusiasts with rugged off-road driving. Not many details were revealed, but
The rebuilding of Land Rover’s Defender lineup continues this summer with the addition of the eight-seat, long-wheelbase 130 model. The 2023 three-row 130 is 13.38 inches longer than the Defender 110 and is designed to appeal to families who take a lot of camping and other gear with them on vacation. Maximum storage capacity is
If you didn’t know, DeLorean is slated for a return as the company has a new life to build new DeLorean vehicles, ones that pay homage to the classic DMC-12. However, the new DeLorean company is a new entity, and the new vision is far and beyond what we know that helped bring us the
Motor carriers should make sure documents are compliant once a change to a DQ file requirement is learned. Photo: Jim Park The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can go years without changing its commercial driver qualification (DQ) file requirements in 49 CFR Part 391. However, this year the agency made a few notable changes that
Watch for drivers not watching out for you. You’re walking down the street, headphones in, minding your own business when you hear the screeching of tires and a loud thud. You see a car speeding away and a person on the ground. This is a scene that plays out far too often on city streets.
