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Toyota builds the ultimate driving sim in the name of safety

Toyota has built a 15-foot-high, 23-foot-wide, 78-ton driving simulator "for effectively analyzing the driving characteristics of average drivers." The simulator allows Toyota to work on specific driving issues in a controlled environment, and to study mental aspects of driving such as decision making, which are among the most important considerations when trying to develop the next wave of gotta-have-it safety features. The NHTSA has a comparable simulator, and Toyota used some of that technology to create its own. There's a Lexus inside the ... Read more →

Toyota Highlander gets mostly A's in IIHS frontal crash test Chris Tutor

Those of you waiting for IIHS crash results to make a decision on buying a 2008 Toyota Highlander now have hard, cold, mangled facts on which to base your judgment. Highlander shoppers will be glad ...

Active headrests coming to a Toyota near you Siddharth Raja

Toyota's latest safety innovation is an active headrest that reduces the intensity of whiplash injuries common in rear-end collisions. The safety device will be introduced across Toyota's fleets in ...

Toyota builds the ultimate driving sim in the name of safety 2 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota has built a 15-foot-high, 23-foot-wide, 78-ton driving simulator "for effectively analyzing the driving characteristics of average drivers." The simulator allows Toyota to work on specific driving issues in a controlled environment, and to study mental aspects of driving such as decision ...

Toyota Highlander gets mostly A's in IIHS frontal crash test 2 years ago on Autoblog

Those of you waiting for IIHS crash results to make a decision on buying a 2008 Toyota Highlander now have hard, cold, mangled facts on which to base your judgment. Highlander shoppers will be glad to know the redesigned SUV passed with a "Good" grade on everything but head and neck injuries, in ...

Active headrests coming to a Toyota near you 2 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota's latest safety innovation is an active headrest that reduces the intensity of whiplash injuries common in rear-end collisions. The safety device will be introduced across Toyota's fleets in the near future as the latest initiative in what it calls the 'realisation of sustainable mobility.' ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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