Test road named 'Mobility4All
Parkway' in recognition of Toyota's five-year
anniversary of becoming ACM founding sponsor
YPSILANTI, Mich., Aug. 24,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor North America
(TMNA) and the American Center for Mobility (ACM)
today unveiled "Mobility4All Parkway" as the new name of a
test road at ACM's Smart Mobility Test Center. Toyota was granted
naming rights to the east/west section of ACM's 6x6 lane
intersection in recognition of five years since becoming an ACM
founder-level sponsor. The announcement was made during Toyota's
Future Mobility Showcase for media on the ACM campus.
"'Mobility for All' is Toyota's vision of the future as a
mobility company pursuing ways to provide universal, inclusive and
accessible mobility options to the greatest number of people," said
Monte Kaehr, group vice president,
Advanced Mobility Research & Development, Toyota Motor North
America. "ACM plays an important role in helping us toward
achieving this goal, and we hope by giving 'Mobility4All Parkway'
permanent visibility at the facility, others in the industry will
embrace this vision for society."
"Thanks to Toyota's continued support, Michigan has been able to accelerate the
mobility industry through research, testing and unique
collaborations," said Reuben Sarkar,
president & CEO for ACM. "As one of our founder-level sponsors,
Toyota's contributions and engagement are realizing the vision set
forth for ACM while benefiting our entire stakeholder
community."
Toyota joined ACM in 2017 as a founder-level sponsor with a
$5 million contribution with an
established presence on the campus. In 2021, Toyota announced the
expansion of its commitment to ACM with an additional $6 million investment, which includes a five-year
lease for exclusive on-campus facilities, increased use of testing
resources, construction of vehicle labs and a new office workspace
on the ACM campus. The project will be completed this fall.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a
part of the cultural fabric in North
America for more than 60 years, and is committed to
advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota
and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800
dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in
North America who have contributed
to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 43 million cars
and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 14th
plant in North Carolina will begin
to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With
more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker,
more than a quarter of the company's 2021 North American sales were
electrified.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights
the way it partners with community, civic, academic and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move,
anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit
www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
About TMNA R&D
For 50 years, Toyota Motor
North America Research & Development (TMNA R&D) has led
engineering for several of the best-selling Toyota vehicles on U.S.
roads. Teams are now creating both next-generation vehicles and new
and advanced mobility concepts that can better move people, goods
and information. Toyota's innovation has produced more patents from
the United States Patent and Trademark Office than any other
automaker for the past 8 years (2,753 in 2021). Centered in
Ann Arbor, Michigan, TMNA R&D
is pursuing Toyota's mission to "Produce Happiness for All" by
making life safer, easier and more enjoyable. Globally, Toyota
spends approximately $1 million per
hour on R&D to ensure that Toyota rapidly and continuously
develops cutting-edge, high-quality, and appealing vehicles.
About American Center for Mobility
American
Center for Mobility is a not-for-profit collaborative effort
comprised of government, industry and academic organizations
focused on accelerating the mobility industry through advanced and
scientific research, testing, standards, and educational programs.
The American Center for Mobility offers a smart mobility test
center and an innovation & technology campus together providing
a safe platform for the integration of emerging mobility
technologies in intentionally challenging environments and a
growing ecosystem of leading CAEV mobility companies. Located in
Southeast Michigan in Ypsilanti Township on over 500-acres at the
historic Willow Run site, ACM is building on a legacy of innovation
in Washtenaw County's New Mobility
Opportunity Zone. For more information,
visit acmwillowrun.org.
Media Contact:
Olivia Boisineau
olivia.boisineau@toyota.com
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