TOYOTA TRUCK PRODUCTION
Toyota Motor Corp will ramp up production at its new Mexican
plant to 100,000 vehicles a year by 2021, marking a major step to
shift production of its popular Tacoma pickup truck to Mexico from
the United States, the company said on Thursday. The plant in the
central state of Guanajuato, along with an older facility near the
U.S. border, will bring Toyota’s Mexican production to
266,000 trucks a year when at full capacity, the company added.
Source: Reuters
NHTSA ALLOWS NURO TO DEPLOY DRIVERLESS DELIVERY VEHICLES
In a first-of-its-kind approval by U.S. regulators, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday gave permission
for autonomous vehicle startup Nuro Inc. over the next two years to
deploy up to 5,000 low-speed electric delivery vehicles without
human controls like mirrors and steering wheels. The rollout of the
R2 vehicle will take place in Houston, with plans for it to deliver
items like pizza and groceries.
