Toyota, Japan and exploring rockets

Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company
The Toyota Motor Corporation will invest $44.4 million in Japan-based Interstellar Technologies to help the private spaceflight firm develop rockets to launch satellites into Earth's orbit.
Toyota invests $44.3 million in Japanese startup to mass-produce rockets
Toyota's chairman Akio Toyoda made the announcement at CES 2025 when he introduced the concept of "invention by kakezan" or "invention by multiplication," referring to the
Toyota is ‘exploring rockets’ and has made its first investment into Interstellar Technologies
Japanese automaker Toyota is "exploring rockets," chairman Akio Toyoda announced onstage at CES 2025 on Monday, while hinting at the idea of moving people
Toyota invests in Japanese rocket startup as SpaceX races ahead
The investment is the latest sign of progress in the Japanese government’s push to nurture the country’s private space sector.
Toyota Enters the Space Game With $44 Million Rocket Investment
Woven by Toyota, a subsidiary of the company, is investing around $44.4 million (7 billion yen) in Japanese space startup Interstellar Technologies as a means of entering into the booming space industry, Interstellar announced this week.
Toyota completes phase 1 of ‘living lab’ Woven City, invests in Japanese space company
Toyota’s futuristic city, designed for up to 2,000 residents, reached its first milestone with sustainable innovations like robot dogs and eVTOLs.
Toyota Ventures Beyond Earth: Exploring Space with Interstellar Technologies
In a bold move to broaden its horizons, Toyota has announced its plans to build Woven City, a prototype city located at the foot of Mount Fuji. Designed as a living laboratory, Woven City will serve as a testing ground for new technologies,
Toyota announces move into rocket launches at CES 2025 with $45M investment in Japanese startup
On Monday during CES 2025, the major tech trade show in Las Vegas with all the latest gadgets, Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed ...
Toyota is 'exploring rockets' with nearly $45 million investment in Japanese launch startup, chairman says
Toyota Motor is exploring the development and production of orbital rockets, Chairman Akio Toyoda said Monday. The automaker ...
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Of course Toyota's made a mid-engined GR Yaris
But this really takes the biscuit: on a stacked stand that also includes Nurburgring racers, a Land Cruiser and a Corolla ...
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Toyota to help develop advanced rockets, invests $44 million in Interstellar Technologies
Toyota's subsidiary, Woven, is investing heavily in Interstellar Technologies, marking a bold entry into the rapidly ...
Toyota backs Japanese space startup Interstellar to mass-produce rockets
A Toyota research unit will invest in Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies (IST) to support mass production of its ...
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Toyota's potent and off-road ready wagons?
Previous reports on the next-generation Toyota Corolla suggested a shrink in body style choices, but the latest news from ...
Toyota is teaching robot arms to fold t-shirts the Japanese way
Monday’s Toyota CES press conference was all about Woven City, the carmaker’s planned community at the base of Mt. Fuji.