Toyota insists its e-Palette is more than a concept car

There’s one thing that keeps Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda up at night. It’s not a traditional car company like Honda, Ford or Nissan. Or what he’s going to have for breakfast the next day. It’s technology juggernauts like Facebook, Google and Apple and what might happen when they decide to enter the automotive industry proper. […]

Toyota unveils e-Palette self-driving concept for rides, deliveries

LAS VEGAS — Toyota announced on Monday a self-driving electric concept vehicle that it will tailor for companies to use for tasks like ride hailing and package delivery, underscoring how automakers are no longer simply building cars but also providing services to go with them. The world’s second-biggest carmaker said it plans to begin testing […]