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How Toyota's Human Support Robot Could Change Lives

Toyota has been keenly interested in mobility support for years. Since 2011, the Toyota Sienna has featured an available Auto Access Seat -- the first factory-installed power rotating lift-up seat.

Many other forms of adaptive equipment are available through Toyota Mobility, many with reimbursement. However, Toyota isn't satisfied with improving mobility in the car.

The Human Support Robot (HSR) could provide valuable assistance to seniors, and others with limited mobility.

HSR is essentially a simple machine designed to pick things up. Its body telescopes to reach high shelves,

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Could the 2016 Toyota 4Runner Be Your Automotive New Year's Resolution?

New year; new car. This is a mantra that we at Shore Toyota can most definitely get behind.

Should that sentiment ring true with you, too, then we think it's high time you had a look at our spiffy midsize SUV, the 2016 Toyota 4Runner. Find out all this boxy beaut has to offer by watching the video review below:

No doubt one of its finest features, the 4Runner's engine is excellent. Propelled by a 4.0-liter V6, the SUV produces an impressive 270 horsepower and 278 pound-feet of torque. It can do the 0-to-60 mph dash in…

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3 Reasons the Toyota Tundra is Epic

Motor Trend's series Dirt Every Day took out the Toyota Tundra TRD Pro in blazing Inferno orange to hit the trails and travel the country, highlighting this truck's best features.

  1. Great highway ride: that cushy off-road tuned suspension has a way of evening out potholes and smoothing out your ride.
  2. Room for all: The Tundra's CrewMax cab is roomy and comfortable, so you can bring along all your gear, or friends, or family, or really anything you want to do-- it's your truck.
  3. Off-Road prowess out of the box: Some trucks need modification to really perform…
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The Future of Safety is Here

Toyota Safety Sense is bringing the future of safety to the new Toyota lineup. Starting in 2016, models like the Land Cruiser, Prius, Prius c, Rav4, and Avalon will offer this suite of active safety features.

How it works: Safety Sense vehicles will have multiple types of sensors to detect potential frontal collisions, and will even have the ability to brake in an emergency without driver input.

Say you have a sudden medical emergency and black out behind the wheel. What would have been a disaster ends with the car braking on its own, preventing further damage.

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Toyota Wants to get You More Likes

Toyota is more than just a car company. Toyota is active on all kinds of social media, and they want to see you get more "likes" on Instagram.

Michael Trevino, of "Vampire Diaries" fame, took a pretty lame picture of a red folding chair and posted it on his Instagram.

Nobody cared.

But he thought it was cool, and Toyota decided to give that little chair a second chance by spicing it up a little.

They printed it out on a huge paper, and set it on top of a landing mat, 35 feet beneath a window. Trevino leaps through…

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Toyota Runs First Tacoma "Fun Games"

These aren't the Olympic Games, or the X-Games... these are the Fun Games.

This off-roading competition features three teams going head-to-head in games like rafting, kayaking, and various off-road challenges in three brand new Toyota Tacoma trucks.

Seems fairly standard, but there is one thing that makes the Fun Games unique.

The winner isn't the team that competes the strongest, comes in first, or endures the longest. No, the winner of The Fun Games is the team that has the most fun.

No, not in a hippie-frou-frou "everyone's a winner" way-- Toyota has brought an actual neuroscientist…

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The Toyota Mirai is Green, but It's Looking Very Blue

The new clean green fuel of the future may come from the deep blue sea.

The Toyota Mirai runs on hydrogen. Hydrogen can come from many sources, including manure. One potential source of hydrogen is from water.

The process of electrolysis separates hydrogen atoms from the water molecule by running an electric current through it. This causes some swapping around of electrons, and before you know it, hydrogen gas forms.

The great thing is, the water used by no means needs to be clean drinking water. In fact, salty water conducts electricity better than fresh water. Even lemonade could be…

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Should You Use a Penny To Measure Your Tread Depth?

Tread depth is an important factor in deciding the stopping distance of your car, especially over wet surfaces. Just see how much farther a car with worn-down tread takes to stop compared to a car with fresh tires.

The tread depths tested were 10/32, 4/32, and 2/32 inches. Yes, all tire treads are measured in 1/32 increments. We can almost hear our middle school math teacher telling us to simply the fractions.

Now, the famous "penny method." Take a penny, and have Lincoln nose-dive into your tread. If you can still see the top of his…

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Toyota Goes for a New Kind of Test Drive


Improvement is a top priority for Toyota. The brand wants to make its vehicles the best they can possibly be. That's why it started its new project; it's a summer-long road trip across North America with the goal of finding new ways to improve Toyota vehicles. You can find out more about it in the video below.

This road trip serves as one big test drive to find out how these vehicles handle…

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Camouflaged 2017 Prius Spied

While we know quite a few details about what the tech and goals are for the 2017 Toyota Prius, one piece of critical information is lacking. What will it look like? Well, that question was answered in part, thanks to a spy photographer in Thailand who caught the fourth-gen hybrid out for a jaunt.

From what we can tell from beneath the camo, the new Prius will have a more dynamic look than its predecessor…

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