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The following table provides information on Toyota’s principal research and development facilities.
Facility Principal Activity
Japan
Toyota Technical Center ................ Product planning, style, design and evaluation
Higashi-Fuji Technical Center ........... Advanced research and development
Tokyo Design Research & Laboratory ..... Research of advanced styling designs
Shibetsu Proving Ground ............... Vehicle testing and evaluation
Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. .......... Basic research
United States
Toyota Motor Engineering and
Manufacturing North America, Inc. .....
North American production and product planning,
upper body planning, evaluation
Calty Design Research, Inc. ............. Design
Toyota Research Institute of North America
(TRI-NA) .........................
Advanced research relating to “energy and environment,”
“safety” and “mobility infrastructure”
Toyota Research Institute, Inc. ........... Research and development of artificial intelligence
technology
Europe
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA ............ Upper body planning for European production, evaluation
and advanced research
Toyota Europe Design Development
S.A.R.L. .......................... Design
Toyota Motorsport GmbH .............. Development of motor sports vehicles
Asia Pacific
Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering and
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ..............
Upper body planning for Australian and Asian production
and evaluation
Toyota Technical Center Asia Pacific
Australia Pty, Ltd.* ..................
Upper body planning for Australian and Asian production
and evaluation
China
Toyota Motor Engineering and
Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd. .......
Research of new, low-energy vehicle technology, vehicle
evaluation and quality assurance in China
FAW Toyota Research & Development Co.,
Ltd............................... Design and evaluation of vehicles manufactured in China
GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. R&D
Center ............................ Design and evaluation of vehicles manufactured in China
* Toyota Technical Center Asia Pacific Australia Pty, Ltd. is scheduled to be dissolved in September 2016.
Toyota reorganized its subsidiary and vehicle development partner Toyota Technical Development
Corporation, integrating its vehicle development functions into Toyota in January 2016.
Toyota carefully analyzes patents and the need for patents in each area of research to formulate more
effective research and development strategies. Toyota identifies research and development projects in which it
should acquire patents, and files relevant applications as necessary to help build a strong global patent portfolio.
In addition, Toyota wishes to contribute to sustainable mobility by promoting the spread of technologies
with environmental and safety benefits. This is why Toyota takes an open stance to patent licensing and grants
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