Toyota Combines 'Autonomous' with 'Mobility-as-a-Service' in Sienna Autono-MaaS
Toyota Motor North America has unveiled a new vehicle platform called the Sienna Autono-MaaS (S-AM), based on modified 2022 Sienna minivans. This platform integrates a vehicle control interface compatible with third-party autonomous driving kits and sensors for Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) applications. Deliveries began in fall 2021 to clients like Aurora Innovation and May Mobility, with ongoing demonstrations of autonomous mobility services. Toyota aims to enhance mobility solutions for users while maintaining FMVSS compliance.
- Introduction of Sienna Autono-MaaS enhances Toyota's position in the MaaS sector.
- Delivery of vehicles started in fall 2021, indicating strong customer interest and ongoing partnerships with Aurora Innovation and May Mobility.
- Integration of third-party autonomous driving kits expands potential market applications.
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Vehicle platform based on modified production Sienna helps autonomous driving kit and MaaS providers offer customers mobility where and when needed
PLANO, Texas, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) announces that its Michigan-based production development teams have been modifying Indiana-produced 2022 Sienna minivans, adding a vehicle control interface, to create a new vehicle platform compatible with third-party autonomous driving kits and sensors ("Autono") for use in Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) applications. The resulting vehicle is called the Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS, or S-AM. The company started delivery of the completed FMVSS-compliant vehicles to customers Aurora Innovation and May Mobility from the fall of 2021, and demonstrations of the vehicle by these customers of various autonomous mobility services are already in progress.
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our nearly 1,500 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 39,000 people in the U.S. who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 32 million cars and trucks at our nine manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 10th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. Toyota has more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, with electrified vehicles comprising more than a quarter of our 2021 North American sales.
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