On March 31, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that it has concluded the transfer of its vehicle production plant to NAMI, Russia effective from March 31, 2023 following the closure of its St Petersburg manufacturing operations in September 2022. NAMI is a Russian Federal State Unitary Enterprise known as “Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute”.  The agreement includes the full transfer of ownership of the plant buildings and land.

Based on Toyota press release

On March 22, Aston University announced that it has completed a two-year knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with Aurrigo, resulting in a sophisticated machine vision solution making its autonomous vehicles more capable. The project has led to the company’s driverless vehicles being able to see and recognize objects in greater detail resulting in improved performance across a wider spectrum of operational domains.
The project team leveraged computer vision systems, coupled with machine learning and artificial intelligence, to differentiate between objects of interest. The new technology has been applied to the company’s airport Auto-Dolly, which is now able to differentiate between many different objects airside improving its operational performance. The learnings of this project will have further applications for vehicles in their larger product range.

Based on Aston University press release

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that the Competition and Markets Authority (United Kingdom) granted unconditional clearance of the planned acquisition of all outstanding shares of Trelleborg Wheel Systems Holding AB, a Swedish company engaged in the manufacture and sale of off-highway tires for agricultural and industrial machinery. As a result, the transaction now has been approved in all countries and regions that require prior approval based on the applicable antitrust laws. Yokohama Rubber will proceed with all remaining procedures necessary for completion of the share transfer, which is anticipated to take place in the first half of 2023. (From a press release dated March 28, 2023)