is preparing to introduce autonomous vehicles into its line of available transportation offerings. Lyft and May Mobility announced in November 2024 their multiyear agreement to work together, with the launch  of their first deployment in Atlanta in 2025. The service will use May Mobility's Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles. In preparation for that even, Lyft is establishing the Lyft Driver Autonomous Forum as a new initiative designed to bring...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/28

GAC Toyota releases key transition achievements, phased business deployment On June 12, GAC Toyota released key intelligentization and electrification achievements and phased business deployment at its 2025 Technology Day event. GAC Toyota unveiled a multi-path product lineup including the following content. -          The next-generation Highlander and Sienna will be available in range-extended electric (REEV) variants, with competitive...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/17

orm over the next few years, with an initial launch planned for Arlington, Texas, by the end of 2025.  Under the agreement, Uber will offer customers the option of a May Mobility AV on the Uber platform on qualifying trips. May Mobility will provide a fleet of American-made, hybrid-electric Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles equipped with May Mobility’s patented Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology.  The first deployment will launch...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/02

s for January 2025, achieving its best start to the year since beginning operations in the country. The company sold 10,976 units, securing a 9.2% market share. Five models accounted for over 57% of total sales: RAV4 (1,825 units), Hilux (1,760 units), Avanza (1,144 units), Corolla (833 units), and Sienna (732 units). Additionally, all 150 units of the 2025 GR Yaris sold out, highlighting demand for high-performance vehicles. Toyota’s electrifi...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/12

minibuses are expected to be road-ready in the first half of 2026, with deployments slated for later that year. MPDM leverages in-situ AI to interpret and learn from data in real time. The minibus, May Mobility's fifth unique vehicle platform, will be integrated into its fleet alongside the Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS platform, demonstrating the company's adaptability in autonomous systems integration.  (May Mobility release on January 7, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/08

he next year. Ann Arbor is the second U.S. market in which May Mobility will operate robotaxis on public roads with no human safety drivers, following Sun City, Arizona, where the company launched service in December 2023. May Mobility, which has Toyota as a major backer, is using autonomous Toyota Sienna minivans on public roads around its corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor where it had previously deployed its minivans with human backup drivers...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/15

, May Mobility, and Nexar to advance autonomous vehicle (AV) access within its rideshare platform. With Mobileye, Lyft will give small and large fleet operators access to Mobileye’s self-driving technology, allowing seamless “Lyft-ready” deployment. In 2025, May Mobility will introduce Toyota Sienna minivans to Lyft’s platform in Atlanta, Georgia, starting a scaled deployment that will scale over time across multiple markets. Additionally...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/07

ity), a US company in which NTT has a stake. NTT will accelerate its efforts to provide services using level-4 autonomous driving vehicles that can drive fully autonomously under limited conditions. The company will start the trial operation in the latter half of October this year, using the Toyota Sienna minivan equipped with May Mobility’s autonomous driving system in the NTT Central Training Center and on surrounding public roads. The trial ...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/11

Peachtree Corners partners with May Mobility and T-Mobile for autonomous vehicle deployment The city of Peachtree Corners, one the first smart city environments in the U.S., announced a partnership with May Mobility and T-Mobile to deploy May Mobility’s autonomous vehicle solutions. Starting on September 26, May Mobility will begin operations of its Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS in the city. The operational zone for the autonomous vehicles includes...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/28

f people officer. The move comes after Ann Arbor-headquartered May Mobility said in February that it would reduce its workforce by about 13%, impacting about 40 employees. The company employs 173 people in Michigan and 278 companywide, Tang said. May Mobility has backing from Toyota and uses Toyota Sienna minivans for some of its autonomous vehicles. (Detroit News article on September 24, 2024)...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/27

s for hospital patients on weekdays, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and then open its service to the public from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Users can book rides to and from the hospital, preferred pharmacies, residential areas, shopping districts, and downtown Martinez. May Mobility provided a fleet of seven Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles equipped with its Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) AD technology. MPDM uses AI to learn in real-time by simulating thou...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/21

Toyota introduces Advanced Rear Seat Reminder system on 2025 Sienna Toyota announced that the 2025 Sienna minivan will be the first Toyota vehicle to include the Advanced Rear Seat Reminder system, which will be standard on all U.S. Sienna models. The Advanced Rear Seat Reminder system uses a 60 GHz millimeter-wave radar to scan and detect movement in the second and third rows. If the system detects movement after the ignition has been cycled off...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/18

riake, Daiba, and Aomi). For the expansion of the driving area and the number of vehicles, the company will also develop a system that remotely monitors several dozen autonomous vehicles. The demonstration test will first use two autonomous vehicles that are based on Toyota Motor Corporation’s “Sienna”. The test vehicles will be reserved and allocated via a dedicated smartphone application. The company plans to begin with test rides for int...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/30

Robotaxi via the Pony.ai mobile APP for a ride along a 205km-long route in Pudong District in central Shanghai, and that Pony.ai have covered Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen with its unmanned autonomous driving passenger services. Also exhibited at the event was the 6th-generation Toyota Sienna Robotaxi and Pony.ai unmanned autonomous driving shuttle services. From a Pony.ai press release...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/08

ectric power (intelligent power distribution), robust power and low fuel consumption, and performance and safety. For intelligentization, GAC Toyota: launched an end-to-end advanced intelligent driving solution with 360-degree perception and abundant in-vehicle computing power with Momenta; put the Sienna Level 4 Robotaxi into commercial operation with Pony.ai; accelerated digitalization and intelligentization transformation in multiple areas wit...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/03

ility Innovation (OMI) and the Michigan Mobility Collaborative (MMC).  The "Accessibili-D" service aims to improve the quality of life for Detroiters who live with disabilities or are age 62 and older, and will be available starting June 20, 2024 through 2026. May Mobility will deploy three Toyota Sienna AVs, including two wheelchair-accessible vehicles, to help participants achieve greater access to healthcare facilities, shopping centers, jobs...

News  Updated at: 2024/06/13

ny’s largest engine producer in North America, with more than 2,000 employees who assembled more than 770,000 engines in 2023. Toyota Alabama currently supplies engines to seven Toyota vehicle plants in North America for vehicles that include the Corolla, Corolla Cross, Highlander, RAV4, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tundra. (Toyota press release on June 5, 2024)...

News  Updated at: 2024/06/06

Pony.ai granted Guangzhou’s first license for testing ICVs on expressways, highways On May 21, Pony.ai was granted Guangzhou’s first license for testing intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) on expressways and highways, with one Robotaxi and one autonomous truck involved, namely, the Toyota Sienna Robotaxi with the Pony.ai 6th-generation autonomous passenger vehicle system and a Sany truck with the Pony.ai 3rd-generation autonomous truck syst...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/24

all-new BEV, and it will also be used to add a new battery pack assembly line using lithium-ion cells supplied by Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina, a USD 13.9 billion facility slated to begin production in 2025. Princeton is already home to over 7,500 employees; they assembly the Toyota Sienna, Highlander, Grand Highlander and Lexus TS.  This follows a recent announcement of an investment of USD 1.3 billion in Kentucky for the produc...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/26

ineup at the Auto China 2024 in Beijing. At the event, Toyota China will make the global debut of two new models of the bZ battery electric vehicle family. To be concurrently exhibited are intelligent hybrid electric models such as the 9th-generation Camry, the new Prado, the new Crown, and the new Sienna. A Toyota next-generation concept vehicle, which serves as a software-defined vehicle to fulfill different customers’ requirements, will make...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/22