Iyunithi yesithathu yophawu lwaseJapan e-US iya kuxhasa uphuhliso lobuchwepheshe bokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo.
I-Toyota isanda kwazisa ukuphunyezwa kwe-TRI yesithathu - i-Toyota Research Institute - e-Ann Arbor, e-Michigan, ebizwa ngokuba yi-TRI-ANN. Amaziko amatsha aya kubamba iqela labaphandi abayi-50, abaza kuqalisa ngoJuni ukusebenza ekuphuhliseni i-100% yobuchwepheshe bokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo.I-TRI-ANN ngoko ijoyina i-TRI-PAL ePalo Alto kunye ne-TRI-CAM eCambridge. Iyunithi entsha yophando iya kuxhamla kwizibonelelo zeYunivesithi yaseMichigan, kwiimvavanyo zepraktikhali zexesha elizayo phantsi kwezona meko zininzi. KwiToyota, eyona njongo iphambili kukudala isithuthi esingakwaziyo ukubangela iingozi, kwaye ngenxa yoko, uphawu lutyale imali malunga ne-876 yezigidi zeeyuro.
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“Nangona eli shishini eliquka iToyota liqhube kakuhle kakhulu kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo kodwa uninzi lwezinto esizizuzileyo belulula ngoba uninzi lokuqhuba kulula. Sifuna ukuzimela kuxa ukuqhuba kuba nzima. Ngulo msebenzi unzima i-TRI ezimisele ukuwenza.”
UGill Pratt, i-CEO ye-TRI.