Toyota to Introduce Eco Drive Indicator; New Feature Aims to Encourage Environmentally Considerate Driving.Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. , Japan, Sept 29, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that, beginning in October, new Japanese-market vehicle models with automatic transmissions will be equipped with the Eco Drive Indicator, a feature meant to encourage environmentally considerate con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Having or marked by regard for the needs or feelings of others. See Synonyms at thoughtful. 2. Characterized by careful thought; deliberate. driving. This development - aimed at reducing CO2 emissions through increased fuel efficiency - is part of Toyota's efforts to combat global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . Based on a comprehensive determination that takes into consideration such factors as accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. use, engine and transmission efficiency and speed and rate of acceleration, the Eco Drive Indicator, located on the instrument panel, lights up when the vehicle is being operated in a fuel-efficient manner. This is hoped will raise driver awareness toward environmentally considerate driving and contribute to fuel economy. Although results may vary - depending on the level of traffic and conditions such as the frequency of starts from stop and of acceleration, as well as distance driven - the Eco Drive Indicator can improve fuel efficiency by approximately 4% (as measured by TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center ). TMC believes that a three-way approach that regards vehicles, the traffic environment and people as three pillars of an inter-related whole is necessary to truly contribute to the realization of sustainable mobility. Accordingly, TMC is actively undertaking driver-awareness initiatives, efforts to develop and commercialize environmental technologies and activities aimed at improving traffic environments using social systems that employ ITS (intelligent transportation systems). The Eco Drive Indicator represents one of TMC's driver-awareness initiatives. For more information, visit http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/06/0929.html About Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 7203; NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TM), established in 1937, is one of the world's representative automobile manufacturers, producing vehicles in 26 countries and regions and marketing vehicles in more than 170 countries and regions. In fiscal 2006, Toyota provided nearly eight million vehicles on a consolidated basis to customers around the world under the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino brands. Toyota had more than 280,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2006. The company is headquartered in Aichi, Japan. For more information, please visit www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html. Source: Toyota Motor Corporation Contact: Toyota Motor Corporation Public Relations Department http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/index_company.html Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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