About Toyota Research Institute: Toyota Research Institute is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America under the direction of Dr. Gill Pratt. Toyota Research Institute awards UB $2.4 million to hunt for new materialsThe grant, part of a $35 million investment, supports artificial intelligence research to make vehicles emission-free"At the University at Buffalo, we are committed to finding innovative and cost-effective solutions that transform how society addresses climate change, national security and other pressing issues."BUFFALO, N.Y. — Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has awarded the University at Buffalo $2.4 million for materials science research that aims to make next generation vehicles carbon-neutral. The materials will help create technology for batteries and fuel cell catalysts designed to power future zero-emission and carbon-neutral vehicles. It also will complement other major projects such as the Materials Data Engineering Laboratory at UB (MaDE @UB), which was created last fall after researchers received a $2.9 million National Science Foundation grant. The MaDE@UB lab aims to speed up and reduce the cost of discovering, manufacturing and commercializing new materials.
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Toyota is using AI to hunt for new battery materials
In fact, the company announced that it has already sold 10 million of the hybrid cars as of January this year. While the automaker might make the materials this project develops available to its competitors, it has plans to expand its own eco-friendly offerings. The company has been working on fuel cell-powered cars for quite a while, and it announced last year that it's also building its first all-electric vehicle. TRI Chief Science Officer Eric Krotkov said:"Toyota recognizes that artificial intelligence is a vital basic technology that can be leveraged across a range of industries, and we are proud to use it to expand the boundaries of materials science. Toyota became a leading manufacturer of eco-friendly vehicles thanks to the Prius.
Toyota in high-tech hunt for new ZEV materials
Toyota formed the TRI in late 2015 to develop artificial intelligence as an underpinning technology for future vehicles and manufacturing. DALLAS -- Toyota is investing $35 million in a high-tech research program to identify advanced battery materials and fuel cell catalysts for future zero-emission vehicles. The Toyota Research Institute will work with other research groups, universities and companies over the next four years, using artificial intelligence to identify the new materials, the company said Thursday. Krotkov: "Artificial intelligence is a vital basic technology that can be leveraged across a range of industries." "Toyota recognizes that artificial intelligence is a vital basic technology that can be leveraged across a range of industries," said the institute's chief science officer, Eric Krotkov.
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