Usually Keyes
Toyota is excited to report on new Toyota vehicles
we'll be able to offer soon to our customers in Glendale and Los Angeles. The Advanced Active
Safety Research Vehicle (AASRV) will never see the inside of a showroom, but
we're no less excited for that. This obscure car is the only one of its kind,
and in its second generation it could be the most important vehicle on the road
right now.
The AASRV came out right before the 2013 Consumer
Electronics Show. It was a bit odd-looking, thanks to its arrays of HD cameras,
LIDAR, GPS, and proprietary technology. It signaled to the world exactly how
serious the Toyota Motor Corporation was about self-driving cars.
The years since have seen the R&D carried on with that
unique car filter down to everyday cars like the Toyota RAV4 and
Toyota Camry in the form of innovative active safety features. Those safety
features haven't just earned multiple Top Safety Pick Plus ratings from the
IIHS. They've kept drivers safer.
The next-generation AASRV is the first "product"
from the Toyota Research Institute, a billion-dollar initiative launched last
year to research and develop new car technology. Like its predecessor, it's
built on a Lexus LS 600 borrowed from the company's luxury car division. It
uses many of the same kinds of technology. The difference is that this time,
everything is modular (so components can be changed as new ones are developed),
smaller, and more advanced.
The new AASRV will be used for two categories of research,
named Guardian and Chauffer. Guardian is a set of semi-autonomous driver assist
features that will be the next evolution of current active safety features.
Chauffer is the next big step toward fully-autonomous cars.
A fully self-driving car is some way off still. The
technology developed by TRI in the AASRV is closer to Glendale and Los Angeles than you might
think. It's right here at Keyes
Toyota. To find out more, visit us today at 5855 Van Nuys Blvd in Van
Nuys, CA.
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