Toyota Motor Corp and Lexus to reveal autonomous research vehicle at CES

January 7, 2013
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will reveal an advanced active safety research vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today (Jan. 7).

Lexus (a Toyota sales division} plans to explore the use of autonomous technologies and high-level driver assistance systems related to TMC’s  Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) research and development, which includes vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technology.

Also highlighted at CES will be the new 2013 Lexus LS, equipped with the “world’s most advanced pre-collision safety system,” the company claims.