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  • Mar 03, 2018, 10:15 IST

Toyota starts new company to develop self-driving software

Mar 03, 2018, 10:15 IST

In a bid to catch up the race of self-driving cars, Toyota will invest $ 2.8 million in Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, or TRI-AD. The Japanese carmaker will hire 1000 employees to develop software systems to power self-driving cars. Toyota has already demonstrated TRI on a Lexus LS 600hL test vehicle. TRI-AD will be based in Tokyo.