Toyota Turns to AI for a Better Electric Car
- Researchers apply artificial intelligence to material searches
- Toyota’s institute pledging $35 million to fund efforts
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Toyota Motor Corp. is betting the keys to longer-range electric cars and cheaper fuel cells may lie in machines that act like humans.
The Japanese carmaker’s Toyota Research Institute is pledging $35 million over the next four years toward putting artificial intelligence to work on identifying new materials that can be used in batteries or catalysts that power hydrogen-fueled cars. Using AI and machine learning will expedite development by a magnitude of years, according to the company.