{"id":144691,"date":"2023-05-31T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-toyota-motor-north-america-announces-executive-change\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:10:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:10:02","slug":"toyota-motor-north-america-anuncia-cambio-ejecutivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/toyota-motor-north-america-anuncia-cambio-ejecutivo\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLANO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 31, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced, effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2023<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Shinichi Yasui<\/span>, executive vice president, Toyota Motor North America, Research &amp; Development, will be appointed Chief Project Leader, Hydrogen Factory at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpge72cleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpge72cleft\" title=\"Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced, effective July 1, 2023, Shinichi Yasui, executive vice president, Toyota Motor North America, Research &amp; Development, will be appointed Chief Project Leader, Hydrogen Factory at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC).\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2088910\/Shinichi_Yasui_01.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced, effective July 1, 2023, Shinichi Yasui, executive vice president, Toyota Motor North America, Research &amp; Development, will be appointed Chief Project Leader, Hydrogen Factory at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC).\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>TMC&#8217;s Hydrogen Factory is a newly established organization dedicated to accelerating customer-focused product development and production of fuel cells and hydrogen-related products. The goal is to align business strategy, development, production, sales and marketing under one roof to enable faster decision-making, stronger alliances with rapidly expanding markets, including <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, and the promotion of sustainable commercialization.<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year Toyota veteran, Yasui has been a member of Toyota&#8217;s North American Executive Committee since 2017, leading the company&#8217;s R&amp;D operations in the region. Yasui joined TMC in 1988 as an engineer, developing air bag systems, seats and seat belts. Over the years he held a variety of engineering and product planning roles and in 2013, became chief engineer for all Corolla models. In 2016, he was appointed executive general manager of product planning at TMC&#8217;s Mid-Size Vehicle Company before becoming executive vice president at TMNA. Yasui holds a master&#8217;s degree in mechanical engineering from <span class=\"xn-org\">Meiji University<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Tokyo<\/span> and an Executive MBA from the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Michigan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Yasui&#8217;s successor and details about his new role will be shared at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Toyota <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 45 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota&#8217;s 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0plant in <span class=\"xn-location\">North Carolina<\/span> will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 22 electrified options.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society&#8217;s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3879790-1&amp;h=2487752771&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toyotanewsroom.com%2F&amp;a=www.ToyotaNewsroom.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ToyotaNewsroom.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>TMNA R&amp;D\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>For more than 50 years, Toyota Motor North America Research &amp; Development (TMNA R&amp;D) has led engineering for several of the best-selling Toyota vehicles on U.S. roads. Teams are now creating both next-generation vehicles and new and advanced mobility concepts that can better move people, goods and information. Toyota&#8217;s innovation has produced more patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office than any other automaker for the past 9 consecutive years (3,056 in 2022). Centered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Ann Arbor, Michigan<\/span>, TMNA R&amp;D is pursuing Toyota&#8217;s mission to &#8220;Produce Happiness for All&#8221; by making life safer, easier and more enjoyable. Globally, Toyota spends approximately <span class=\"xn-money\">$1 million<\/span> per hour on R&amp;D to ensure that Toyota rapidly and continuously develops cutting-edge, high-quality, and appealing vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Edward Hellwig<\/span><br \/><a href=\"mailto:edward.hellwig@toyota.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">edward.hellwig@toyota.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg338fleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg338fleft\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 72px;\" title=\"Toyota Corporate Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/439685\/Toyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota Corporate Logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3879790-1&amp;h=263365315&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2088910%2FShinichi_Yasui_01.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2088910%2FShinichi_Yasui_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2088910\/Shinichi_Yasui_01.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3879790-1&amp;h=103682387&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F439685%2FToyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F439685%2FToyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/439685\/Toyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Toyota Motor North America<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLANO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 31, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced, effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2023<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Shinichi Yasui<\/span>, executive vice president, Toyota Motor North America, Research &amp; Development, will be appointed Chief Project Leader, Hydrogen Factory at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpge72cleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpge72cleft&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144691"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144699,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144691\/revisions\/144699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}