Toyota Enters Space Game With $44 Million Rocket Investment

Toyota is 'exploring rockets' with nearly $45 million investment in Japanese launch startup, chairman says
Toyota Motor is exploring the development and production of orbital rockets, Chairman Akio Toyoda said Monday. The automaker is investing 7 billion yen ($44.4 million) into Interstellar Technologies Inc.
Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company
The Toyota Motor Corporation will invest $44.4 million in Japan-based Interstellar Technologies to help the private spaceflight firm develop rockets to launch satellites into Earth's orbit.
Toyota Enters the Space Game With $44 Million Rocket Investment
Woven by Toyota, a subsidiary of the company, is investing around $44.4 million (7 billion yen) in Japanese space startup Interstellar Technologies as a means of entering into the booming space industry, Interstellar announced this week.
Toyota backs Japanese space startup Interstellar to mass-produce rockets
A Toyota research unit will invest in Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies (IST) to support mass production of its rockets, the world's biggest carmaker group said on Tuesday, expanding its foray into the space sector.
Toyota announces move into rocket launches at CES 2025 with $45M investment in Japanese startup
On Monday during CES 2025, the major tech trade show in Las Vegas with all the latest gadgets, Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed the carmaker is investing $44.4 million, or 7 billion yen, into
Toyota invests in Japanese rocket startup as SpaceX races ahead
The investment is the latest sign of progress in the Japanese government’s push to nurture the country’s private space sector.
Toyota completes phase 1 of ‘living lab’ Woven City, invests in Japanese space company
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Toyota to invest over $44M in rocket company
Toyota’s mobility subsidiary plans to make a $44.3 million investment into a Japanese rocket company, Interstellar Technologies, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Toyota to invest $44m in Interstellar
Interstellar intends to apply automotive industry expertise to transform rocket manufacturing into a “high-quality, cost-effective, and scalable process”.
Toyota is teaching robot arms to fold t-shirts the Japanese way
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The futuristic community will be located at the base of Mt. Fuji and will aim to have move residents in by this fall.
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