T-Hive: TICO Center of Expertise for autonomous vehicle software
In order to meet the increasing demands of its customers, Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) has bundled its software developments in autonomous vehicles (AVs), increased its global investments, and established a new center of expertise: T-Hive. By combining the software products, partnerships and innovations from TICO’s main brands – Toyota L&F, Toyota Material Handling, Toyota Material Handling Europe, Raymond, Bastian and Vanderlande – the organization has significantly strengthened and expanded TICO’s main brands solution portfolio.
In recent years, the demand for AVs has been increasing in line with the rapid growth of the e-commerce market, labour shortage in general and need for flexibility. Flexibility in operations, application areas and vehicle type have become increasingly important, as well as the potential to deploy AV solutions worldwide. With this in mind, T-Hive has been established centrally to host all developments, leverage existing solutions for new market segments and accelerate innovations globally to support TICO’s customer-facing companies.