Autoblog gets seat and simulation time with Toyota's newest safety technology [w/video]
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/" rel="tag">Hybrid</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/japan/" rel="tag">Japan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lexus/" rel="tag">Lexus</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/07/h8e8105opt.jpg" alt="" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Inside Toyota's Higashi-Fuji tech center - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Sitting in the shadow of Mount Fuji, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota's</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en &geocode=&q=higashi-fuji+toyota&sll=35.281901 ,138.918212&sspn=0.137608 ,0.264702&ie=UTF8&hq=higa shi-fuji+toyota&hnear=&ll=35. 227672,138.903966&spn=0.0 17213,0.033088&t=h&z=15"> Higashi-Fuji technical center</a> is part proving grounds and part engineering center. But unlike most facilities, Higashi-Fuji includes an array of engineering and research offices employing over 3,000 employees, and an assortment of non-track test facilities. <br />
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The Higashi-Fuji campus opened back in 1966 and has grown to encompass nearly 2.7 millionsquare feet of facility floor space. We were given the rare opportunity to visit the facility where we witnessed one unique crash test, tried out one of the world's most advanced driving simulators and sampled an assortment of new safety features, including a brake override system, enhanced pre-collision braking, pedestrian detection and updated ABS calibrations for the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/prius">Prius</a>. Make the jump for the full report.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center">Inside Toyota's Higashi-Fuji tech center</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/07/h8e8105_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/07/h8e8116_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/07/h8e8102_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/07/h8e8063_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/inside-toyotas-higashi-fuji-tech-center/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/07/h8e8087-1280516537_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/30/autoblog-gets-seat-and-simulation-time-with-toyotas-newest-safe/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Autoblog gets seat and simulation time with Toyota's newest safety technology [w/video]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/30/autoblog-gets-seat-and-simulation-time-with-toyotas-newest-safe/">Autoblog gets seat and simulation time with Toyota's newest safety technology [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:56:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/30/autoblog-gets-seat-and-simulation-time-with-toyotas-newest-safe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19573943/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/30/autoblog-gets-seat-and-simulation-time-with-toyotas-newest-safe/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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