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Lexus LS 500h is Toyota's latest autonomous research platform

Toyota Research Institute will show its new automated research car at CES 2019.

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Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
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Toyota Research Institute's new self-driving test car is a Lexus LS 500h.

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This LS 500h uses TRI's fourth-generation autonomous software, for fully self-driving and driver assistance tech research. 

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The new LS 500h research car replaces the much older Platform 3.0 car, based off a late-model Lexus LS 600h.

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TRI's new autonomous development car will debut at CES 2019.

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