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Texas Toyota is proud to announce that last month's Teacher’s Tab/School Supplies Drive was a huge success. Over 1,200 people participated in the program by nominating their school on our Facebook page. In the end, four local schools - Hanes Elementary, Webb Elementary, Lively Elementary and Ponder Elementary – received school supplies.

Toyota has just released a series of documentary shorts focused on teen driving. The new series is in partnership with the automaker’s TeenDriver365 initiative that looks to promote safe driving among teens and their parents.

Toyota is adding yet another green car to the marketplace: a RAV4 hybrid. The popular crossover is the latest vehicle in Toyota's lineup to get the hybrid treatment, with the RAV4 marking the eighth hybrid model offered by the automaker.

Toyota just scored one of the biggest sponsorships around: the Olympic Games. Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda announced the automaker’s new position as a Olympic Partner last month. The partnership will begin next year and run through the 2024 games.

Toyota Venza lovers will have to snatch up the most recent model of the wagon as soon as possible, as Toyota has just announced that they will be ending production of the vehicle after this model year.

Our Teacher’s Tab is in full swing this month as more and more local schools begin to roll out our program to their teachers. But it’s not just local schools that can get involved in our Teacher’s Tab program. We encourage all our customer’s to visit our Teacher’s Tab page and nominate their favorite teacher for this fantastic program.

Toyota has just opened its first assembly line for its new fuel cell sedan: the Mirai. Debuting last year, the Mirai is the first mass produced sedan to incorporate hydrogen fuel cell technology. Hydrogen fuel has become the next big thing in green cars across all automakers, due to its water vapor-only emissions.

Even after Toyota’s excellent refresh of the ever popular 2015 Camry, the automaker is still not content to rest on its laurels. This February, the automaker is debuting an even edgier special edition Camry model that builds on its already aggressive redesign. The Corolla is also getting an edgier edition that will boast more tech and luxury features.

Last month, we announced the beginning of our newest venture: Texas Toyota Teacher's Tab. Designed to offer support to our local Grapevine teachers, the Teacher's Tab is one of our most exciting initiatives of the New Year. As we mentioned before, to start off our new initiative, we helped sponsor two local teachers’ trip to Zambia, where they worked to help train and consult with educators there to improve the educational lives of local children.