Case Study: Toyota achieves real-time, updatable cloud navigation with Mapbox

Toyota Next-generation cloud navigation

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is reimagining itself as a mobility company by modernizing in-vehicle software, including next-generation cloud navigation. Facing a common industry problem—infotainment and static maps that age quickly and rank poorly in quality studies—Toyota needed a way to keep navigation fresh and responsive to drivers’ evolving needs.

Working with Mapbox, TMNA integrated the Mapbox Maps SDK and Mapbox Studio into its latest Audio Multimedia and Lexus Interface systems, enabling designers and engineers to push map design and data updates over the air. The result is a more intuitive, up-to-date turn-by-turn experience that launched in select 2022–2023 Toyota and Lexus models and can be updated instantly across the fleet, keeping the navigation experience current much like a smartphone.

Toyota

Charan Lota

Executive Chief Engineer & Vice President, Connected Technologies