Acronyms — and Abbreviations! So when are acronyms not acronyms? I ran into a YouTube short from Neil deGrasse Tyson where he “spelled” this out (sorry). You can view it here. It turns out an acronym is a series of letters that spell something that can be pronounced. IBM is an abbreviation, not an acronym. …
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Another acronym page update
Acronym Page Update There is a new entry on our acronym/abbreviation page, as a result of the ongoing Toyota symbols page update. PKSB, or ParKing Support Brake, is now a part of a growing list. There is not a new symbol associated with it mostly because the system is simply a re-naming of Intelligent Clearance …
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New set of special drive modes added
Special drive modes Courtesy of the GR Corolla, Toyota Motors has a new set of Special Drive Modes. The GR Corolla is a creation of the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) entity. One reviewer called the 300hp turbo charged GR the Hulk to the standard version’s Bruce Banner. Clever… The car features Normal, Track and Gravel …
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Drive modes run amok — @Lexus creates an answer
Too many drive modes In November (2024) we reported that our two main drive mode pages held over 90 drive modes and every manufacturer update adds more. The number now exceeds 105 and does not include another 25 modes related to electric vehicles (EVs) and EV range extension. Then Lexus got it right, although it …
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Rivian symbols page now has the new color treatment
Rivian symbols As we continue to work an extensive 20 model Toyota update as well as a full schema work up across some 700 pages and posts, we made the time re-align our Rivian symbols page by color. That makes 38 pages now re-done to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols …
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The Mercedes-Benz symbols page has now been re-ordered by color
Mercedes-Benz symbols As we deal with an extensive Toyota update involving 20-odd models, we took the time re-align our Mercedes-Benz symbols page by color. That is now 37 pages transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. We are more than three fourths of the way through the reordering of …
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Polestar symbols page now has the new color treatment
Polestar symbols As we continue to work on many changes to the website navigation and search options as well as an extensive 20 model Toyota update, we took the time re-align our Polestar symbols page by color. That makes 40 pages now re-done to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. …
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