Further, Toyota is consolidating development and Japanese production of manual transmissions under Aisin Seiki subsidiary Aisin AI Co., Ltd. and will
accelerate the consolidation of brake system
engineering,
manufacturing and sales under Advics, which was founded in July 2001 by Aisin Seiki, Denso, Sumitomo Electric, and TMC.
Both companies will co-locate part of their
engineering teams at a facility in southeastern Michigan to
accelerate the design, testing and
manufacturing of the self - driving Chrysler Pacifica.