Toyota is trying to streamline its operations by bringing a global standard for connected car connectivity to market, through a partnership with KDDI – a Japanese telco that runs a cellular network that would help connect those connected cars to the web once they are on the road. While not an especially exciting piece of news, it is indicative of the consolidation that will take hold in the auto industry – and consolidation that will be seen in any manufacturer that sells products globally, as they embrace the IoT. The automaker has already committed to installing the Data Communications Module (DCM) in its Toyota and Lexus brands, for nearly all new vehicles that will be sold in the Japanese and…