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Auto safety bill is scaled back in face of industry opposition
The sweeping legislation that grew out of Toyota Motor Corp.'s sudden-acceleration crisis — heralded as the most important auto safety bill in a decade — has been scaled back significantly in the face of auto industry opposition.
The bill...Tags: Fines, Science and Technology, Punishment, Laws, Tom Udall
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Runaway Toyota cases ignored
More than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported since 2001 that their vehicles suddenly accelerated on their own, in many cases slamming into trees, parked cars and brick walls, among other obstacles, a Times review of federal records has found....Tags: Litigation, Road Transportation, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School
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Toyota subpoenaed again, this time over faulty steering components
A federal grand jury investigating Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding its inquiry into the automaker's handling of safety issues, subpoenaing documents dealing with defects unrelated to sudden acceleration. The Japanese automaker disclosed Tuesday that a...
Tags: Fines, Product Recalls, Punishment, Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities
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Toyota's runaway-car worries may not stop at floor mats
The 2009 Lexus ES 350 shot through suburban San Diego like a runaway missile, weaving at 120 miles an hour through rush hour freeway traffic as flames flashed from under the car.
At the wheel, veteran California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor...Tags: Road Transportation, Litigation, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Disasters and Accidents
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Toyota reveals Lexus engine troubles
Times staff and wire reportsToyota Motor Corp. said in Japan on Thursday that about 270,000 vehicles sold worldwide, including luxury Lexus sedans, have faulty engines that could cause them to possibly stall while in motion. Toyota said there have been no reports of accidents...Tags: Japan, Vehicles, Tokyo (Japan), Toyota Recalls
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He's a driving force in the world of electric cars
The gig: He doesn't make the cars of the future; he makes the cars of the future go. As chief executive of AC Propulsion Inc., Tom Gage advances the technologies under the hoods of electric transportation. The high-tech batteries and drive systems made by...Tags: Science and Technology, Stanford University, Tesla Motors, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Automotive Equipment
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Consumer Confidential: Buy a Lexus, not a BabylissPro hair dryer
Money & CompanyHere's your fillet-o-Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Consumer Reports says it's OK to buy Lexus GX 460 SUVs again. The magazine lifted its "Don't Buy" warning after Toyota Motor Corp. recalled more than 9,000 of the...... -
Toyota posts $2.2 billion quarterly profit
Despite the double whammy of the economic downturn and ongoing safety recalls, Toyota Motor Corp. has made its biggest profit in two years. The company posted a $2.2 billion profit during the quarter that ended June 30, thanks to cost-cutting measures...Tags: Japan, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Toyota Recalls, Companies and Corporations
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gets help with his Toyota problem
L.A. Times Tech BlogApple co-founder Steve Wozniak gets help from Toyota after his Prius had an accelerator issue... -
Toyota beats rivals on one measure of complaints
Money & CompanyThereâs an interesting report from auto information and pricing company Edmunds.com that looks at the number of complaints drivers have filed about car-makers with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and compares that number to the number... -
David Lazarus asks, what's so hard about doing the right thing?
Money & CompanyToyota Motor Corp. is the latest big company to give the impression that it had dragged its feet before disclosing serious problems with its products. Successfully responding to a corporate crisis -- like, say, having to recall millions of vehicles...... -
Toyota expected to lose 2010 market share, Ford could become No. 2
Money & CompanyFord Motor Co. could replace Toyota Motor Corp. as the second-biggest seller of autos in the United States this year because the string of massive recalls for acceleration and braking problems is starting to take its toll on the Japanese......
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