Category: "Toyota"

Mary Nickerson, Toyota, at the 2010 Plug-in conference

Mary Nickerson, Toyota Motor Sales national external communications manager, discusses the Prius plug-in hybrid at the 2010 Plug-in conference.
Nickerson talks about the Electric vehicles Toyota will be bringing out, the [...]

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Simon Constable, Dow Jones, Gordon Chang, Forbes & Jeff Bliss, KSFO radio

Who leaked the NHTSA findings about Toyota’s sudden acceleration and why?

Simon Constable, Dow Jones, Gordon Chang, Forbes & Jeff Bliss, KSFO talk to Lou Ann Hammond on the Nationally syndicated [...]

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Robert Bryce on wind and energy

Robert Bryce was a speaker at a Sustainable mobility conference in La Jolla, CA.
Bryce is an author that writes about energy. His newest book is Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” [...]

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2010 Toyota Plug in Prius

Adam Crawford from the University of Toyota talks about the differences between the 2010 Toyota Plug-in Prius and the regular Prius.
The cargo threshold has been raised to hold the lithium-ion [...]

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How bad will it be for BP? Think Toyota

A complete disaster, that could have been averted, or minimized by utilizing one piece of equipment that was available.
“While BP is ultimately responsible for funding the cost of response and [...]

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Jan Kreider, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vs electric vehicles (PHEV)

Dr. Jan F. Kreider, PE is both the Founding Director of the University of Colorado’s Joint Center for Energy Management and Professor Emeritus of Engineering.
Jan Kreider talked to me, Lou [...]

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Simon Constable & Margaret Hoover on the Batchelor radio show

Simon Constable of Dow Jones, and Margaret Hoover of Fox News host the John Batchelor radio show on Saturday night.
We talked about Toyota and their problems. Is this the end [...]

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General Motors pays back loan, Toyota rating dropped by Moodys

Toyota Rating Cut to Aa2 by Moody’s
Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles, and halted production and sales on different vehicles.
They have paid the government $16.4 million, the highest [...]

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TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. AGREES TO SETTLE NHTSA CIVIL PENALTY

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it has agreed to settle the civil penalty demanded in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s April 5 letter related to the company’s [...]

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Toyota’s fine, Daimler Renault & GM brake override

Is Toyota’s historic maximum $16 million fine levied by the US government precedent for the amount or admission of guilt with hundreds of other lawsuits looming?
General Motors announces they will [...]

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