Toyota Settles with Severinsky over Prius
20 Jul 2010, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you on Monday, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) was looking into a complaint made by Russian Alex Severinsky, who claimed that Toyota is using his patented high-voltage system ...
MIT-Developed Unmanned Robotic Toyota Lift Truck
20 Jul 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) recently hosted a series of demonstrations involving a Toyota 8-Series lift truck modified by MIT, specially developed for high-risk work environments, su...
Electric Super Toyota Coming
20 Jul 2010, 06:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the past year or so, the automotive world saw the world of the electric vehicles get supercharged with the presentation of several electric supercars: Audi unveiled the e-tron (three of them actu...
Russian Says He Invented Prius...
19 Jul 2010, 16:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...ok, so not the Prius per se, but the high-voltage system used by Toyota to turn the model into the most successful hybrid on the market. The Russian's name is Alex Severinsky, he's 65, ...
Toyota Backs WSJ Story
19 Jul 2010, 13:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week an alleged NHTSA spokeswoman in Washington began saying Toyota planted the report which claims that, in most cases, the drivers are to blame for the unintended acceleration issues, t...
Tesla Roadster Fever Expands
19 Jul 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fresh into the initial public offering, American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla announced its single in-production vehicle, the Roadster, has been delivered to five more countries, expanding th...
Toyota Prius Sales Reach 200,000 Units
19 Jul 2010, 06:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As you are reading this article, the Toyota Prius is celebrating 10 years of existence (we are talking about the European market), with the hybrid registering sales of 200,000 units. The full hyb...
Confirmed: Electric RAV4 on Its Way
16 Jul 2010, 15:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After we brought to you leaked info on a possible Toyota vehicle fitted with Tesla's battery packs and motors earlier this week, we are now able to confirm that Tesla and Toyota indeed agreed ...
Toyota Planted Drivers' Fault Story...
15 Jul 2010, 16:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...or didn't they? If proved to be true, the following story might damage the Japanese manufacturer's image perhaps even more than the infamous “unintended acceleration” recall...
Toyota Debuts U.S. Service Campaign Outside Recalls
15 Jul 2010, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota announced that it is starting a new fixing campaign in the U.S. The initiative, which involves 735,000 cars, will be debuted debuted the company’s recalls, as the issues as not seen as ...
UAW Toyota Protests, "Sporadic"
14 Jul 2010, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Tuesday reports of UAW members and retirees responding to Bob King's call for picketing Toyota dealerships began coming in, a quick assessment of the protest shows that the UAW actions...
Toyota Sudden Acceleration Might Be Drivers' Fault
14 Jul 2010, 07:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has recently been under the spotlight for its recall issues again, due to the faulty valve springs problem, but the company’s previous huge recall campaigns are the one that are affecti...
Toyota Offering Three New Green Cars in 2012
13 Jul 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota is determined to play all its electric car(d)s in the future, with the carmaker’s newest plan being to develop three new electric models. According to automotive news, Toyota will in...
King's Toyota Picketing Begins in Cali, NY
13 Jul 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The call for picketing Toyota dealerships in the US made by the new United Auto Workers (UAW) president, Bob King, turned reality this week, as the official announced members and retirees of this or...
Toyota FT-86 G to Star in Sidney
13 Jul 2010, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The single motor show in Oz this year, the Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) in Sydney, will be the place where Japanese manufacturer Toyota will take its FT-86 concept next, after a year f...
How the Road Ate a Toyota Camry
13 Jul 2010, 08:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You've all seen by now that the roads we are traveling each day by foot or by car have a tendency of becoming huge holes in the ground, provided certain conditions are met. Back in May, for ins...
New Toyota Supra Approved by Company CEO
12 Jul 2010, 10:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Some people might believe that Akio Toyoda, Toyoda’s president, is filling all his time with crying over spilt recalls. But that is false. The top Toyota man is making efforts that would allow...
Tesla Toyota Prototypes: RAV4 and Lexus RX
12 Jul 2010, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Information regarding the already two confirmed Toyota vehicles being fitted with Tesla's battery packs and motors is slowly leaking into the media, as the automotive world expects to see the t...
Tesla Ready to Ship Prototypes to Toyota
11 Jul 2010, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things seem to be moving very fast for both American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and the Japanese from Toyota, following the partnership announcement they've made in May. Whereas earlie...
Toyota Working with Tesla on EV Prototype
10 Jul 2010, 09:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The announcement made back in May by electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla that it will partner with Toyota for converting the former New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) facility into an EV product...