http://carsblog.projo.com/ en Copyright 2010 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:07:52 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss TOKYO -- Toyota said Tuesday that it would recall 437,000 of its 2010 Priuses and other hybrid models worldwide because of a glitch in the... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-details.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-details.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:07:52 -0500 TOKYO -- Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-to-annou.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-to-annou.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:45:25 -0500 TOKYO -- Toyota's president apologized Friday for the massive global recalls over sticking gas pedals as the automaker scrambles to repair a damaged reputation and... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-chief-ap.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-chief-ap.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:07:39 -0500 Toyota is scrambling to fix 4.2 million vehicles recalled worldwide for unintended acceleration and potentially 5 million more for a design flaw that trapped gas... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/how-toyota-can.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/how-toyota-can.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:24:18 -0500 Safety regulators in Washington said Thursday that they would open an investigation into the brakes on the 2010 Prius, which had been spared from the... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/us-starts-inqui.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/us-starts-inqui.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:22:02 -0500 Here are some answers from The New York Times to questions about the recent problems at Toyota:... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/answers-to-ques.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/answers-to-ques.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:17:41 -0500 SAN FRANCISCO -- Here in the country's environmental hotbed, where plastic bags are banned, composting is mandatory, and even some Yellow Cabs run green, Thursday... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/in-a-prius-pres.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/in-a-prius-pres.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:14:10 -0500 The hybrid-electric Prius has long been Toyota's "green car," the symbol of the automaker's engineering prowess and its big bet on the kind of car... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/prius-adds-to-t.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/prius-adds-to-t.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:09:50 -0500 TOKYO -- Toyota officials in Japan said Friday that they were considering a recall of the 2010 Prius hybrid because of a flaw in the... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-consider-1.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-consider-1.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:05:36 -0500 Toyota President Akio Toyoda will speak about quality control Friday in his first - and long awaited - news conference since the automaker announced massive... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-ceo-to-s.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-ceo-to-s.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:59:39 -0500 No sooner did Toyota dealers start fixing the faulty accelerator pedals that have proved deadly in a number of accidents, but it emerged that the... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/backseat-driver-257.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/backseat-driver-257.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:28 -0500 This excellent Associated Press story covers all bases in the Toyota recall story: TOKYO -- Toyota acknowledged that is has begun fixing problems with the... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-says-pri.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/toyota-says-pri.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:45:38 -0500 By News staff Providence Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman A small piece of steel inserted into the pedal assembly corrects the accelerator problem prompting the... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/at-toyota-deale.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/at-toyota-deale.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:26:14 -0500 Volkswagen AG has big ambitions. Let's hope they do not lead it down the path that Toyota has recently been forced to take after quality... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/backseat-driver-256.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/backseat-driver-256.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:32 -0500 I got an insight into the inner workings of the late Bob Tasca Sr. recently when I ran into his grandson Carl Tasca Jr. at... http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/backseat-driver-255.html http://carsblog.projo.com/2010/02/backseat-driver-255.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:32 -0500