Toyota

State Farm: we warned government on Toyota in 2007

Insurance company knew about problems with unexpected acceleration

Associated Press Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010 2:30 PM UTC
News Toyota

Report: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses

Brake problems in top-selling gas-electric hybrid may lead to worldwide recall

Kelly Olsen, Associated Press Monday, Feb 8, 2010 3:28 PM UTC
News Toyota, Japan

Toyota chief apologizes for global recalls

An apology, but no new recall

Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press Friday, Feb 5, 2010 1:26 PM UTC
News Toyota

Trouble in Prius-land

Toyota's flagship hybrid may have a software bug in its braking system. U.S. carmakers can't believe their luck

Andrew Leonard Thursday, Feb 4, 2010 3:23 PM UTC 28
Politics Toyota, How the World Works

Surprise! A U.S. automaker makes money

Avoiding humiliating handouts is good for business. Ford turns a profit for 2009

Andrew Leonard Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 3:13 PM UTC 14
Politics U.S. Economy

Prius vs. Hummer: No contest

Toyota's third-gen hybrid races ahead, while GM's embarrassing dinosaur lumbers to China. There's a moral here

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009 7:12 PM UTC 45
Politics China, How the World Works

Fashion! Espionage! Midsize sedans!

Toyota's curious advertising campaign to lure black women.

Kate Harding Monday, Jun 9, 2008 8:20 PM UTC 14
Life Advertising, Broadsheet, Toyota

The piston ring earthquake

The big quake in Niigata closes automaker production lines, but opens a window into the history of technological commercialization in Japan.

Andrew Leonard Thursday, Jul 19, 2007 9:55 PM UTC
Politics Globalization

More gloom for GM and Ford, more joy for Toyota

Detroit's Big Three report continuing sales declines for June. Meanwhile, Prius hybrids are selling like hotcakes.

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jul 3, 2007 8:23 PM UTC 13
Politics Globalization

Detroit wishes for an oil shock

Sliding gas prices make General Motors skittish. How about some presidential leadership?

Andrew Leonard Monday, Jan 22, 2007 4:38 PM UTC
Politics Globalization

Inch by inch, car by car

A glimpse at the Toyota factory floor, where incremental improvement is a way of life.

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 11:21 PM UTC 10
Politics Globalization

Welcome to the city of Los Angeles

Counting car dealerships and contemplating doom at the world's largest auto mall.

Andrew Leonard Monday, Nov 13, 2006 8:01 PM UTC 18
Politics Globalization

Hybrid controversy? Surely not

Popular Mechanics straddles the fence on the hybrid culture war.

Andrew Leonard Wednesday, Feb 1, 2006 11:46 PM UTC
Politics Globalization

Ford fumbles the future

Stupidity, not foreign competition, is Detroit's real problem.

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006 8:15 PM UTC
Politics Globalization

Detroit plays the blame game

Pointing fingers at cheap offshore labor is an easy excuse for stumbling car companies in the U.S. It's also a massive cop-out.

Andrew Leonard Wednesday, Dec 7, 2005 10:38 PM UTC 11
Politics Globalization

Missing the hybrid moment

Fixated on an elusive hydrogen future, Detroit carmakers are letting Japan waltz in and grab a market that could explode.

Scott Kirsner Wednesday, Dec 1, 2004 8:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Toyota, Auto Industry

Ecofriendly wheels can’t get a break

Despite being ultra-low-emission vehicles, hybrids are denied government incentives, while dirtier competitors get the OK.

Damien Cave Monday, Sep 11, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Environment, Toyota

Hopping into hybrids

Automakers hope smog and high gas prices will persuade consumers to embrace their new "green" lineup.

Ray Thursby Tuesday, Aug 15, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Toyota

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