Japanese automaker Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, announced on Wednesday the temporary delivery of all its vehicle models after an independent investigation found numerous facts about “faking” of its safety tests. Daihatsu admitted last April and May to falsifying crash test results for six of its models, and an independent commission was set up to … [Read more…]
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, doesn’t think much of hybrid vehicles. Last year he did dismissed her as a “phase” and said it was “time to move on.” But Toyota has stepped up its game again – and this step has proven to be groundbreaking. … [Read more…]
The Japanese automaker is issuing a safety recall for certain Toyota and Lexus vehicles manufactured between 2020 and 2022. • Also read: Do not sit in the passenger seat of this vehicle, warns Toyota In Canada, 99,965 vehicles are affected by the recall. A manufacturing defect may have affected the Occupant Classification System (OCS) in … [Read more…]
Toyota is recalling about a million cars in the U.S. because passenger airbags may not deploy properly in a crash, posing additional risk of injury to drivers, the automaker said Wednesday. A potential defect in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensors in the front passenger seat of the affected vehicles could cause a short circuit, … [Read more…]