| Toyota settles accelerator claim |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
After an Oklahoma jury returned a $3 million verdict against Toyota in a defective accelerator case, the parties agreed to a confidential settlement before the jury determined whether punitive damages should be awarded. The amount of the settlement is confidential.Previous trials in New York and California stemming from unintended acceleration had absolved Toyota of liability. The Oklahoma ...
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| Toyota Settles US Acceleration Case after $3M Jury Verdict |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Toyota Motor Corp reached a deal on Friday to resolve a lawsuit in the United States over unintended acceleration issues, one day after a jury found the Japanese carmaker liable and ordered it to pay $3 million for defects that caused a 2007 fatal crash. A jury in Oklahoma on Thursday ordered the company to pay $3 million in compensatory damages to Jean Bookout, a driver injured in the 2007 ...
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| Renault slowdown not as bleak as it looks |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Renault's shrinking revenues in the third quarter at first glance seem to confirm the car makers' unending problems. The French group reported a 3.4-per-cent drop in auto revenue that sent its shares down 3 per cent, even though the company is in better shape than the headline number suggests.That is especially true when the auto maker is compared to loss-making French rival PSA Peugeot ...
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| Chrysler Group Partners with Canadian Government McMaster University to Develop Advanced Electric and Hybrid Powertrains |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Goal to develop next-generation, energy-efficient, high-performance electrified powertrains and powertrain components suitable for a range of vehicle ...
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| Driverless Cars Won’t Help The Climate Without Some Guidance |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
CREDIT: romanboed via Flickr Driverless cars could transform transportation. How they do it is up to us. In a few decades, the world could be full of dense urban transit utopias, where individual car ownership is a thing of the past, bikes and public transport are preferred for most trips, and the rides people do take are in tiny, electric, incredibly-efficient taxis. Or the driverless car ...
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| Governors pledge to get millions of zero-emission cars on the road |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
A Nissan Leaf full electric car is seen at a charging station at Darcars Nissan in Rockville, Md. Governors of eight states have pledged to get more electric and other zero-emission vehicles on the roads. The push to get more zero-emission vehicles on U.S. roads got a significant boost as eight governors pledged to get 3.3 million non-polluting cars on the roads by 2025.The agreement by the ...
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| 2014 Kia Cadenza Family Checklist |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
As a responsible adult, wife and mother, I appreciate that a dollar seems to go further in Kia's cars. Many of its smaller cars are loaded with features that aren't normally found in their competitors. Kia's strategy worked well for me until the all-new 2014 Kia Cadenza arrived in my driveway. ...
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| Eight states to aim for 3.3 million zero-emission carsGovernors from eight states pledged to put 3.3 million zero-emission cars on the nations roads by 2025. |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Governors from eight states pledged to put 3.3 million zero-emission cars on the nation's roads by 2025.The eight states -- California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, ...
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| Toyota settles U.S. acceleration case after $3 million verdict |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
reached a deal on Friday to resolve a lawsuit in the United States over unintended acceleration issues, one day after a jury found the Japanese carmaker liable and ordered it to pay $3 million for defects that caused a 2007 fatal crash.A jury in Oklahoma on Thursday ordered the company to pay $3 million in compensatory damages to Jean Bookout, a driver injured in the 2007 crash, and the family of ...
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| Toyota to pay damages in fatal acceleration case |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
An Oklahoma judge says a settlement to award punitive damages has been reached in a case that blamed sudden acceleration in a Toyota Camry for a wrongful ...
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