| Damages settlement in Toyota case |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
A settlement to award punitive damages has been reached in a case that blamed sudden acceleration in a Toyota Camry for a wrongful death, a US judge said.The jury found Toyota liable for a fatal crash and awarded US $1.5m compensation to Jean Bookout, the driver injured in the crash, and the same to the family of Barbara Schwarz, who died.The jury also decided that Toyota acted with ...
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| Toyota hit with $3 million verdict |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
The Oklahoma City jury awarded $1.5 million each to the injured woman and the survivors of the woman who was killed. This is first verdict against Toyota in an unintended acceleration ...
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| Toyota hit with $3-million verdict in sudden acceleration death |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Toyota Motor Corp. , an Oklahoma City jury found that faulty electronic systems in a Camry sedan caused it to accelerate out of control and crash, killing one woman and injuring ...
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| 20K lives saved by robot cars |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Detailed extensively in a study published by theEno Center for Transportation recently, a significant transition to theself-driving automobile within the United States could end up saving thousands of lives per year, reduce the total number of car crashes by 75 percent and save hundreds of billions in accident related costs. Of course, this would require an extremely high adoption rate of 90 ...
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| 2014 BMW 2 Series First Look |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Early 2014 BMW is continuing its confusing numbers game and will welcome the 2 Series to its lineup in early 2014. The rear-wheel drive coupe seats four and replaces the 1 Series coupe. The 2 Series will be available in 228i and M235i trims starting at $33,025 and $44,025, respectively; prices include a $925 destination fee. That's slightly more than ...
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| Settlement reached in Toyota case US judge |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
An 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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| GM appoints VP for Consolidated International Operations |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
General Motors Co. said Friday that its head of its Holden operations in Australia and New Zealand has been appointed vice president of sales, marketing and aftersales for the ...
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| Jury rules against Toyota in unintended-acceleration fatal crashA jury in Oklahoma City said Toyota Motor Corp. was at fault in a 2007 crash that killed a woman and was blamed on a Camry accelerating on its own. |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
A jury in Oklahoma City said Toyota Motor Corp. was at fault in a 2007 crash that killed a woman and was blamed on a Camry accelerating on its own.The decision came in one of hundreds of lawsuits against Toyota that blame unintended acceleration as the cause of accidents, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.The jury awarded $3 million in compensatory damages be paid to Jean Bookout, the driver ...
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| States swoon to push electric cars onto the road |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
If the free market can’t sell them, maybe the government can - and that’s the direction eight states are taking in what’s becoming a public-versus-private sector battle to bring electric cars onto the roads.Consumers haven’t been snapping up electric cars like politicians and environmentalists want, so eight states that tout about a quarter of the U.S. industry for car ...
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| Can condos and electric cars co-exist |
Oct 25th, 2013 |
Campbell, Calif.-based ChargePoint, which operates the nation's most extensive public car charging network, won a competitive bidding process to help provide 206 electric vehicle charging stations at multi-unit dwelling locations in San Diego. The effort is backed by $500,000 in Energy Commission funding, derived largely from surcharges on motor vehicle registration fees and smog abatement ...
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