Toyota recalls 52,000 original Prius models for steering fix and don’t turn the steering wheel too hard if you own a 2001 through 2003 Toyota Prius because you could loosen the nuts in the steering gear box according to a volunteer safety recall announced for the first hybrids to hit the United States………….
After having only one model of the Toyota Prius since it was introduced as a 2001 model, the company is finally making use of the Prius hybrid platform for other models. At $45,700 with all-wheel drive, the Lexus RX 450h is an expensive way to save money. A CT 200h tuned up by Gazoo Racing will compete in the Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy, a six hour endurance race.
Toyota and WiTricity to develop new wireless charging tech that requires no contact and WiTricity’s current technology is comparable to standard Level 2 fast charge technology, providing up to 3.3 kilowatts of power.The young Massachusetts-based company is pushing resonance technology, which charges electronics without contact and is supposedly more efficient than induction-based charging and this new partnership ups the ante, adding electric vehicles to the list of chargeable devices, a vision of the future where Prius batteries can be filled wirelessly……….
Microsoft and Toyota to partner on smarter charging systems for EVs and ave announced a ¥1 billion (about $12 million) deal to extend Microsoft’s telematics wizardry which powers Toyota’s Entune system, among many others to help link people, automobiles and homes for integrated control of energy consumption………….
Japanese automaker Toyota announced Wednesday that it has officially sold its one millionth Prius on American soil and it also reached a couple of other sales milestones in the last six months with worldwide Prius sales reaching two million in October and overall Toyota hybrid sales exceeding three million in March………..
Toyota started the Cydia Theme advertising campaign about 2 days back via ModMyi’s repository. The theme was promoting Toyota’s Scion 2011. A corporation was publicly producing content for jailbroken iPhones and Apple didn’t like it. Apple has asked Toyota to remove the Scion skin theme from the Cydia store, and Toyota agreed.
As part of the roadshow to drum up interest in Tesla’s initial public offering that prices on Monday, Musk showed potential investors a map of the electric carmaker’s San Francisco-area headquarters and the nearby assembly plant it plans to acquire. Marked for easy reference was Tesla’s location next to corporate neighbors like Google Inc and Apple Inc. Nothing beyond the East Bay of San Francisco appeared……
Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 270,000 Lexus and other vehicles worldwide to fix faulty engines in the latest quality lapse at the world's No. 1 automaker. The Japanese automaker said…