In a Bay Area car landscape dominated by Toyota and Honda, the iconic faces of U.S. car manufacturing — Ford and GM — are fighting their way back into contention.
It’s been a long climb back.
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Toyota again recalling 880,584 RAV4 and Lexus vehicles
Toyota is recalling 880,584 RAV4 SUVs and Lexus HS 250h sedans in the U.S. and Canada because a repair announced last year may not have solved a safety problem.
Toyota plans aggressive alternative-power development
Toyota will show a hydrogen fuel cell car in January in Las Vegas, sell it in 2015, get 10% better fuel economy from its next-generation Prius gas-electric hybrid and make its plug-in hybrids easier to recharge, company executives said Wednesday.
Toyota CEO North America, James Lentz testifies on Toyota’s brake override questions
Toyota Motor Corp. decided not to market its brake-override system as “safe stop” to avoid promising more than the mechanism could deliver for driver safety, the company’s top U.S. executive told a California jury.
Toyota switches back to banned refrigerant in Europe
Toyota said it has switched back to using the air conditioner refrigerant R134a for some Toyota and Lexus models in Europe in response to public pressure in Germany.
