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Electric car startup aims to keep Nummi open with zero-emission vehicles

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:59 +0000

Electric car hopeful Aurica Motors LLC is floating a plan to keep open a California joint venture between Toyota and General Motors by building zero emission vehicles there.

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Toyota gets a court stay on executive testimony in Mich. suit

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:54 +0000

A Michigan appeals court today granted a stay requested by Toyota Motor Corp. that delays testimony by two top U.S. company executives in a case about a crash that killed a woman driving a Camry in 2008.

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Chrysler names former VW, Ford marketing exec as N.A. Fiat brand chief

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:50 +0000

Chrysler Group named a former Ford and VW marketing executive to head the Fiat brand in North America. Laura Soave, 37, will be in charge of reintroducing Fiat to North America.

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Toyota Prius acceleration incident reported in New York

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:45 +0000

U.S. federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, N.Y., where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.

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Whitacre: GM is on track for pre-June loan repayment

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:41 +0000

General Motors Co. will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, CEO Ed Whitacre said today. That repayment schedule would be quicker than the automaker has promised.

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Toyota to cut steel price for suppliers

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:35 +0000

Toyota Motor Corp. has told its suppliers that it will lower the price of the steel products it sells them by as much as 9 percent from April 1, four sources with direct knowledge of the talks said on Tuesday.

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Like GM, Chrysler should reinstate rejected dealers, lawmaker says

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:30 +0000

A senior U.S. lawmaker is calling on Chrysler Group to follow General Motors Co.’s lead and reinstate rejected dealerships. Rep. Read more about Like GM, Chrysler should reinstate rejected dealers, lawmaker says from Source Related posts:Key lawmaker supports appeal process for rejected dealers GM says it will reinstate 661 rejected dealerships Lawmaker rebukes Chrysler for stance on dealer arbitration Related posts:

Incentives expected to help Toyota boost sales 30% in March

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:25 +0000

New incentives are boosting Toyotaand#8217;s U.S. sales big time in early March, and analysts forecast a 30 percent bounce for the full month. Read more about Incentives expected to help Toyota boost sales 30% in March from Source Related posts:Toyota sales up 50 percent from March 2009 Toyota chief forecasts March sales recovery Toyota sees sales boost Related posts:

Toyota names former U.S. Transportation chief Slater to head quality panel

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:20 +0000

Toyota has named former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater to head a new panel that will advise the company’s North American operations on quality and safety issues.

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Toyota expands Tundra recall to cover entire U.S.

SmartCar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:13 +0000

Toyota said it would expand a November recall to fix all U.S, Tundra pickups for the 2000 to 2003 model years to address a risk that part of the truck’s frame could corrode, causing spare tires or even the gas tank to drop to the road.

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