We just returned from our first weekend away from home since my husband's stroke 20 months ago.
Vicky Shorr | Posted 05.09.2012
Many of their original owners have seen the light and jumped to the Prius, but the SUVs are still on the road, and in some ways, it's even worse than ...
Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has developed a way to make hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of expensive rare earth metals, in which ...
Posted 01.10.2012
The North American International Auto Show press preview week kicked off in Detroit Monday with big debuts from the Big Three American automakers as w...
Adora Svitak | Posted 08.15.2011
We try to live in a bubble of Priuses and occasional donations, shopping trips to buy sustainably made $40 shorts with our friends, conversations about school events and neighborhood redecorations.
Paula Gordon | Posted 07.27.2011
Here's how it worked out: We drove the anticipated 2,000 miles. We averaged 49+ miles per gallon, in spite of horrible driving conditions and an unexpected side trip into New Jersey (!).
AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 07.11.2011
TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit crumpled more than 75 percent after the March earthquake and tsunami wiped out parts suppliers in northeastern Japa...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Japan's major automakers are trying to find alternative parts suppliers to replace those knocked out of action by the colossal earthquake la...
Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011
The conservative writer/commentator David Brooks, in this New Yorker excerpt from his new book The Social Animal: A Story of Love, Character, and Achi...
Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO (By Chang-Ran Kim) - Toyota Motor Corp will rely more on emerging markets for sales and launch about 10 new hybrid models under a long-term ...
AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK (AP)— Toyota plans to roll out two new cars under the Prius name by next year, according to a dealer briefed on the plans, as the autom...
Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011
When it comes to issues like climate change, one of George Will's favorite tactics is the ignoratio elenchi, also known in some circles as a red herring. Think of it as a rhetorical sleight of hand.
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota knew two years ago about the engine problem behind its latest Lexus recall, even changing the spring part to correct it, but did ...
AP | By KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- The age of the silent hybrid may be coming to an end. Gas-electric hybrids, propelled by electric motors at low speeds, are well-know...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota's Prius hybrid is becoming a little less quiet with a new electronic humming device that is the automaker's answer to complaints ...
AP | BY SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide – including luxury Lexus sedans – have potentially faulty...
AP | By LARRY MARGASAK and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- In the days leading up to its massive recall in January, Toyota executives debated when they should inform the public about safety probl...
AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011
HARRISON, N.Y. — A housekeeper who reported that her boss' Toyota Prius accelerated on its own and wouldn't brake as she hurtled toward a stone ...
LA Daily | Posted 05.25.2011
The office of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa expressed doubts over the weekend about a San Diego's man's report of a harrowing, out-of-control acceleration ex...
AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
SAN DIEGO — Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owne...
Rip Empson | Posted 05.25.2011
In related news, Felicia Thurgood of New Salem has announced that she will be recalling her 16-year-old son, Derek, who recently failed out of his third high school.
AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.25.2011
EL CAJON, Calif. — A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company i...
Amy Spies | Posted 05.25.2011
You weren't honest, you haven't been listening and you often don't respond when I call. I never thought it would end like this between me and you,
AP | CURT ANDERSON and DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 05.25.2011
SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed ...
AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota's president Akio Toyoda, under fire for his handling of sweeping recalls, will testify before a congressional hearing next week, ...
Myra Demeter | Posted 05.08.2012