The Collaborative Safety Research Center is the name of the new safety research center, Toyota is planning to launch at its technical safety center in Ann Arbor, MI. Between 2011 and 2016, the well-known car company plans to invest an estimated $50 million into the Center. And, the program will provide more work for over 1,000 Toyota employees who work in Ann Arbor as well as a $187-million complex in York Township.
Toyota Corolla- Corolla, the best-selling compact in America, was redesigned for 2011 and went on sale in December. The Corolla is engineered to absorb and disperse impact energy throughout the entire body structure, including front and rear crumple zones. All Corollas are equipped with six standard air bags, seatbelt pretensioners and active headrests. The Corolla also features an energy-absorbing steering column.
Scion TC This small coupe has eight air bags, active headrests and pretensioning seatbelts…
After a 10-month "exhaustive, thorough" study of Toyota's electronic throttle controls, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA reported today they found no evidence that electronics were to blame for alleged unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles.
"So let me be clear: the jury is back. The verdict is in. There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotas. Period," Transporation Secretary Ray LaHood told a packed news conference in Washington, D.C.
LaHood stated that NHTSA and NASA rigorously examined nine vehicles, poured over 280,000 lines of software codes and bombarded the vehicles with electro-magnetic…
