Report: Traditional, new automakers met at White House today for plug-in hybrid talk

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Tesla Motors, Legislation and Policy, USA, Fisker

What do the Detroit automakers, Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive and Honda have in common? Today, someone from each of these companies met with representatives from the Obama administration at the White House. On the table was a discussion of electric vehicles [...]

Report: Toyota ‘whistleblower’ documents trouble House panel

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota

And the saga continues. According to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Ed Towns (D-N.Y.), documents obtained by the committee under subpoena from Dimitrios Biller – managing counsel in the product liability group of Toyota Motor Sales USA from April 2003 to September 2007 – “indicate Toyota deliberately withheld [...]

Report: House subcommittee petitions Toyota for secret documents

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Toyota

According to a report by Automotive News, the House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to former Toyota lawyer Dimitrios Biller requiring him to submit secret documents to Congress in advance of a February 24 hearing about the Japanese automaker’s unintended acceleration issues. Biller is required to submit the reported four [...]

Toyoda officially invited to attend House Oversight Commitee meeting on Toyota safety – UPDATE: Guess who’s coming to D.C.?

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota

Just yesterday, Toyota Motor Company’s president Akio Toyoda (yep, the grandson of the company’s founder) indicated that he had no intention of attending a February 24 Congressional hearing before the House Oversight Committee. Instead, Toyoda said that Yoshimi Inaba, president of Toyota’s operations in North America, will appear on behalf [...]