January 31, 2010 Toyota accused of ‘not being frank’ on problem Lawyers say that automaker hid dangers of pedals BY JUSTIN HYDE FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF WASHINGTON — When owners of Lexus sedans began reporting harrowing crashes involving stuck accelerator pedals in early 2007, Toyota told U.S. safety regulators there was no safety problem with [...]

Jan. 31, 2010, 4:07 p.m. EST GM liquidator sues BMW over supply contract

Nummi workers demand action by union leaders Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, January 31, 2010 More…   (01-30) 14:40 PST FREMONT — Leaders of a United Auto Workers local answered questions from skeptical members Saturday about why it was taking so long to negotiate the final payments to the 4,700 people who will lose [...]

For Release: Friday, January 29, 2010 UAW Freightliner workers win ruling against Daimler Trucks North America MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. – An arbitrator has ruled that Daimler Trucks North America violated its agreement with UAW workers when it cut production at its North Carolina facilities and shifted the work to Mexico. The arbitrator also ruled the [...]

About 300 UAW workers took latest Ford buyout Fri, Jan 29 2010 By David Bailey GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (Reuters) – About 300 United Auto Workers union members accepted Ford Motor Co’s latest round of buyout offers that ended last week, the automaker’s president of the Americas said on Friday. Ford, which posted its first full-year [...]

CPWS manages without GM plant By WILLIAM BOWERS     The loss of GM’s Spring Hill Manufacturing facility is just one more in a decade-long decline of industrial customers that have cut the amount of water Columbia Power and Water Systems sells in half. CPWS General Manager Jim Clark said losing the former Saturn plant’s [...]

Honda recalls 646,000 small cars globally for faulty window switch Toddler died after fire broke out in car Automotive News | January 29, 2010 – 6:01 am EST UPDATED: 1/29/10 4:45 p.m. ET   TOKYO (Reuters) — Honda Motor Co. recalled 646,000 of its Fit/Jazz and City automobiles globally over a faulty window switch after [...]

January 28, 2010 UAW, Teamsters protest Toyota in Washington By Justin Hyde Free Press Washington Staff The UAW and the Teamsters union protested outside the Japanese Embassy in Washington today calling on Toyota to reverse decisions to close a California plant and hire nonunion carhaulers. Roughly 100 supporters gathered as UAW Vice President Bob King [...]

UAW, Teamsters plan D.C. rally against Toyota over NUMMI plant closing 01.28.2010 G6 in Articles, AutoBlog, NUMMI, Teamsters, Toyota, UAW, rally AutoBlog: Report: UAW, Teamsters plan D.C. rally against Toyota over NUMMI plant closing How much Toyota news can you take in one week? Put another way, how much negative press can Toyota absorb? First there [...]

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Jan 29, 2010 U.S. loans $1.4 billion to Japan’s Nissan for Tennessee plant     A Nissan Leaf five-door hatchback, electric car is shown in profile on July 18, 2009. The EV is a pure electric vehicle that produces no CO2 tailpipe pollution. CAPTION By Nissan The Obama administration has closed a $1.4-billion loan agreement [...]

Payback time: Is Toyota being punished by Obama, Congress and Detroit?         Bob Reeves, of Crown Point, Ind.,delivers Toyota vehicles from the Toyota manufacturing facility in Princeton, Indi., to Continental Toyota/Scion in Hodgkins, Illinois. Toyota has announced it would expand their recall of millions of vehicles due to a defect in the [...]

January 29, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100129/OPINION03/1290349 Delphi retirees lose out DANIEL HOWES Next week, the federal government’s pension agency is set to begin paying sharply reduced benefits to thousands of salaried retirees from the former Delphi Corp. The check stubs likely won’t have the word "travesty" or "discrimination" printed on them, but they should. Because roughly half [...]

January 29, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100129/AUTO01/1290424 Toyota to recall 8 models, up to 1.8M vehicles in Europe CHRISTINE TIERNEY The Detroit News Toyota Motor Corp. said it may recall as many as 1.8 million vehicles in Europe, as the trouble with the automaker’s gas pedals spread beyond North America. Brussels-based Toyota Motor Europe said it would recall [...]

January 28, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100128/AUTO01/1280364 Recall may dull Toyota’s image, resale values Brand’s resistance to depreciation, long the envy of rivals, could be in jeopardy, some say BRYCE G. HOFFMAN The Detroit News Toyota Motor Corp.’s sweeping recall is raising serious questions about how the problem with unintended acceleration could impact the company’s brand image and [...]