Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Government/Legal , Japan , Safety , Toyota Lending a bit of credence to recent allegations made by The National Labor Committee regarding workers right abuses by Toyota is the recent death of a lead engineer on the Camry hybrid project. Although the man died back in...

Filed under: Government/Legal , Japan , Plants/Manufacturing , Safety , Toyota , UAW/Unions , Celebrities , Carsumer Advocacy The top is a tough place to be. Just ask Toyota, which is now facing charges of worker right abuses, including the use of sweat shops and human trafficking. As we've reported...

Filed under: Trucks/Pickups , Government/Legal , Safety , Toyota Audi went through it in the '80s. Jeep went through it a couple years ago. Other makers have been accused of it, and now it's Toyota's turn: the NHTSA is considering investigating Tacoma pickup trucks from 2004-2008 due to claims...

Filed under: Gadgets , Safety , Tech , Toyota Click above for more shots of Toyota's Night View We've questioned why some automakers in the past have gone to the trouble of replicating the look of traditional gauges when normal ones would do the trick. In the case of the new Toyota Crown Hybrid...

Toyota's Crown Hybrid is getting one hell of a feature that will make the walkers of the world happy: night vision pedestrian recognition . Complex pattern recognition system cameras will recognize when pedestrians are walking alongside the road and put a nice yellow square around them on a camera...

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Safety , Toyota Click on the image above for our Toyota Prius gallery When an eight-year-old boy on a bicycle gets hit by a car while riding in the middle of the street, the blame often points directly at the youth. However, if the car in question just happens to be...

Filed under: Recalls/TSBs , Safety , Crossovers/CUVs , Toyota Slightly more than 90,000 Toyota Highlanders are being recalled for a seatbelt problem in the third row. The recalled crossovers are all 2008 models built between May of 2007 and March of this year. The stock belts could prevent secure mounting...

Filed under: Trucks/Pickups , Government/Legal , Safety , Toyota Ever since the CBS 60 Minutes debacle involving the Audi 5000, the terms "sudden acceleration" and "unintended acceleration" have been indelibly beaten into the minds of most Americans. In recent times, vehicles such...

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Government/Legal , Green , Safety , Toyota Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. While the Toyota Prius and other hybrids may be the next best thing to riding a Vespa for the environment, one group has been concerned about their...

A new braking feature in Toyota vehicles links up the braking system with your GPS navigation--ultimately getting us one step closer to full automated butler cars capable to taking you anywhere. The system works by recognizing area with stop signs or other stopping requirements and cross-referencing...