Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has apologized for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models.
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Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio and Yaris Cross - models with the falsified test results.
34The work of an Angel
5... that they've disclosed so far....
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Meanwhile Boeing be like "Hold my beer..."
19We're sooooooo sorry
Fuck cars
10This is the best summary I could come up with:
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized Monday for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the automaker suspended production of three of them.
Mazda, based in the southwestern city of Hiroshima, also acknowledged violations on crash tests on three discontinued models.
Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. also apologized Monday for improper tests, such as those on noise levels and torque, on a range of models.
Certification problems starting surfacing two years ago at Toyota group companies, truck maker Hino Motors and Daihatsu Motor Co. — specializing in small models — and Toyota Industries Corp., which makes machinery and auto parts.
The apparent unraveling of the testing systems at Toyota and its group companies is an embarrassment for an automaker that’s prided itself for decades on production finesse and a corporate culture based on empowering workers to make “ever-better cars.”
Toyoda, the grandson of the company’s founder, suggested some certification rules might be overly stringent, noting such tests differed around the world.
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9Ooopsie!
5the car industry probably knew the emission standards would get very strict for them.
they should have been developing NEVs all this time but decided to focus on short term gains instead.
fuck capitalism. we have big trouble ahead because of it and companies like this.
4smh, 30 years ago, all the Japanese car manufacturers advertised lower HP than their engines could output, now they're lying in the other direction?
4The big three shared their age old secret technique of treating penalties as cost of business.
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I no longer hold Toyota in high regard. Honda and Subaru for now.
0Toyota has the largest stake in Subaru, so your down to Honda.
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