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Toyota Motor Corp. and Tesla Motors Inc. will team to produce electric vehicles at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Fremont, Calif., a plant that Toyota last year ruled too inefficient to keep open. Full story...

A House subcommittee passed the most sweeping auto-safety legislation in a decade in the wake of Toyota's unintended acceleration problems while two key provisions were withdrawn and postponed for consideration. Full story...

Toyota Motor Corp. is retrofitting brake override systems on about half the U.S. vehicles that have been recalled for unintended acceleration -- drawing bipartisan criticism from lawmakers that the company is not going far enough. Full story...

Toyota Europe expects to have completed 90% of the work modifying accelerator pedals in some models and reprogramming Prius brake software by July, executives said this week. Full story...

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The launch of the Auris Hybrid here in Europe signals something of a sea change at Toyota. Until now, hybrid has largely been the company's fuel-efficient alternative to diesel but the Auris already offers oil burners - 1.4 (the sole UK choice) and, for other markets across the continent, two two-litre units. Full story...

Toyota has taken several steps to improve its flawed quality control procedures, the company's U.S. sales chief plans to tell Congress today. Full story...

Given the amount of effort Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK) has put into adding the hybrid Auris to its product line, would it now now make sense to build the Prius for Europe there as well? Full story...

Toyota has taken several steps to improve its flawed quality control procedures, the company's U.S. sales chief told Congress today. But Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Full story...

Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today announced that they intend to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support. The two companies intend to form a team of specialists to further those efforts. TMC has agreed to purchase $50 million of Tesla's common stock issued in a private placement to close immediately subsequent to the closing of Tesla's currently planned initial public offering. Full story...

Are you a child of the eighties? If so, you know that Hyundai was building Ponies and Excels while we wore Hypercolor shirts and drooled over cars like the Nissan 300ZX, Mazda RX-7 and Toyota Supra. Full story...

Tesla Motors has purchased the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, California, where it will build the Model S sedan and future Tesla vehicles. As recently as April of 2010, the NUMMI factory was used by Toyota to produce the Corolla and Tacoma vehicles using the industry-leading Toyota production system. It is one of the largest, most advanced and cleanest automotive production plants in the world. Full story...

The U.S. government wouldn't get the power it needs to order immediate auto recalls under Senate legislation drafted after Toyota Motor Corp.'s vehicle defects, the chief federal auto regulator said today. Full story...

Toyota is poised to recall nearly 4,000 Lexus luxury sedans in the United States, and 11,500 worldwide, to fix an issue with the car's steering. Full story...

Toyota is to recall Lexus LS 600h and LS 460 models equipped with the Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS) due to complaints about low speed manoeuvring. Full story...

Guangzhou Automobile, the Chinese partner of Toyota Motor Corp., offered stock valued at HK$26 billion ($3.3 billion) for the rest of Denway Motors Ltd. to gain auto ventures in the world's largest car market. Full story...

Toyota is preparing to recall four Lexus models worldwide for problems related to steering. The company plans to recall 7,000 vehicles overseas, including 3,800 in the U.S., and 4,500 units in Japan. Full story...

Toyota is preparing to recall four Lexus models worldwide for problems related to steering. The company plans to recall 7,000 vehicles overseas, including 3,800 in the U.S., and 4,500 units in Japan. Full story...

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, which quit Formula 1 at the end of last year, has no intention whatsoever of returning to the series that is described as the "pinnacle of motorsport". Full story...

A fake bomb that prompted the evacuation of a southern Indiana post office today was the fourth since Friday sent to Toyota Motor Corp.'s U.S. headquarters and production plants in three states, a company spokesman said. Full story...