Saturday, July 31, 2010

Toyota

Toyota Settles Longstanding Patent Dispute Over Hybrid Vehicle Tech

Toyota settled a longstanding patent dispute today with Paice LLC, a firm that first sued the Japanese automakers back in 2004. Read more »

Tesla To Build All-Electric RAV4 For Toyota (And Maybe A Supercar, Too)

The all-electric RAV4 is set to make a comeback. But this time around Tesla Motors is going to provide the electric powerplant, rather than Toyota themselves. In fact, Tesla might even be doing the bulk of the assembling if this CNN Money report is correct. Read more »

Tesla Stock Idling 7 Percent Below IPO Price

After a better-than-expected pop on the first day of its IPO, Tesla’s stock (under the ticker symbol TSLA) started to slide a few days after.  It is now hanging 7 percent below its initial pricing of $17, closing at $15.80 per share today.
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Toyota Turns To Twitter To Repair Its Image

Toyota has been dealing with negative backlash from the massive safety recalls of its vehicles; and is even suffering in terms of sales. So what does the company do to repair its image? Turn to Twitter, of course! Read more »

World View 2010-02-27

World View


Edolphus Towns, Chairman of the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Top Story 2010-02-23

Top Story

Toyota took 'too long' on recalls

Toyota admits it took "too long" to deal with safety issues which led to the recall of 8.5 million vehicles worldwide....

Top Story 2010-02-18

Top Story

US panel summons Toyota's boss

The head of a US panel investigating Toyota's giant car recall has called on the firm's boss to testify next week....

Tesla Motors’ Next VP of Manufacturing Is A Toyota (Veteran)

Right off the heels of filing for a $100 million IPO, electric car company Tesla Motors this morning announced that it has hired former Toyota production engineering GM Gilbert Passin to lead the company’s vehicle manufacturing operations as Vice President of Man Read more »

IFV Episode 01/30/2010

This week, IFV News broadcasts from The NASDAQ MarketSite® (The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.) in the heart of New York’s Times Square.

The NASDAQ MarketSite Tower
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