Toyota pulled back 91 903 Crown and Lexus luxury vehicles in Japan on Monday (5 / 7). This time the problem is damage to the valve springs and the most important components of the machine caused the declining quality of new cars. “We are sorry to inconvenience our customers. We hope to fix the problem as quickly as possible,” said spokesman Paul Nolasco, Toyota Motor Company.

Toyota vehicles are drawn Lexus cars produced between July 2005 until August 2008, like the Lexus GS350, GS450h, GS460, IS350, LS460, LS600h, LS600hL, and Crown models. Analysts said the withdrawal was worsen consumer confidence, after Toyota President Akio Toyoda, vowed to shareholders to improve the quality checks on vehicles. “So it’s hard for consumers to believe in Toyota, seen through the eyes of consumers as promised,” Shotaro Noguchi, automotive analysts from Nomura Securities Co..

Quality problem facing the world’s largest car manufacturer, affect the image of Toyota which is trying to get out of a massive global recall. Since last October, Toyota has attracted more than 8.5 million vehicles due to various problems, including problems on the accelerator, brake, and a damaged car rug.

Therefore, car manufacturers based in Japan was fined 16.4 million dollars, or approximately USD 147.6 billion in the United States, because it is slow to face the problem of withdrawal their vehicles. In addition, Toyota also faces more than 200 lawsuits in the U.S., is associated with the accident because of a damaged car, Toyota’s vehicle sales price fell, and the decline in share value.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Tesla Motors is working at developing electric cars mass.
This development was intensified after a Japanese car giant Tesla was bought shares worth U.S. $ 50 million.

Tesla is an electric car manufacturer based in California, United States, and the only legal electric cars enter the highway in the U.S.. Tesla is currently preparing for mass production of both models, the Model S.

After the acquisition, the Tesla is now able to produce electric-powered sedan at the plant New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., owned by Toyota. Toyota also said, are developing electric cars are expected to be launched within two to three years into the future.

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda said the government Barack Obama strongly supports the development of electric-powered car technology. This as an effort to reduce the use of fuel oil and dependence on foreign sources of energy. While Toyota is the largest producer of hybrid cars in the world who are now producing cars with the fuel efficiency higher.

“I feel there are unlimited opportunities on Tesla technology,” Toyoda said in the official page of Toyota, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. He hoped the spirit of Toyota workers can get up to partner after working 25 years with General Motors stalled last April.

Tesla, Model S orders of 2000 units. They wanted to start production this model in 2012 with annual production of 20,000 units. Operation of the Toyota plant in California was to give employment opportunities to 1,000 people.

Largest car manufacturer in the world, Toyota Motor Corp., or TMC, Monday (14/12/2009), shows a new vehicle using hybrid technology, plug-ins. In fact, there is a possibility that the car started to rent this month in Japan, America, and Europe. Thus the AP news agency reported quoting the principal source of Toyota.

The new vehicles continue to use the Prius platform. Promised, ecological vehicles sold to consumers on a regular basis in 2011 with a good price.

Prius Plug-In the first of the TMC is packed with lithium-ion batteries are more powerful. The model is different with the Prius is now circulating on the streets, which use nickel batteries. In addition, more powerful, the ability to go further.

Now available 600 Plug-In Prius, introduced in Japan. The amount that will be distributed to America 150 units, 200 units of Europe, and 230 units in Japan this month.

When the battery is fully charged, the Prius Plug-In can travel 23.4 km. For 1 liter of fuel, this car could be raced as far as 57 km. Until now, the TMC did not want to say that the price is good enough.

TMC Executive Vice President Takehasi Uchiyamada explained, there are several obstacles that cause them to set prices that electric vehicles. Among them because of the mileage range of batteries and battery cost. “We are currently developing an efficient driving force to be as efficient as possible by using oil.”