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...criticism that it has been slow to fix its vehicles, Toyota has wrecked its political cover. Although the company had artfully balanced both U.S. political parties by designing green cars and building them in red states, its goodwill was strained in recent weeks by the decision to close its manufacturing plant in Fremont, just across the bay from Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home base in San Francisco. The shutdown of the plant in March will wipe out 5,400 jobs and hit hard the more than 1,000 suppliers that work with the factory. "I think they offended...
...problem with her Prius would imply there's something imperfect about her entire Whole Foods lifestyle. The Prius has made her feel so superior that, when I drive it, she tells me I'm driving it wrong. My primitive method of accelerating to speed up and braking to slow down does not maximize miles per gallon, as she can show me on an annoying bar graph on that center screen. Prius owners work very hard to get as many miles per gallon as they can to win a game they like to call Getting in an Accident While Staring...
...She’s just doing what we expect every goaltender to do,” Stone said. “Make the saves she needs to make and keep us in game when we’re a little bit slow-starting...That’s what she’s doing and it’s been very effective...
...improving the situation" - delivered the bad news at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, where minister Seiji Maehara also learned the chief of the world's largest automobile maker is headed to the U.S. on an apology tour. Maehara has condemned Toyota for being insensitive and slow in responding to domestic consumer complaints - the first report of the brake problems in Japan goes back to July, and 84 had been filed as of Feb. 1 - and the minister didn't appear to be overly confident in Toyoda's ability to deliver a more convincing message abroad. "I understand...
Playing its third game in four nights, the Crimson started the game slow and never quite found its spark...