Opinion

Should We Go All-In on Electric Cars?

Ralph Nader / Nader.org Nov 16, 2023 Some auto dealers are concerned that consumers aren't being given the full truth about the issues with the current crop of EVs. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America Has the Highly Combustible Economy It Deserves

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Dec 18, 2018 When you build an entire system around the stock market's performance, these are the erratic, frequently disastrous results. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump’s Tweets Are a New Form of Governing by Edict

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Jan 8, 2017 In driving the news, the president-elect's "tweedicts" gain the power of implied threats. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Toyota’s Mirai Is the Car of the Future

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 The world's biggest automaker is betting that hydrogen is the future of automobiles, so it's calling its first mass production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle Mirai, the Japanese word for "future." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Toyota to Pay $1.2 Billion for Deadly Defect Cover-Up

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 Toyota Motor Corp. will pay $1.2 billion to settle U.S. criminal charges that it lied to safety regulators and the public as it tried to cover up deadly accelerator defects. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Software Glitch Forces Toyota to Recall 1.9 Million Priuses

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 Toyota's hybrid system is a marvel of technology, except in one really inconvenient way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Toyota Is Going to Sell a Hydrogen Car Globally in 2015

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 While competitor Honda has been tinkering with Fuel Cell Vehicles for ages without putting one up for sale, Toyota just announced that it's going to commercialize the future of driving on a worldwide scale in just one year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Toyota’s Unhappy Halloween

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2013 The Japanese automaker is having a bit of bad luck this season, but it has nothing to do with a black cat crossing its path. It's because of spiders. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Protecting Your Ride From the New Ethanol Blend

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 27, 2012 A new policy approved by the EPA will allow states to permit the sale of fuel that contains up to 15 percent ethanol, and the difference could damage your car. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Toyota Recalls 7.4 Million Vehicles Over Window Switches

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 10, 2012 Recently reclaiming its status as the world's biggest automaker three years after a major recall that raised questions about its vehicles' safety, Toyota is once again asking customers to bring their vehicles in for inspection. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘This Is What We Do’: Why I Hated Chrysler’s Super Bowl Ad

Aram Sinnreich / Truthdig Feb 10, 2011 The Super Bowl commercial is a shell game. Detroit’s pain isn’t the result of some existential crisis of faith, but a direct consequence of the amoral, profit-seeking behaviors of Chrysler itself.Unlike most of the Super Bowl's 111 million viewers, judging by the effusive tidal wave of tweeted praise that attended its airing, I did not love the new Chrysler ad. In fact, I hated it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Year in Bad Corporate Choices

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2010 The BBC gets the ball rolling in this article about four big companies' sub-stellar performance in 2010, and it should come as no surprise that BP figures in among that unfortunate set. But, dear readers, this list is focused on the UK and Asia -- can you think of more from this side of the globe? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )