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• Microsoft, Toyota Collaborate on Global Telematics
• Microsoft to Provide “Cloud Computing” Platform for Toyota
• NHTSA: Ford Should Expand F-150 Airbag Recall
• Toyota Creates New Safety Post
• Toyota to Reopen Corolla Plant in Japan
• 2012 Subaru Impreza Adds, Space, Style, Comfort, Efficiency
• New BMW System Looks to Shift Ahead—Literally
• Tornado Damages Japanese Supplier’s Plant Kentucky
• NHTSA Says Ford Should Expand F-150 Airbag Recall
• Jaguar, Land Rover Plot Product Offensive

Microsoft, Toyota Collaborate on Global Telematics Posted: Toyota Motor Corp. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. on an Internet-based telematics platform that will be launched next year on the carmaker's new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The system, which will use Microsoft's Azure architecture, will give drivers access to Internet-based services, such as enhanced navigation with real-time traffic [...]

Microsoft to Provide “Cloud Computing” Platform for Toyota Posted: Toyota Motor Corp. is teaming with Microsoft Corp. on an Internet-based telematics platform that will be launched next year on the carmaker's new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The system, which will use Microsoft's Azure architecture, will give drivers access to remote data and services such as enhanced navigation with [...]

NHTSA: Ford Should Expand F-150 Airbag Recall Posted: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants Ford Motor Co. to expand the recall of its best-selling F-150 fullsize pickup truck to fix an airbag defect. Improperly installed wiring in the steering wheel can short-circuit and cause the front airbags to deploy when they shouldn't. In January NHTSA urged Ford [...]

Toyota Creates New Safety Post Posted: Toyota Motor Corp. has appointed Managing Officer Moritaka Yoshida to the newly created job of chief safety technology officer, effective April 1. Yoshida's tasks are to coordinate the company's safety technology, accelerate the decision-making process and strengthen global external communications about vehicle safety issues. Toyota has been beefing up [...]

Toyota to Reopen Corolla Plant in Japan Posted: Toyota Motor Co. says its Central Motors affiliate will resume limited operations at its Sagamihara assembly plant in Kanagawa, Japan, on April 11. The factory makes Corolla sedans and Raum small MPVs for the domestic market. The company also says it will reduce output of the Prius and two other hybrid [...]

2012 Subaru Impreza Adds, Space, Style, Comfort, Efficiency Posted: Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. estimates its redesigned Subaru Impreza compact car will have a U.S. EPA fuel economy rating of 36 mpg on the highway when it bows later this year. This would make it the most fuel-efficient all-wheel-drive vehicle on the American market, according to the company. The current [...]

New BMW System Looks to Shift Ahead—Literally Posted: BMW AG says it is in the advanced stages of developing a new automatic transmission that integrates navigation and stability control data to enable more precise and faster shifting based on current and upcoming road conditions. BMW says it is testing the technology in its latest-generation eight-speed automatic. The [...]

Tornado Damages Japanese Supplier’s Plant Kentucky Posted: Japan's Toyoda Gosei Co. says it has halted operations at a plant in Hopkinsville, Ky., that makes automotive body sealing and weather stripping after a tornado ripped through the building on Monday. The Toyota affiliate says the factory's finished goods area sustained significant damage, and seven employees were taken to the [...]

NHTSA Says Ford Should Expand F-150 Airbag Recall Posted: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants Ford Motor Co. to expand the number of vehicles covered by the recall of its best-selling F-150 fullsize pickup truck to fix an airbag defect. Improperly installed wiring in the steering wheel can short-circuit and cause the front airbags to deploy when [...]

Jaguar, Land Rover Plot Product Offensive Posted: Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit plans to introduce 40 new or significantly updated cars and trucks over the next five years, WhatCar.com reports. Sales and operations director Phil Popham tells the U.K.-based Web site there is room to expand both brands at the high and low ends of [...]

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