You might ask why someone would want to turn a perfectly good Toyota Prius into a roller coaster that moves at a mere 15mph. I ask why not? More »
Unless China and Japan can sort out their shit and the exportation of rare earth elements can proceed into Japan, the future of electric cars could be thrown into jeopardy. Production of cars like the Prius could slow down dangerously. More »
We’ve heard Steve Woz talk about the acceleration issue with his Prius. The entire time software and electronics were blamed for the issues, but now Toyota President Akio Toyoda is telling “the House oversight committee that he is ‘absolutely confident’ that the electronics of Toyota’s gas pedal systems are not the source of problems with a number of Toyota vehicles speeding out of control.” More »
Talk about terrible timing. Toyota has announced a recall for all current generation Prius vehicles in Australia just as they’re trying to launch the new Hybrid Camry. Bugger. More »
Toyota just announced a massive recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. The reason was a change in brake feeling caused by faulty antilock braking system software. There is no fix for cars on the road yet. More »
We’ve read about Steve Wozniak’s car troubles and he even updated us on the lack of assistance from Toyota. What we hadn’t seen until now is a video of him venting his frustrations. And wow! The man is truly frustrated. More »
Steve Wozniak has commented on Gizmodo about his problems with his beloved Toyota Prius, its faulty acceleration software, and his problems reporting this to both Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He’s frustrated and completely right. More »
Uh oh. Steve Woz is having some “very scary” trouble with his 2010 Toyota Prius. At a recent event in San Francisco he went off topic and talked about how faulty software is to blame for his car’s accelerator troubles: More »
2009 has been a pretty amazing year for the discerning gadget lover. From Microsoft finally fixing the disaster that was Vista with Windows 7, to the surge of Android handsets, DSLRs that shoot HD video and the arrival of some pretty decent video on demand services, 2009 has had plenty to keep a gadget writer busy. Here are my favourite gadget moments over the past 12 months: More »
