Toyota to invest $50 million in safety research center in Michigan

As part of efforts to reduce the number of traffic deaths and injuries and as a means to restore trust, Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $50 million in a safety research center in Michigan. In a statement, Toyota said that the Collaborative Safety Research Center will operate at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor. Toyota engineers from the U.S. and Japan will be working with researchers from the University of Michigan, Virginia Tech and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, according to Chuck Gulash, a senior engineer at Toyota who will be the center's director.
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Whelan - 1/10/2011 12:46:33 PM

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read "Toyota to invest $50 million in safe....ZZzzzZZzzz".

internationalmanofmystery - 1/10/2011 3:11:54 PM

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Save it for the class actions!

uaw_lax - 1/10/2011 3:32:09 PM

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Im calling BS om this one because toyota was already slated to open this research venture 2 year5s ago they are just calling it safety for PR reasons.

kpaxx - 1/11/2011 8:20:49 AM

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Toyota spin at its best!

LexSucks - 1/10/2011 6:14:50 PM

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Why should Toyota invest so much in safety (more than anyone else)? The cars haven't hurt anyone.

internationalmanofmystery - 1/11/2011 10:03:30 AM

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Hmmmmm