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What does the congressional grilling of Akio Toyoda have to do with the Mirai FCV? More than we imagine

What does the congressional grilling of Akio Toyoda have to do with the Mirai FCV? More than we imagine

Published by Bertel Schmitt on February 25, 2015

Toyota Mirai FCV line-off Motomachi - 6L-- Picture courtesy Bertel Schmitt
Today, 5 years ago, on February 24, 2010, Toyoda CEO Akio Toyoda was mercilessly grilled in a show trial at the U.S. Congress for unintended acceleration that did, according to NASA, never happen. Picture Mark Fields, or Mary Barra, being screamed at in Chinese, or Japanese, by lawmakers in Beijing, or Tokyo, and you won’t begin to fathom the intentional trauma. Today, February 24, 2015, the production start of Toyota’s fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai, was celebrated in a line-off ceremony at the Motomachi plant in Toyota City, Japan. Just a happenstance? Not really.

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