The first pre-production Chevrolet Volt electrics (built just last week) are popping up on the street in Detroit.
A crew from ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV caught one parked in the Motor City and has a slideshow here.
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Chevy Volt On The Street
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Toyota Demands Retraction And Apology From ABC
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Toyota is demanding a retraction and apology from ABC News for the February 22 Brian Ross piece in which a Southern Illinois University Professor demonstrated how to induce a sudden acceleration incident.
The March 11 demand letter, obtained and published today by Gawker, alleges that "the American public and the U.S. Congress were seriously misled by ABC News.
VIDEO: NBC Nightly News Monday (3/15) on Jim "Runaway Prius" Sikes
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After a week of media hyperventilation, it's nice to see solid reporting that prioritizes the salient facts.
NBC Nightly News' coverage of Monday's Toyota news conference played up the most telling fact...that instead of braking as hard as he could, the evidence suggests Jim Sikes may have been riding the brakes on his Prius...off and on the gas and brakes as much as 250 times during his alleged unintended acceleration incident a week ago.
And, they actually interviewed someone who knows something about cars and drivers...former Car and Driver editor-in-chief Csaba Csere.
ABC has grasped the significance of the 250 applications of the brake pedal, too...CBS makes no mention of it.
NBC Nightly News' coverage of Monday's Toyota news conference played up the most telling fact...that instead of braking as hard as he could, the evidence suggests Jim Sikes may have been riding the brakes on his Prius...off and on the gas and brakes as much as 250 times during his alleged unintended acceleration incident a week ago.
And, they actually interviewed someone who knows something about cars and drivers...former Car and Driver editor-in-chief Csaba Csere.
ABC has grasped the significance of the 250 applications of the brake pedal, too...CBS makes no mention of it.
Jim "Runaway Prius" Sikes: The Mainstream Media Finds Neutral, Hunting For Reverse
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The wide-eyed breathless mainstream media acceptance of Jim Sikes' claim that his Toyota Prius accelerated unintentionally on a San Diego County freeway a week ago is evaporating...and all it took was a look at the facts (something we've been doing for.....oh, a week), and the release of a memo detailing the inspection of Sikes' Prius, which, in a nutshell says what he says happened...couldn't have.
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) broke the story first on Saturday...quoting "three people familiar with the investigation" who say investigators found a particular pattern of wear on the brakes inconsistent with Sikes' story.
CBS followed up Sunday, reporting on a memo that says investigators "can't replicate the problems Sikes said he encountered." ABC News said essentially the same thing.
But if you want the full story, it's new media all the way. Jalopnik not only is reporting about the memo, it's published the entire thing....and its headline doesn't pull any punches either.
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