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DOT Seeking Maximum Civil Penalty of Nearly $16.4M from Toyota; Largest Civil Penalty Ever Assessed Against an Automaker by NHTSA

Green Car Congress

million vehicles in the US were recalled in late January for the sticky pedal defect. NHTSA learned through documents obtained from Toyota that the company knew of the sticky pedal defect since at least September 29, 2009. To date, Toyota has submitted more than 70,000 pages of documents, which NHTSA officials are continuing to review.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

When Xerox bought SDS,” he recalled, “I walked promptly into the office of Peter McColough and said, ‘Look, now that we’re in this digital computer business, we better damned well have a research laboratory!’ The phrase was ‘Tom Sawyering,’ ” recalled James G. The diagrams and photographs appeared in the original print version.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

So with that, the fireman, I don’t recall his name, called me up and started asking about the install. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. I’ll take the same documents to the next city.

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