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March 11: The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testifies before Congress about his agency's investigation into the safety of Toyota vehicles. NBC's Tracie Potts reports. (NBC News Channel)Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in vehicles and are weighing a range of safety requirements in response to Toyota’s massive recall.

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  • March 11: The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testifies before Congress about his agency's investigation into the safety of Toyota vehicles. NBC's Tracie Potts reports. (NBC News Channel)Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in vehicles and are weighing a range of safety requirements in response to Toyota’s massive recall.

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  • Richard Canny, CEO of THINK electric cars, shows off the automaker’s Think City electric vehicle at the Washington, D.C., auto show in January. The company plans to make vehicles in Indiana.The so-called “RV Capital of the World” may soon be able to bill itself the “EV Capital of the World. What a difference a letter makes.

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  • A 56-year-old woman claims that this Toyota Prius went out of control in Harrison, N.Y., as she was leaving her driveway. It was the second incident in as many days of alleged runaway acceleration of the popular Toyota hybrid.Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn’t mean there’s an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

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  • Virtually every carmaker showed off their latest fuel-saving technologies — from advanced diesel hybrids to fully electric vehicles — at the Geneva Motor Show. Here are some of the best concept cars.

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  • March 10: Toyota is mishandling its recall crisis by not "taking a consumer standpoint" says public relations expert Ron Zolno who represented Tylenol after the 1982 poisoning scare. (Other)A high-ranking Toyota executive says the auto company’s North American sales spiked around 50 percent the first eight days of March as incentives helped lure customers.

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  • A 56-year-old woman claims that this Toyota Prius went out of control in Harrison, N.Y. as she was leaving her driveway. It was the second incident in as many days of alleged runaway acceleration of the popular Toyota hybrid.Two drivers in California and New York claimed this week their Toyota Priuses sped off uncontrollably. While they walked away, the automaker suffered two more dents to its reputation.

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  • GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz speaks at the Chevrolet exhibition stand at the Geneva Car Show this week.GM’s new management team may ultimately be responsible for what the automotive history books have to say about Bob Lutz’s long career.

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  • Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline “black boxes” that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration.

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  • A Lexus HS 250h Hybrid is seen at the Chicago Auto Show February 10, 2010. Just as a great actor can waste his talent in a flop, it turns out Lexus can fumble a luxury sedan.

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