One of the (very) few funny elements of this weekends' SNL.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Saturday Night Live Toyota Prius Commercial
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Oops! The 2010 Prius Manual Contradicts Toyota's Emergency Instructions
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This is a current article concerning the potential issues surrounding Toyota's electronics written by a "true expert" in the field. (see 1 below).
Toyota “sticking pedals” recall a smokescreen?
(Version 3, 28th February 2010, 16 pages)
http://www.cherryclough.com/Downloads/Toyota%20sticking%20pedals%20is%20a%20smokescreen,%20V3,%2028%20Feb%202010.pdf
The professional opinions of EurIng Keith Armstrong C.Eng FIET SMIEEE, ACGI
Most of their sudden unintended acceleration problems are almost certainly caused by their vehicles’ electronics – either by electromagnetic interference (EMI), and/or lead-free soldering, and/or software “bugs”
1 NHTSA contacted me for advice on EMI and Toyota electronics
The US Government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Agency (NHTSA) has wanted to speak to me for some weeks to discuss the EMI implications of Toyota’s spate of sudden unintended acceleration incidents. They said they wanted to speak to me because they had no one on their staff with my experience or knowledge of EMI and EMC.
I imagine the fact that I’ve been presenting IEEE EMC Symposium papers on EMC and Functional Safety since 2001, including one addressed to the auto industry at a symposium in Detroit in 2008, played a part in their decision.
They also said they wanted to speak to my colleague, Dr Antony Anderson (www.antonyanderson.com), a forensic electrical engineer, because they had no one with his knowledge or experience either.
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Haven't found that software glitch, Toyota? Keep trying
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-cummings12-2010mar12,0,2595172.story
David M. Cummings, executive vice president of the Santa Barbara-based Kelly Technology Group, spent nine years as a consultant for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he worked on the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft.