Toyota allegedly retaliated against Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and one of its professors after he was among the first to suggest that electronics problems had caused the acceleration that required the Japanese automaker to recall millions of vehicles. Electronic messages obtained by the Associated Press show that two Toyota employees resigned from an advisory board for the university’s auto-technology program, the company withdrew offers to finance two spring-break internships, and the automaker made its displeasure about David Gilbert’s research known to officials at the university.
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2 Responses to Toyota Showed Displeasure Over Research by Southern Illinois U. Professor
srgummere - July 12, 2010 at 7:15 am
Maybe Toyota should worry about fixing their cars and preventing people from getting hurt rather than worry about what their critics are saying. Punishing Southern Illinois in this way is childish. Another strike against Toyota.
cranefly - July 12, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I agree with the above poster. Surely they should be grateful that someone pointed out an error??