Toyota may be selling a record number of cars. But the Japanese brand also seems to wade from one problem to another.
Their first electric car was and is a scandal. It has since emerged that Toyota has been cheating for decades with the emission of harmful substances.
And now it turns out that the authorities have visited with a search warrant at Toyota Industries Corp, which manufactures parts for Toyota's cars and factories.
That's what Autoblog writes.
– Japanese transport authorities raided a Toyota-affiliated factory on Tuesday last week after the company admitted to cheating on engine tests when the company released its 2023 sales figures .
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Immediately after the revelations, Aiko Toyoda, Toyota's current chairman of the board, apologized for the car brand's misbehavior.
However, the scandal is far from the only one Toyota has on its CV. In fact, the Japanese have been tinkering with data for decades. In December last year, Daihatsu, which Toyota owns, had to stop building cars due to fraud.
And back in 2022, Hino Motors, which builds smaller trucks, admitted to manipulating emissions for decades. Read more about it here .
