Toyota CEO, Akio Toyoda apologized on wednesday about the problems that Toyota cars has caused due to safety issues. The problem was many of Toyota's car's accelerator would get stuck which led to deaths and millions of recalls. About 34 Toyota owners have died from this safety issue. Toyoda said that he was sorry for all the troubles that toyota drivers experienced and that the company's priorities became confused. Toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars and out of that more than 6 million cars that were driven in the U.S. Toyoda believes that the cause was from a mechanical problem and not a design flaw in the company's electronic throttle control system. The angry lawmakers were criticized and scolded Toyoda constantly during the hearing.
This is an important issue to the world because Toyota has been such a successful company in the world. As a foreign company, it took over the car industry in America and attracted many customers. This issue hurts the reputation of Toyota and to some people it will make them think differently about Japanese cars in general. I'm just glad that more deaths did not result from this.
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