Toyota Satellite Webinar Advisory - New Testing Raises Questions About Gilbert Demonstration on Alleged Unintended Acceleration

Monday, March 8 @ 1:00 p.m. EST

Independent and Toyota engineers will duplicate the demonstration referenced by Prof. David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University in his Congressional testimony. This presentation will show that the sequence and nature of manipulated faults in the Gilbert demonstration are completely unrealistic under real-world conditions and can easily be reproduced on a wide range of vehicles made by other manufacturers.

Members of the media will have the opportunity to ask questions at the conclusion of the presentation.

  WHO:   Dr. Chris Gerdes, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
         University and Director, Center for Automotive Research at Stanford
         (CARS)
         Dr. Subodh Medhekar, Principal Engineer, Exponent
         Kristen Tabar, General Manager of Electronics Systems, Toyota
         Technical Center, Ann Arbor

  WHAT:  Technical review of the demonstration referenced by Prof. Gilbert
         in his Congressional Testimony.

  WHEN:  Monday, March 8 at 1:00 p.m. (EST)/10 a.m. (PST)

  WHERE: To register and view the live satellite transmission visit:
         http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=66785

  Satellite coordinates for broadcast media:
  Galaxy 28 @ 89 West
  Transponder K17 Slot D
  Downlink 12053.5 V

  To join by teleconference:
  Number:  888-810-6805
  Participant passcode: TOYOTA

  /PRNewswire -- March 5/

Video: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=66785