NHTSA Chastises Toyota, New Saab Coming, Safe Traffic: Today At High Gear Media

Toyota's floor mat safety issue is rapidly turning into a public spectacle, as the NHTSA yesterday said statements made in a letter to customers about the floor mats were "inaccurate and misleading." The worst part? The NHTSA says the letter was inaccurate and misleading about the existence of defects in the 3.8 million vehicles at issue. Catch the full story at Motor Authority.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, traffic keeps getting safer and safer: fatalities are at an all-time low. Just 1.15 fatalities occur for every 100 million miles driven, down from 1.23 in mid-2008. The rates are also at their lowest since the U.S. government started keeping track in 1961. Also at TheCarConnection, Saab is promising a new concept car that will define the company's post-GM ethos. Color us interested.

Boosting fuel economy through higher gas taxes is the topic of the day at GreenCarReports, and John Voelcker points out that as cars get more fuel efficient, fewer gallons of fuel will bought per mile traveled, while wear and tear stays about the same, putting our already overused roadways even further behind the maintenance curve.

Taking a spin around the network, we see AllCarsElectric has a lot of action on the military hybrid front, a look at what's going on at SEMA and a hybrid-electric ... garbage truck? MustangBlog balances out the green with some mean, showing off the exploits of the winners of Ford's 10 Unleashed campaign.

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2010 Saab 9-5Enlarge Photo Toyota's diagram showing how to properly install floor matsEnlarge Photo Toyota's floor mat safety issue is rapidly turning into a public spectacle, as the NHTSA yesterday said statements made in a letter to customers about the floor mats were "inaccurate and misleading." The worst part? The NHTSA says the letter was inaccurate and misleading about the existence of defects in the 3.8 million vehicles at issue. Catch the full story at Motor Authority. On the opposite end of the spectrum, traffic keeps getting safer and safer: fatalities are at an all-time low. Just 1.15 fatalities occur for every 100 million miles driven, down from 1.23 in mid-2008. The rates are also at their lowest since the U.S. government started keeping track in 1961. Also at TheCarConnection, Saab is promising a new concept car that will define the company's post-GM ethos. Color us interested. Boosting fuel economy through higher gas taxes is the topic of the day at GreenCarReports, and John Voelcker points out that as cars get more fuel efficient, fewer gallons of fuel will bought per mile traveled, while wear and tear stays about the same, putting our already overused roadways even further behind the maintenance curve. Taking a spin around the network, we see AllCarsElectric has a lot of action on the military hybrid front, a look at what's going on at SEMA and a hybrid-electric ... garbage truck? MustangBlog balances out the green with some mean, showing off the exploits of the winners of Ford's 10 Unleashed campaign. Did we miss something you'd like to see on High Gear Media? Want to join us in surfing the car-blog wave? Read below for instructions on how you, too, can become a High Gear Media car writer. TheCarConnection.com L.A. Auto Show: Finalists In The 'YouthMobile 2030' Contest Upcoming Concept Vehicle Will 'Define The New Saab' Fiat-Based Jeeps Coming In 2013 Traffic Fatalities Continue To Drop To Record Lows The $650 Ford Taurus: A Cash-Strapped Classic Adwatch: Do Smart's New Ads Look Better Than Its Cars? Ford's Inflatable Seat Belts Are Finally Ready To Roll Just In Time For Shopping Season: Car Finder For The iPhone 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder, New Viper Due In 2012: Today’s Car News MotorAuthority.com 2009 Aston Martin DBS Volante: Too Fast For America Chrysler Brand Being Phased Out Overseas Rolls-Royce Working On Ghost Hybrid Garmin EcoRoute ESP Puts Virtual Gauges On Your Nuvi Rendered: Entry-Level Porsche Roadster Bentley Design Team Creates Art For Charity Auction Toyota Pulls Out Of Formula One Preview: 2010 BMW M3 GTS - Now With High-Res Pics And Video Audi And MIT Partner For AIDA, A Friendly In-Car Robot NHTSA: Toyota Floor Mat Statement 'Inaccurate And Misleading' Rendered: 2011 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate Facelift Report: Next-Gen Mazda MX-5 Will Be Smaller And Lighter GreenCarReports.com How To Improve Fuel Economy? Raise Gasoline Taxes, Say Executives CelebsAndCars.com Blythe Danner Forced To Use Trike While Daughter Rakes It In From around the High Gear Media network AllCarsElectric.com: Hybrid Off-Road Military Vehicle Debuts At SEMA Volvo Revolutionizes the Lowly Garbage Truck With the Hybrid FE Daimler to Build New Alternative Propulsion Development Facility in Redford Michigan NISSAN RELEASES CONCEPT SKETCH OF LIGHT COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE The Green Side of SEMA No EVs in Chrysler's New 5-Year Product Plan MustangBlog.com: 'The '10 Unleashed' Winners Rally Race a 2010 Mustang GT October 2009 Ford Mustang Sales Figures Released -------------------------------- Write your own car blog at High Gear Media! Sign up to write and tell car enthusiasts and shoppers what you think about your vehicle or today's car news and get published to High Gear Media sites like AllSmallCars, LexusReports, FamilyCarGuide and more! Follow us on Twitter: @highgearmedia @carconnection @therealma @greencarreports and join our Facebook fan page

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