A review of unintended acceleration incidents in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles by two U.S. agencies may not be released this fall in the U.S. NASA is studying whether electromagnetic interference may cause unintended acceleration, which may be linked to 89 deaths in 71 crashes since 2000, according to the auto-safety agency. The National Research Council, part of the congressionally chartered National Academy of Sciences, is conducting a separate review that NHTSA said in March would be completed in about 18 months.Toyota expects the government reviews to support its own findings that electronics didn’t cause unintended acceleration, according to Business Week.Read more in Business Week.
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