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Three Californians File a 5.7 Billion Dollar RICO Lawsuit Against Toyota's "Hydrogen Bomb."
$5.7 Billion RICO Lawsuit Says Toyota Ran A Hydrogen Crime FamilyToyota faces a RICO lawsuit alleging organized fraud and hydrogen safety failures, with claims that its Mirai sedans posed serious risks.
...Plaintiffs claim Toyota hid major hydrogen safety defects in the Mirai. 75 cars were reportedly destroyed by contaminated hydrogen.
A new class action lawsuit filed in California against Toyota is demanding an extraordinary $5.7 billion in damages, accusing the company of running a criminal operation to hide serious safety flaws in its Mirai hydrogen sedan. The complaint also levels a striking charge of “organized fraud” against the automaker...
...Originally written to chase down mob bosses, the RICO Act is now being used to accuse Toyota of running what can be best described as a white-collar version of organized crime...
The Allegations
It claims that the automaker, along with its financing arm and several California dealerships, coordinated to market and finance vehicles that technicians privately described as “ticking hydrogen bombs...”
...According to the complaint, the company and its hydrogen partners concealed multiple faults in the Mirai, including a risk of hydrogen leaking near hot engine components, which could pose an explosion hazard. Additionally, the lawsuit contends the Mirai can experience sudden power loss, acceleration, and braking failures.
Beyond technical issues, it criticizes Toyota Motor Credit Corporation for what it calls “aggressive financial collection tactics,” alongside frustrations over California’s sparse and unreliable hydrogen refueling infrastructure...
...Plaintiffs claim Toyota hid major hydrogen safety defects in the Mirai. 75 cars were reportedly destroyed by contaminated hydrogen.
A new class action lawsuit filed in California against Toyota is demanding an extraordinary $5.7 billion in damages, accusing the company of running a criminal operation to hide serious safety flaws in its Mirai hydrogen sedan. The complaint also levels a striking charge of “organized fraud” against the automaker...
...Originally written to chase down mob bosses, the RICO Act is now being used to accuse Toyota of running what can be best described as a white-collar version of organized crime...
The Allegations
It claims that the automaker, along with its financing arm and several California dealerships, coordinated to market and finance vehicles that technicians privately described as “ticking hydrogen bombs...”
...According to the complaint, the company and its hydrogen partners concealed multiple faults in the Mirai, including a risk of hydrogen leaking near hot engine components, which could pose an explosion hazard. Additionally, the lawsuit contends the Mirai can experience sudden power loss, acceleration, and braking failures.
Beyond technical issues, it criticizes Toyota Motor Credit Corporation for what it calls “aggressive financial collection tactics,” alongside frustrations over California’s sparse and unreliable hydrogen refueling infrastructure...
And here I am having heard that "hydrogen," overwhelmingly made by the steam reformation of fossil fuels is going to save the world.
Should I be disappointed? Well, probably not. Afterall, I'm an old guy and I've been reading all about the magic "hydrogen economy" for half a century now, but still wouldn't know where to buy a "hydrogen car." In fact I've never even seen a hydrogen car other than in fairly transparent fossil fuel greenwashing ads run here as posts.
If, by the way, if you search Google News for "hydrogen explosion" - I've done this - you will hear all about the real hydrogen bomb, the one made with tritium generated by lithium and neutrons.
This "hydrogen bomb" is lawyerly rhetoric.
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