Apple's Wozniak: Toyota may have software trouble

[Axemantitan]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suggested Tuesday in media interviews that Toyota's troubles with a defective accelerator pedal may have to do with software, after his Prius sped up while in cruise-control.

"Since my foot never touches the pedal," Wozniak told ABC News, the problem "cannot be a sticky accelerator pedal.... There might be some bad software in there."

He said the problem in his Prius might be related to the random acceleration issue that has forced Toyota into a massive recall of eight million vehicles worldwide and a halt to US sales and production of eight affected models.

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[Zombie Acorn]

That would be a bitch if all they needed was a firmware update.

 

[greygray]

This is a serious matter, regardless of whether it's a hardware or software fault because it has ever resulted in fatalities.