Test shows electronics not cause of sudden acceleration: Toyota

LOS ANGELES, United States - An expert from outside of Toyota Motor Corp. briefs about a test on an electronic throttle-control system during a live webcast at Toyota Motor Corp.'s North America headquarters in Torrance, California, on March 8, 2010. Toyota said the test showed that unless covers of multiple wires connecting an engine-control computer and an accelerator pedal are damaged and touch each other, sudden acceleration will not occur.

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