Automotive technology professor Dr. David Gilbert compared research methods on sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles with Exponent, Inc. representatives at the research firm’s California facilities this week, university spokesman Rod Sievers said Friday.
In a March 8 webcast, representatives from Toyota Motor Corp. and Exponent criticized Gilbert’s findings on sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, claiming Gilbert used “careful and deliberate manipulation,” to obtain “unnatural” SUA in his experiment with a Toyota vehicle.
The visit had been arranged between Gilbert and Exponent long before Toyota even planned its scathing webcast, Sievers said. The two parties will analyze each other’s methods and most likely prepare a report or response, he said.
“There was no animosity or anything,” Sievers said. “These are the guys who are really trying to figure out whats going on without the media, without the lawyers, so we need to give them some time.”
Gilbert could not be reached for comment Friday.
Gilbert and Greer returned late Thursday night, Sievers said, and Gilbert was back in the classroom teaching the following morning.
Nick Johnson can be reached at njohnson@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 263.
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