Toyota Adds 150 Data Readers

Toyota announced today that it has added 150 event data recorder devices to North American markets and is actively training field employees on how to use them. Ten of the units were delivered to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and another four to Canada’s transportation department.

Toyota came under harsh criticism from Congress during hearings over recent recalls because the company had just one readout device in the U.S. and did not share its technology with any government agency.

All automakers will have to supply these types of devices commercially by 2012, and Toyota says it’s ahead of schedule to meet that deadline.