Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed on the final details about how to turn over its source code, the “crown jewels” of the company, to the lead plaintiffs’ lawyers in the multidistrict litigation over sudden acceleration.

The plaintiffs’ lawyers insist that the source code will provide evidence that defects in the electronic throttle-control system caused sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles. Toyota has maintained there are no problems with the electronics but has agreed to turn over its source code to plaintiffs’ engineers under stringent security.

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