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Toyota to Launch 21 New Hybrids and a New Fuel Cell Vehicle in the Next Three Years
When the first-generation Prius was launched in 1997, annual sales were negligible. Today, Toyota delivers more than one million hybrids annually and which account for 10 percent of its total global sales and 50 percent of the brand’s domestic sales. As the current leader in the field, Toyota believes that hybrids and plug-in hybrids are the way to go and fuel cell technology is much closer to production than most people think.
Japan’s biggest auto manufacturer is getting ready to add no less than 21 new hybrids, an all-electric RAV-4 and a fuel cell vehicle by 2015.
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Toyota Targets 30,000 Hydrogen Cars By 2020, Zero Co2 Emission Factories By 2050
Toyota announced its new ambitious environmental plan that includes 30,000 fuel cell models and 15 million hybrids sold by 2020 as well as reducing by 90% the average CO2 emissions of their models by 2050. Read more »...
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Toyota Reportedly Offering Mazda Fuel Cell Tech In Exchange For Skyactiv Engines
Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda are reportedly holding talks to expand their technology partnership to fuel cell vehicles. According to two unnamed sources cited by Reuters, Toyota is considering providing fuel cell and plug-in hybrid technology...
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Ford Says C-max Hybrids Outsells Toyota Prius Plug-in And V In Its First Full Month Of Availability
Ford has taken yet another swipe at Toyota in the battle of the hybrids. The Blue Oval announced that in November, their first full month of availability, combined sales of its C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi Plug-in Hybrid in the U.S. reached 4,846 units...
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Infiniti’s 2012 M Hybrid Campaign Takes A Swipe At Lexus Gs 450h
‘Remember’ is the name of Infiniti’s new campaign for the 2012 M Hybrid, which is set to launch in the USA in spring of 2011 with prices starting from $53,700. The 31 second spot takes us on a quick journey through the history of...
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Why The Surprise? Hybrid Sales Fall 9,9% In The U.s. In 2008
Just as gasoline-electric hybrids looked like they were ready to conquer America when gas prices rose up to nearly $4 a gallon in July, a steep decrease in fuel costs -aided by the collapse of the auto market in the second half of the year- resulted to...
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