car to be unveiled at the Auto show is the Toyota FT-CH (Future Toyota Compact Hybrid). The latest model will be the smallest, lightest and cheapest model in its successful Prius family. It will be more fuel efficient than the PriusThe Detroit Auto Show 2010 is surely a big hit in the US. More than 700 vehicles are displayed by major automakers at the Auto Show 2010. The latest car to be unveiled at...
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DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp expects industrywide sales of 11.5 million light vehicles in the United States this year, said Jim Lentz, president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor Sales, at the North American International Auto Show on Monday.The Toyota FT-CH hybrid electric concept car is seen after is was unveiled at the 2010 North American International Auto Show during press days in Detroit,...
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Hybrid cars are not the only answer to increasing gas mileage. Carmakers are employing an array of other promising -- but less ballyhooed -- technologies and one may soon be sitting in your garage.Government fuel-efficiency requirements -- often referred to as CAFE, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy, standards -- refer to the average fuel economy, expressed in miles per gallon, of a manufacturer's...
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Toyota Motor Corp aims to double its global output of gas-electric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, as it fights to stay in the lead in the growing market for low-emission cars, the Nikkei business reported on Monday.Toyota, the world's largest automaker, had said it aimed to sell 1 million models annually worldwide soon after 2010 and has been ramping up its push on hybrids, introducing the...
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TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp aims to double its global output of gas-electric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, as it fights to stay in the lead in the growing market for low-emission cars, the Nikkei business reported on Monday.Toyota, the world's largest automaker, had said it aimed to sell 1 million models annually worldwide soon after 2010 and has been ramping up its push on hybrids, introducing...
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TOKYO--Toyota Motor Corp (TM) aims to double its global output of gas-electric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, as it fights to stay in the lead in the growing market for low-emission cars, the Nikkei business reported on Monday.Toyota, the world's largest automaker, had said it aimed to sell 1 million models annually worldwide soon after 2010 and has been ramping up its push on hybrids, introducing...
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Manufacturers of electric and hybrid vehicles who participated in the just-concluded Auto Expo 2010 say widespread adoption of ‘green’ technology or alternative fuel vehicles in the domestic market requires lowering of tariffs on auto parts and a lowering of overall duties on hybrid vehicles.A host of passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturers displayed ‘green’ vehicles at the Auto Expo. Maruti...
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AHonda’s new civic hybrid is the first of its kind in India, but priced at over Rs 21 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) the petrolelectric car, which uses regenerated energy from braking, is priced out of reach of all but the wealthiest environmentalists.However, Indian companies like Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Tata Motors are developing hybrid vehicles as well, and those are expected to be a lot cheaper....
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anufacturers of electric and hybrid vehicles who participated in the just-concluded Auto Expo 2010 say widespread adoption of 'green' technology or alternative fuel vehicles in the domestic market requires lowering of tariffs on auto parts and a lowering of overall duties on hybrid vehicles.A host of passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturers displayed 'green' vehicles at the Auto Expo. Maruti...
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DETROIT (AP) — Toyota unveiled a new hybrid concept car that is smaller than the Prius and geared toward younger buyers, as part of the Japanese automaker's strategy to expand its lineup of hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles.Toyota showed off the FT-CH compact car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday. The company also confirmed plans to badge future hybrids with the...
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