Hybrid
cars, trucks, and SUVs: All vehicles hybrid
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Proof
the hybrid costs will come down
There is a rather
interesting article in AutoWeek
regarding how Toyota
Camry hybrid production was integrated into
standard Camry production. While this integration did
take immense brain power, it really didn't take much
money, which shocked many in the auto-world according
to the magazine.
Toyota now claims that hybrid
cars are profitable; however, many auto analysts
find this impossible to believe. Perhaps they are
profitable, but have yet to cover the original
development costs, so it depends on how you measure
'costs'.
Nonetheless, Toyota, a champion of efficient
auto-manufacturing, is also making the production of
hybrids more efficient, which will further reduce
costs. Already Toyota believes it can make its next
generation hybrid technology, due out in just a couple
of years, more fuel efficient, more powerful, and half
as expensive.
Such a move would make the Prius
an incredible buy, while making the rest of Toyota's
hybrids extremely cost-effective, if not
cost-superior, to their conventional counterparts.
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Hot
Issue:
Diesel
versus ethanol versus hybrid: Why not Dare to Dream?
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Lithium:
Why hybrid vehicles will dominate auto sales by 2020
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Three
hybrids are Best Values of 2006 according to Intellichoice
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Diesel,
ethanol, and biodiesel provide much needed help to America's energy woes, but they don't go far enough
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Have
hybrid vehicles launched a new golden age in the auto
industry?
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Nationwide
campaign for plug-in hybrids launched
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Flex-Fuel
Ford Escape hybrid vehicle coming soon.
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"Hybrids,
small cars, jazzy designs": Will it work for
Ford?"
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Are
hybrid vehicles forever marginal or a step into the
future?
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Forget
the Mustang, check out the Ford Reflex hybrid vehicle
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