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Toyota May Expand Prius Hybrid Line

Toyota Motor may create a separate brand for its Prius hybrid car and could add both larger and smaller Prius models to the lineup, the head of Toyota’s American sales division said Thursday.
James E. Lentz III, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., said he had proposed the idea to senior company executives in Japan. Lentz [...]

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Honda’s Insight Hybrid Will Take On Prius

Global auto makers are rushing to challenge the dominance of Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius hybrid with a slew of ecofriendly vehicles. But Honda Motor Co. is likely to pose the most formidable threat to Toyota when it unveils its new Insight hybrid car Thursday at the Paris Auto Show.
Honda is betting that the five-passenger hatchback, [...]

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Hybrids Trick Out, Plug In

The owner of Luscious Garage is wondering whether the electric wall outlet will be the “gas tank” of the future.
Drivers of gas-sipping hybrid vehicles are increasingly interested in converting their vehicles from gasoline powered to electric, according to garage owner and lead technician Carolyn Coquillette.
While drivers of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles complain about higher fuel prices, [...]

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The Volt Isn’t A Prius. It Might Even Be Better

The Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius look a lot alike, but they are fundamentally different cars that blaze separate paths toward the inevitable electrification of the automobile. And while the Prius is the world’s most-popular hybrid and the poster child for green(er) motoring, the Volt is more technologically advanced.
The Prius, like the Honda Civic Hybrid [...]

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Toyota Expands Hybrid Battery Plant

Toyota Motor Corp., preparing to build Prius hybrids in the U.S. by 2010, will eventually make advanced batteries within North America to power the gasoline- electric cars, vice-chairman Kazuo Okamoto said.
“We will start producing batteries in North America,” Okamoto told reporters Friday. The date of such production, now done only in Japan, depends on oil [...]

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