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Toyota: We’ll Go Electric By 2010Dear GM: You were right. We were wrong. Let's dance. |
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| By Michael d'Estries in Hybrids, Transportation | January 14, 2008 | ||
In a reversal of opinion, Toyota’s President Katsuaki Watanabe said at the Detroit auto show that the automaker will in fact release a plug-in hybrid by 2010. This is in contrast to comments made by Irv Miller, Toyota’s US vice president for corporate communications, back in September. “The advanced lithium-ion batteries that the Volt would use, batteries suitable for the long-term rigors of everyday automotive use, don’t exist,” he said on a company website.
Suddenly, General Motors is the company applying pressure to the rest of the industry.
Though this reeks of complacency on the part of Toyota, the company is now racing GM and other automakers to develop plug-in technology. From the article,
“The company will provide a significant number of plug-in hybrids to global fleet customers, with a large percentage coming to the US, President Katsuaki Watanabe said at the Detroit auto show, without elaborating. The cars will help Toyota meet new US fuel-economy rules early, he said.
‘We will put the full force of our resources’ into efforts to develop vehicles that increase fuel economy and reduce carbon emissions, Watanabe said.”
Could GM pull an upset? Are we in for an epic battle of who’s greener, cleaner, and more affordable? If so, by all means let the games begin!
via shanghaidaily
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Geno Hynes said,
I am a little confused, because I remember watching a documentary about electric cars that were being produced years ago. Tom Hanks had one. Then all the cars were called back and shredded. Of all the people who were leasing the cars ,that were on the program, none seemed to have any trouble with the batteries. I believe they could drive something like 100 miles or more on a charge.