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Toyota Going 100% Hybrid By 2020
autofan1 writes "Toyota's vice president in charge of powertrain development, Masatami Takimoto, has said cost cutting on the electric motor, battery and inverter were all showing positive results in reducing the costs of hybrid technology and that by the time Toyota's sales goal of one million hybrids annually is reached, it 'expect margins to be equal to gasoline cars.' Takimoto also made the bold claim that by 2020, hybrids will be the standard drivetrain and account for '100 percent' of Toyota's cars as they would be no more expensive to produce than a conventional vehicle."
Plus, there are other factors as well. Your Civic is a LOT safer than the Prius, has significantly more performance (Priuses are absolute dogs when it comes to doing anything related to pushing the gas pedal), and your Civic isn't a bomb on wheels waiting to go off should the battery compartment be intruded upon by another vehicle.
stacks and stacks of the dead batteries from hybrid cars is better for our environment than emissions from conventional gas engines how?
You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!
And I wouldn't mind the bikers if they'd obey the damn traffic laws. I'll deal with them riding on the shoulder, but when they're impeding 50mph+ traffic by riding side by side, and riding through stop signs and red lights, it pisses me off. Even pedestrians have to obey the walk signals... what makes bicycle riders so special that they don't have to do obey traffic laws?
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