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Toyota Going 100% Hybrid By 2020

Posted by kdawson on from the barring-Mr.-Fusion dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Disappointed. by erikvcl · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't think disappointed is the world I'd use. I think idiotic is more like it. See this article:

    http://clubs.ccsu.edu/Recorder/editorial/editorial _item.asp?NewsID=188

    The Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer. I'm sick of the Hybrid propaganda that's based on trendiness instead of science.

  2. Re:Not Quite 20 years... by sycodon · · Score: 1, Troll

    WTF?

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  3. Not for nothing but... by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't see how you could mistake "all intents and purposes" for "all intensive purposes"

    They mean TWO DIFFERENT FUCKING THINGS

    The first means: "all -- including the things you haven't considered yet"
    The second means: "all the intensive things"

    I MEAN WHAT THE FUCK. ARE YOU PEOPLE FUCKING DEAF AND DUMB?

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