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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:Not Quite 20 years... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    True, but I think it's important to remember that anal sex or anal intercourse is a form of human sexual behavior. While there are many sexual acts involving the anus, anal cavity, sphincter valve and/or rectum, the term "anal sex" is often used to mean the insertion of the penis into the rectum. It is a form of sexual intercourse considered to be particularly risky, for a number of reasons related to the vulnerability of the tissues and the septic nature of the anus.

    Such relations have been documented in a wide range of cultures, from earliest times; they have also been controversial and sometimes condemned since antiquity. Anal sex is encountered among people of all sexual identities and orientations. While it is reported more frequently among male couples, in absolute numbers more heterosexual couples have anal sex.[1] However it is certainly done more often by gay men.

  2. Re:What the Japanese don't understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Erectric? Cunning racial slur, or porn-driven vehicle?

  3. Too bad their on my boycott list. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Too bad their on my boycott list.

  4. 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.

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

    WTF?

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  6. 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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