September 2006


nullCall it a creative incentive or an incredibly generous gesture to inspire employees, Peachtree Settlement Funding may have outdone itself this time by giving away one of the most popular cars on the planet, a brand new 2006 Toyota Prius.

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Toyota rules out producing hybrid diesel electric cars, even though they could help reduce emissions.

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When they’re thinking about buying a hybrid vehicle, people sometimes worry about stuff that’s just silly. Sometimes, though, they’re absolutely right to be concerned.

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Rival Japanese carmakers Nissan Motor Co and Toyota Motor Corp will end their tie-up in sharing hybrid car-related technology as Nissan plans to release its own hybrid models, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received Thursday night the key to Toyota Motor Corp’s (TSE:7203) Prius car, an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly 1500-cc hybrid sedan, in a symbolic gesture of Toyota Motor Philippines’ (TMP) support for the Clean Air Act and the governments efforts to promote energy and fuel efficiency.

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With fuel prices rising, the number of consumers putting hybrid vehicles on the road is slowly increasing.
Toyota’s plan to sell one million hybrids a year by early next decade suggests hybrids are on their way to mainstream status.
In 2005, Toyota increased production of its Prius hybrid to keep up with the demand for the model, and the automakers’ 2007 Camry Hybrid sold 4,268 units in June.

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TOKYO - Rival Japanese carmakers Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp will end their tie-up in sharing hybrid car-related technology as Nissan plans to release its own hybrid models, a report said on Saturday.

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Toyota Philippines believes a hybrid model is viable in RP, but gives no timetable for a launch. Toyota Philippines President Hiroshi Ito told reporters at the World of Toyota motor show that the company’s Prius hybrid car can become a hit in gas-starved Philippines despite its hefty price tag.

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Nissan Motor Co. plans to sell a hybrid vehicle developed in-house in 2010, limiting its licensing ties with Toyota Motor Corp. to the Altima sedan due in the United States next year, Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Saturday.

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One automaker is keeping an eye on the future, starting in Middle Tennessee. Fuel costs are just one reason Tennessee-based Saturn is stepping into the hybrid car market, but General Motors is also thinking about its own survival. The new hybrid has been in development for the last five years. On Tuesday morning, it was introduced to the world. | | The all new Saturn Vue, made…

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