Toyota: Baby steps to the plug-in car
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In the face of GM's swift time table for the Chevy Volt, rival automaker says it has good reason to move more slowly on its own plug-in electric car.
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Two start-ups are coming that will lease, rather than sell, batteries to consumers. Isn't this what big, bad GM did?
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Japan has drawn up an action plan to  spearhead efforts to develop the next generation of more  environmentally friendly vehicles and batteries to help reduce  its reliance on oil.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It could be the Toyota Prius of the two-wheeled world - transport with green credentials that lets you show off how much you are doing to save the planet.
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Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) is working  on developing a plug-in hybrid vehicle and is open to joining  with other automakers in battery development, the president of  its North American operations said on Friday.
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Mr. Fussy has become intrigued with things that go by themselves. A year or two ago, he started noticing reviews of cars that drive themselves. The clever Japanese, for instance, introduced the self-parking Prius hybrid some time ago. Now Lexus is selling a sedan here with the same features, for only $65,000. Meaning you would have to be both rich ...
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Car stereo makers are getting antsy to join the MP3 revolution.
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Car travelers should get used to  plugging in their own entertainment gear as all but luxury  automakers give up a decades-long struggle to build in the  latest audio and video equipment.
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The move puts Toyota in direct competition with General Motors, which plans to sell its own plug-in hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt, sometime around 2010.
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TOKYO Toyota Motor, the world&#39;s largest producer of gasoline-electric vehicles, said Wednesday that it would assemble its hybrid cars in China in response to Beijing&#39;s effort to develop more fuel-efficient models.
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When it comes to helping the environment or saving money at the pump, it's hard to beat one of the new mini-cars, like the Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris and Mini Cooper.
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The deep bass sound vibrates your breastbone as you meander through a corner of the massive International Consumer Electronics Show. Someone is simply showing off car audio systems, but it feels like the vehicles themselves are announcing their beefy presence.
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Mazda's RX-8 seems to hail from an alternate universe where automobiles are powerful, whisper-smooth and safe. Netgear's Skype phone makes the connection and Oxo kitchen tools get a grip. In Gadget Lab.
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Toyota and Sony , two of Japan's biggest technology names, are getting together in robotics, both sides said yesterday, to develop an innovative, intelligent, single-seat vehicle.
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Toyota Motor Corp. , the leading seller of hybrid autos in the United States, is offering its first low-interest loan and lease incentives on the gasoline-electric Prius to boost sales by at least 50 percent this year.
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A delayed battery technology may indeed be on the way.
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IPod mini portable music player users can power, charge and play the contents of their devices simultaneously while in their automobiles.