TOYOTA TO ROLL OUT 11 NEW

HYBRID VEHICLES BY 2012

Toyota outlined some of its new innovation targets for eco-
cars and next-generation electric vehicle battery research.

According to its latest plans, Toyota has 11 hybrid vehicle

models planned for introduction by the end of 2012
(both new models and redesigned models).

It plans a plug-in Prius hybrid vehicle introduction by the

start of 2012.

It plans to bring the iQ “urban city car” to the United

States, Europe and Japan in the same year.
For those who don’t like to think small, the RAV4 EV
electric concept car that Toyota is developing with
Tesla Motors is on display at the Los Angeles Auto
Show until the end of November.
The second generation vehicle boasts a potential 
range of 100 miles.
Toyota is also working on extending the performance of
the batteries.

It has about 100 people working on this challenge, both

on solid-state batteries and on metal-air batteries.
Here’s Toyota view on where it needs to
focus
“To achieve sustainable mobility, municipalities, state agencies, public
transit authorities, urban planners, industry, community
representatives and others have certain responsibilities in the mobility
system must come together to forge a comprehensive vision and
strategy to collectively reduce impacts over time.

Toyota’s primary responsibility in this effort is to provide

technologically advanced vehicles to the marketplace that reduce
environmental impacts, eventually replacing conventional
automobiles. We do not believe that sustainable mobility will be
achieve with a single technological solution, so we have undertaken a
broad Comprehensive Environmental Technology (CET) approach to
advanced vehicle technologies, with hybrids at the core.”
 HIGHLIGHTS
Toyota’s vehicles exceed the U.S. Corporate Average Fuel
Economy (CAFE) standards for cars and light-duty trucks.

Collectively, the company has reduced the amount of

energy it takes to produce per vehicle in North America by
20 percent, compared with levels in 2000
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BY:
AMRESH PATIL