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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Read more Tata Motors has opposed Toyota’s appeal for tax reduction on hybrid cars, claiming that they are more polluting than electric vehicles and should not be given a tax advantage. Hybrid cars see higher tax incidence in India compared to their pure petrol counterparts, despite emitting lower pollutants into the environment.

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Toyota to invest $1.3B to build EVs at its Kentucky plant

Baua Electric

Dow explains: Hybrid vehicles like the (non-plug-in) Prius run entirely on gasoline. There is zero energy that enters the car system that is not put there by limited and polluting fossil fuels, of the kind that contributes to millions of deaths globally per year. ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

We’re 100% used EVs and hybrids,” said Robert Beas of Beas Auto Sales , noting that he displayed a pre- owned Prius Prime, Mitsubishi Outlander, Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Volt, and Ford C-max plug-in hybrids at the event. Dave Atherton answering questions from Toyota representatives about his DIY modified 2008 Prius.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

Green Car Congress

In 1997, the Toyota Prius was released as the world’s first mass-produced hybrid. Another hot topic in the auto world is autonomous rides. The pros of going gasless include reduced maintenance costs, lower fuel expense and—most importantly—less pollution. Fewer Traffic Jams, Less Pollution.

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Toyota faces stern critique from European funds for its lackluster EV strategy

Teslarati

There was a time when Toyota was one of the world’s greenest auto manufacturers. The company practically made hybrids mainstream with the Prius, but it has maintained a conservative stance on electric vehicles since then. AkademikerPension CIO Anders Schelde expressed his thoughts in a statement.

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Russian Yo Natural-Gas Hybrid SUV: Production By End Of Year

Green Car Reports

In the years since Soviet rule ended in Russia, the number of cars on its roads have steadily increased, driving pollution and congestion to unimaginable levels.

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Yet another study shows plug-in hybrids aren’t as clean as we thought

Baua Electric

Multiple recent studies have shown that in the real world, plug-in hybrids pollute much more than their labels would indicate – though still less than pure-fossil vehicles – both because they overstate their capabilities in electric-only mode and because people simply don’t plug them in. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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