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Could the Prius be harmful to the environment?

Green Cars News

Though widely thought of as the ultimate green car, the 2010 Toyota Prius is facing criticism over just how green it is. The controversy centres on its use of a nickel metal hydride battery. From there, it is sent to China to be made into nickel foam before being shipped to Japan and made into a hybrid battery.

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

Cars That Think

Also in 1970, Hagelin's son Bo, who was the company's sales manager for the Americas and who had opposed the transaction, died in a car crash near Washington, D.C.). Washington Post and a pair of European broadcasters, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , in Germany, and Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen , in Switzerland.