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Toyota unveils RAV4 EV demonstration vehicle; targeting fully-engineered version in 2012 for market

Green Car Congress

TMS aims to have a fully re-engineered RAV4 EV (Phase One vehicle) on the market in 2012, said Jim Lentz, president and chief operating. While Phase Zero vehicles are basically converted RAV4s, the Phase ONE vehicles we plan to bring to market in 2012 will be thoroughly re-engineered, Toyota RAV4 EVs. officer, TMS. —Jim Lentz.

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0 to 60 in a millisecond

Electric Auto Association

Spencer was actually preaching to the choir, his parents were environmentalists committed to recycling, reducing consumption, eating organically, and driving Prius hybrids. I was in awe when we walked into the Tesla showroom in Dallas,” he continued. People used to approach us in parking lots to convince us to get rid of our Prius.

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

Green Car Congress

The new hybrids will be available in 24 major markets across the country, including the 10 busiest airports for business travelers in the United States. Customers in these markets will be able to choose from several makes and models of hybrid vehicles including the Toyota Prius, Nissan Altima, Ford Escape and Toyota Camry.

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Researchers suggest subsidies and policies targeting plug-ins with small battery packs would produce more benefits at lower cost

Green Car Congress

The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid with a 4.4 Such policies are generally understood to be far more efficient than technology-specific subsidies, and we should consider subsidies as an inferior substitute given the political difficulties of implementing efficient market-based policies that address the problem directly. Michalek, J.J.,

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

.” Although the carshare service model has been well established over the past 15 years, there have been some significant innovations in the market recently. Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model.

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