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Guangzhou Toyota To Begin Production of Hybrid Camry in 2010

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Guangzhou Toyota will begin production of the Camry Hybrid in China in 2010. Toyota introduced the Camry Hybrid to the China market at the 2009 Shanghai auto show earlier this year. Guangzhou Toyota will expand its in-country sales outlets to 300 from 210. Tags: Brief. increase over 2009 sales. class of cars.

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Toyota Hybrid Breakthrough! One-mile EV Range Highlander Hybrid!

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AutoBlogGreen has the details on the '08 Highlander, and it includes an EV mode! Mistakenly blaming the battery type (NiMH) for the meager all-electric performance, AutoBlogGreen remains as confused as most auto journalists about plugs and cars, plug-in hybrids, electric cars, and batteries. Would a Lithium-ion battery be better?

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Hybrid Fans to Toyota: The Next Step is Plug-in Hybrids

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This year Toyota makes its SUVs and trucks even larger. Toyota increasingly devotes precious energy contained in hybrid batteries charged with expensive gasoline to higher power output rather than efficiency. Toyota's own "Question of the Month" in the Hybrid Synergy View Newsletter , asked. What do people actually want?

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September Auto Sales Plunge in Aftermath of Cash for Clunkers; SAAR at 9.2M units, LDV Sales Down 41% from August, Hybrid Sales Down 48%

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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) reported September sales of 126,015 vehicles, a decrease of 12.6% year-on-year, and Highlander Hybrid posted 269 units, down 70.8% Tags: Hybrids Sales. Click to enlarge. September 2009 had 25 sales days compared to 24 days for September 2008. by volume from last September. from September 2008.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% Camry and Camry Hybrid remained Toyota’s volume leader in July, posting combined monthly sales of 33,974 units, down 19.4%

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Top 10 Green Cars revealed

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Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available and [.].

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

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The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. Hybrids still represent the largest volume of “green” vehicles including the popular Toyota Prius, Honda Insight and Ford Fusion hybrids. Toyota Camry Hybrid. Toyota Highlander Hybrid.