Police to charge driver Following an investigation of a Toyota Prius crash in Japan, police are now seeking to charge the driver of the Prius. Originally, the driver claimed that the Prius brakes didn’t respond, but the data retrieved from an investigation into the crash demonstrated that the brakes were working just fine and that the driver, [...] [...]
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8000 already ordered In just 17 days 8,000 Honda CR-Z hybrids have been ordered in Japan. Overall, Honda had hoped to sell 12,000 CR-Z hybrids this year in Japan. While this sale’s pace is probably not sustainable, it does demonstrate there is consumer interest in sporty hybrids, and that will probably mean a sooner than expected Toyota [...] [...] Can lithium challenge the Prius? In February, Toyota sold more than 27,000 Prius hybrids worldwide. Honda sold 3,517 Insight hybrids. To help shrink this gap in sales, Honda plans to begin using lithium-ion batteries in its hybrid cars within 2 or 3 years, according to Bloomberg, and the Civic hybrid will probably be the first lithium hybrid. [...] High-profile media reports of runaway cars give the impression that the Toyota Prius is unsafe and undependable. However, the hard data tells a different story. J.D. Power—the auto industry’s top source for information about vehicle dependability—yesterday reported that among compact cars, the Toyota Prius had the fewest numbers of problems experienced per [...] [...] |
 
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