Toyota to sell only hybrid autos by 2012. Toyota, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to only manufacture gas-electric hybrid cars by 2012. The plan is to decrease the cost of manufacturing hybrid cars by increasing production. I’m sure Mother Nature is breathing a sigh of relief…. [Lockergnome’s Bits and Bytes]
I looked at the Toyota Prius before I bought my 2003 Corolla. The Prius looked nice, but the performance still isn’t as good as the Corolla, plus it costs a lot more and is a bit smaller & less comfortable. I’m confident that by the time Im ready to replace the Corolla, hybrid technology will have advanced to the point where it’s just as good.
I'm relieved to hear that. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if a certain nameless faction in the U.S. government somehow lobbied to declare hybrid production morally wrong or some such shit just to prolong our dependency on oil.