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Toyota Motor Corp has developed its third-generation hybrid -system engine, combining gasoline and electric power for a more eco-friendly engine.The smaller engine, which can reduce fuel costs and cut production expenses, will be put into practical use in 2008.The new engine can be installed on most of the automakers midsize or larger models. Toyota will produce key parts of the new engine in the US to expand the use of the technology around the world, says an official communique. Toyota installed the first generation hybrid engine in its Prius model in 1997,and the second-generation engine ,which generated 1.5 times more electric power than the first,was put into use in 2003,as the worlds top hybrid system in terms of fuel-cost efficiency at 83.5 miles per gallon of gasoline. |
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| Posted : 12/8/2005 |
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