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Toyota considers Corolla recall as it recalls Sai hybrid, Lexus cars in Japan
Feb 17th, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
congressional hearings in washington next week. toyoda and executive vice president shinichi sasaki also confirmed toyota's completion of preparations for recall repairs on the sai -- a luxury hybrid sedan -- and lexus hs250h vehicles in japan
Toyota hit by new surge of reported fatalities in vehicles
Feb 15th, 2010 - Washington Post
federal officials have received a flurry of new complaints in recent weeks about deaths linked to sudden acceleration in toyota vehicles, bringing the total number of alleged fatalities to 34 since 2000, according to government data.
between 2000Toyota declines energy efficiency award for Prius
Feb 10th, 2010 - Boston
trade minister's grand prize for energy efficiency and ecological quality, said hiroshi tsuchiya, an official with the government's energy agency. toyota announced tuesday it would recall about 437,000 prius and other hybrid vehicles to fix brake
Zipcar pulls recalled Prius hybrids from fleet
Feb 9th, 2010 - ColumbiaMissourian
and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix a potential problem with their brakes. toyota says the fix takes
Zipcar pulls 2010 Prius hybrids affected by recall, less than 1 percent of fleet
Feb 9th, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
is recalling 437,000 priuses and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix a potential problem with their brakes. toyota
Hybrid Vehicles videos from YouTube:
1:42How Do Hybrid Cars Work?
A hybrid car combines an internal combustion engine with an electric battery, and the vehicles work by starting the car with the battery then switching the power source to the internal combustion engine. Hear about the efficiency ...
4:24The Next Generation of Hybrid Vehicles
What will it be? Hydrogen, diesel, E85, or something else? That was the question at this year's North American International Auto Show as nearly every automaker announced an alternative propulsion vehicle. Ranging from bio-fuel to fuel cell ...
2:09Fox News - Make a hybrid vehicle - netgain EAS/EMIS
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Hybrid Vehicles from WikiPedia:
A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors.
Power sources for hybrid vehicle include:
- On-board or out-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS)
- Gasoline or Diesel fuel
- Hydrogen
- Compressed air
- Liquid nitrogen
- Human powered e.g. pedaling or rowing
- Wind
- electricity
- Compressed or liquefied natural gas
- Solar
- Waste heat from internal combustion engine. This can be converted to steam or electricity (e.g. via Stirling engine or Thermogenerator) to increase vehicle propulsion. The extra power may also be used for supplemental systems (e.g. cooling for cool-trucks, ...)
- Coal, wood, Biochar or other solid combustibles
- Electromagnetic fields, Radio waves
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