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Toyota President Outlines Action Plans for Automotive Energy Diversity and Lowering Carbon Footprint

Posted on June 11, 2008

Toyota Motor Company (TMC) President Katsuaki Watanabe outlined the company s new action plans in the areas of research and development, manufacturing and social contribution for promoting energy diversity in automobiles and reducing its carbon footprint.Hybrid drive technology remains a core strategic element for Toyota, but Watanabe briefly touched on a number of other powertrain and fuel initiatives that Toyota is undertaking, ranging from short-term efficiency gains in gasoline engines to the longer-term focus in areas such as hydrogen and successors to lithium-ion battery technology. Th...

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