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...diesel are expected to account for nearly half of the country's oil demand. Last month Beijing approved its first fuel-efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, which will begin to take effect in 2005 and will be more stringent than those in the U.S. Toyota plans to manufacture the Prius, its hybrid gasoline-electric car, in China, where it hopes the clean vehicle will find a significant market. Beijing's government, meanwhile, is working to develop electric cars before 2008, and GM is working with the Shanghai Automotive Group on a hybrid-bus design...
...country's oil demand. China is beginning to respond. Last month, Beijing approved its first fuel-efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, which will begin to take effect in 2005 and will be more stringent than those in the U.S. Last month Toyota announced plans to manufacture the Prius, its hybrid gasoline-electric car, in China, where it hopes the clean vehicle will find a significant market. Beijing's government, meanwhile, is working to develop electric cars before 2008, and GM is working with the Shanghai Automotive Group on a hybrid bus design...
...fleet in this area sports a Toyota Prius and a Volkswagon Jetta, among others...
...Kaufmann calls the Glidehouse project an effort to "collaborate with nature." Instead of hardwood floors that stress first-growth forests, she uses fast-growing bamboo. Lighting from the structure's glassy exterior, plus solar panels and a wind generator, reduces electricity use. "It's the housing equivalent of the Prius," says Kaufmann, referring to Toyota's environmentally conscious car. "Clean and green...
What can't easily be discounted is the coolness factor. As hybrids with the looks, luxury and power of conventional cars emerge, consumers may snap them up. Ryan Brown, 25, a computer consultant from Arlington, Va., just dumped his hot car--an Audi TT roadster--for a Prius. He fell in love with the Prius' technology, peppiness and design. But he is having one problem. The Prius runs silently on electric power at low speeds, and that can be spooky. "Driving it in a parking garage, people don't hear me coming. You don't want to honk, but folks...