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...would be too easy, though, to dismiss the 500-m.p.g. movement as all hype and hope. After all, not long ago, hybrids like the Toyota Prius sounded like a laughable idea. These days they are being snapped up by consumers more than willing to pay a premium. So before this pipe dream is summarily cast aside, it's worth exploring. Could it be that the motley coalition of tree huggers and hawks is on to something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking That Dirty Old Habit | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

MEET GREG HANSSEN, A PARTNER IN A SMALL BATTERY-prototype testing firm in California called EnergyCS. Hanssen was approached last year by Felix Kramer for help in building a dashboard monitor for a Prius that he and CalCars, his group of plug-in advocates, had converted into a crude plug-in. (The original Prius' batteries charge up when the car brakes.) Hanssen was inspired. He enlisted the support of another privately held firm, Clean-Tech, to devise a more sophisticated version of the plug-in Prius. Hanssen recently showed off his prototype at the 2005 Tour de Sol, a green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking That Dirty Old Habit | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...Green Travelers can save at the pump by renting a hybrid like the Toyota Prius, offered by Hertz in most major markets and evrental.com in the Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rental Tips | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

Travelers can save at the pump by renting a hybrid like the Toyota Prius, offered by Hertz in most major markets and evrental.com in the Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cars: Cars: Deals on Wheels | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...question, Toyota's rise is the envy of the auto business. Since 1999, Toyota's U.S. market share has grown from 10.6% to 14.7%. The company makes America's best-selling sedan, the Camry. Its fuel-sipping hybrids, like the Prius, are the hottest cars on the market, commanding premiums and long waiting lists. The folks who snickered when Toyota launched a youth brand, Scion, by importing funky compacts from Japan like the xB, are racing to develop their own hipster cars. Toyota is doing a bang-up job financially, forecast to post profits of $10.8 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Dude on the Road | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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