13 Jan
Toyota Company To Make Hybrid Trucks
Looks like some good news, finally, out of the auto industry! You know all those massive Toyota Semi-Trucks you see on the highways, the ones that suck up all the gas, and always make you go about 20 miles per hour under the speed limit on 2-lane roads? Yeah, those. Well looks like a Toyota Subsidiary company is going to make a new type of Toytoa Truck that is a hybrid style. If all goes according to plan, the new trucks will be 2.5 times more fuel efficient than current trucks on the market. Wow, 2.5 times.
According to the articles and reports I’ve been finding:
Hino Motors, Ltd., a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation will introduce a significantly improved fuel efficient hybrid truck in Japan, the U.S. and Australia around 2010. The new hybrid truck, using a high-capacity battery and improved motor, will be 2.5 times more fuel efficient than conventional models. In fact, the new hybrid truck even doubles the fuel economy compared to Hino’s current hybrid truck models.”
Looks like the price of these new hybrid babies might not even be that scary. It looks like they could be about 500,000 yen more pricy than the current models, which is only about $5,600 more. Considering the fact that they are going to be much more efficient, the fuel savings alone make it worth the jump.
Not quite sure just how important this news is? Try this on for size: Hino is the fastest growing truck manufacturer in the United States, and the third largest in the entire world.
(image via gas2.org)
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