Doubt hybrids are here to stay? Talk to Toyota
The Green Car Congress has this report, which claims that Toyota Motor plans to offer gas-electric hybrids for all its vehicle classes by 2012. The site also has an update on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s development of hydraulic hybrid technology.
And while you’re visiting Green Car Congress, check out this post on Ontario’s plan to double the retail sales tax rebate on the purchase of hybrid vehicles to $2,000. The news is a few days old, but the post offers a few more details about the province’s plans.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
