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Total hybrid sales up 11.4 percent in October
Once again, Toyota dominated the sale of hybrids with its sale's all-star, the 2010 Prius. The Prius moved 13,496 units, while the next closest competitor, the Honda Insight moved 1,739 units. Despite the Insight's rank of second best selling hybrid in October, Ford still sold more hybri...
Yesterday
Panasonic/Sanyo deal means cheaper Toyota hybrids?
Minimally, it seems that will mean that Toyota will own even more of its battery solutions, while Panasonic will take on the NiMH production needs of other automakers, such as Honda, Ford and Peugeot, while scaling up plans for lithium production, including lithium batteries for Toyot...
Monday, Nov 2
NiMH hybrids a long way from dead
Still the battery of choice for hybrids Likewise, Sanyo will also supply lithium-ion batteries to Toyota and Volkswagen. Apparently, NiMH technology isn't dead yet, and Toyota seems extremely well positioned to benefit from this uptick in scale.
Toyota Prius: 2,092 patents, but what about profits?
With strong sales and 2,092 patents, many analysts predicted that the third generation Prius would be very profitable. Of course, that was before pricing on the Honda Insight, currently the third best selling hybrid at 7.2 percent share, forced Toyota to lower Prius pricing to just $400 m...
