Toyota is making cheap hybrid
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
The chief engineer on the development of a new generation of Toyota Prius Akihito from here allegedly confirmed that the Japanese company is preparing a new hybrid car, which is based on the model Yaris.
With this step, Toyota aims to create a serious competitor to the Honda Insight, which is currently the cheapest hybrid in the world. It is expected that the price of compact hybrid to be 20-30% cheaper than the Prius.
From now on they also revealed that the hybrid system in the car together in themselves 1.5-liter internal combustion engine, electric motor and a new generation of batteries, and that the appearance of the model can be expected in 2011.
