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Toyota and their Hybrid Synergy

Toyota recently released details on its new RAV4 electric SUV at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. Toyota has made it clear it regards EV's as a niche vehicle, and is pinning its hopes on hybrids instead. Toyota will make only 35 test versions of RAV4s next year, before rolling out a production version of the car to customers in 2012.

The electric RAV4 is part of a niche market strategy. "A mobility system in Los Angeles will probably look very different from one in Dallas or New York or London or Shanghai," one exec said.

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