Toyota To Crank Up Domestic Prius Production To 300K In 2007 - Reuters

[hatrack]

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Toyota said in June it would double the number of hybrid cars in its lineup soon after 2010. It currently mounts the system on seven models, including the Prius, and has targeted sales of 1 million hybrid cars annually soon after 2010.

Toyota lifted its interim net profit outlook on Wednesday by a third and mapped out a plan to keep cranking up sales by rolling out new strategic cars and boosting plant efficiencies.

It forecast its group global vehicle sales will grow 11 percent to 9.8 million units in 2008 from an expected 8.85 million units this year, supported by the planned addition of 1.13 million units in output capacity worldwide by then.

That goal means Toyota is more likely than ever to overtake General Motors Corp. as the world's top seller of automobiles -- a position GM has held for 75 years.

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[kaygore]

1. See, Ford and GM, going green nets more green

You dumb asses! Everyone of the executives should be fired from Ford and GM! While these car companies were busy getting tax breaks for Hummers and spending millions lobbying Congress to NOT raise the MPG, Toyota and Honda were building fuel efficient cars.

Ford, you dumb asses, why did not crush all those electric cars!

Ford and GM deserve to go out of business! They are the buggy whip makers of the 21st century.

[tinrobot]

2. Ford?

Ford, you dumb asses, why did not crush all those electric cars!

Ummm.... GM made the EV1, the electric car that was crushed.

Ford actually is making a very good hybrid - the Escape.

[girl gone mad]

3. None of them are where they need to be.

Not even Toyota, really.

The technology exists to make much more fuel efficient vehicles. Amateur engineers can build eclectic vehicles in their garage which get 250 mpg. Mechanics can fairly easily modify diesel cars to take bio-fuel. So why can't the big automakers come up with something better for the American market? The demand is there. I've decided not to buy a new car until they offer something that can use alternative fuels and/or gets better than 100 mpg.