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Article: Japan makes push for hybrid cars
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- International Herald Tribune
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- November 6, 2003
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James Brooke
International Herald Tribune
11-06-2003
''Hybrid cars will be the future,'' boomed an electronic voice as visitors lined up six deep at the Tokyo Motor Show to snap photos of a model, who was dressed in hot pants, knee high boots, and a skimpy top as she waved frenetically in front of a Toyota hybrid car. Outside, Arishiro Tadao, a Toyota driver, gave test drives of the new Prius, shoving the accelerator to the floor so visitors could feel the kick of this latest generation hybrid, powered by a gasoline engine and an electric motor. Hybrids, still only accounting for 1 percent of Japanese car sales, made a big splash at the car show that closed here Wednesday, with a little ...