Toyota Goes Green

Toyota is set to launch more cars that use no gas at all. With the green campaign all over the world, Toyota rides with the environmental demand by coming up with cars that use only compressed natural gas car fuel (CNG).

CNG is more available than hydrogen as Irv Miller, manufacturer’s group VP for corporate communications, said. It has a pipeline that reaches 1.8 million miles in the United States. Though rare, since it only has 1,000 refueling stations all through US, it still has more than the approximately 10 hydrogen refill stations.

Toyota is even planning to release a Prius plug-in version for the fleet market around 2009. This will, of course, be greener.

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Toyota in Formula 1

Toyota racing team debuted in the Formula 1 race in 2002, with the Toyota model TF102 introduced in the debut motor sport entry. The racing team from Toyota made their biggest investment in the development of the Toyota racing team, yet scored only two points over the year.

In 2003, Toyota racing team brought in Cristiano Da Matta in the driver line up and made the scoring higher in Germany. The Toyota racing team also scored higher with their safety cards introduced in 2003 and the team could make second place in the British Grand Prix.

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