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Automotive News Archive25-Oct-2006Toyota Looks at Plug-in Hybrid Toyota is considering a plug-in hybrid as well as ethanol-capable flex-fuel vehicles for the U.S. market, according to the president of Toyota Motor North America Inc. Gas Price Run-Up Easing Slightly Prices inching downward just as records are reached. Rising Gas Prices Cutting into Spending, Survey Finds More than half of Americans are driving less and cutting back on household spending because of rising gasoline prices according to a new poll by Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Toyota Recalls Near 800,000 for July Toyota has now recalled almost 800,000 vehicles in July, including 8,500 Prius hybrids as well as some Lexus hybrids sold in the U.S. The Japanese automaker is recalling 418,570 vehicles globally, including 150,000 cars sold in the U.S. and Canada because of a faulty crankshaft sensor. Toyota Builds More Efficient Gasoline Engines Toyota, already the world leader in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, says it has designed a new family of fuel-efficient gasoline-powered engines that will be cleaner and more efficient than their predecessors. Gas Prices Top $3 in Much of the U.S. The average price of regular self-serve gasoline is now above $3 a gallon in 16 states and the District of Columbia while throughout the rest of the country the price lingers just below $3.
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