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12:21PM Nick Broughall | Today I’m down in Altona – on the outskirts of Melbourne – at Toyota’s manufacturing plant for official launch of the Hybrid Camry. There are robots, politicians and fluoro yellow safety vests everywhere! More »
Toyota Pushes The Big Black Button To Start Hybrid Camry Manufacturing
12:21PM Nick Broughall | Today I’m down in Altona – on the outskirts of Melbourne – at Toyota’s manufacturing plant for official launch of the Hybrid Camry. There are robots, politicians and fluoro yellow safety vests everywhere! More » 
Design
Fit For Jeff Bridges: BMW’s Vision Efficient Dynamics Hybrid Concept
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Jalopnik is right. This see-through concept out of the BMW R&D wing would be best served with a side of Tron and a couple of light cycles. More »
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11:00AM Nick Broughall | Sure, it was the Prius that made Hybrid engines popular, but Toyota were actually working on hybrid technology long before that. Their first hybrid engine, the Gas Turbine Hybrid, started development back in 1965. It took 12 years, but the engine eventually made it into a prototype Toyota Sports 800, which was shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1977. It had a 22kW engine with a 2-speed transmission. More »
Toyota’s First Hybrid Engine Started 40 Years Ago
11:00AM Nick Broughall | Sure, it was the Prius that made Hybrid engines popular, but Toyota were actually working on hybrid technology long before that. Their first hybrid engine, the Gas Turbine Hybrid, started development back in 1965. It took 12 years, but the engine eventually made it into a prototype Toyota Sports 800, which was shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1977. It had a 22kW engine with a 2-speed transmission. More »
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3:46PM Nick Broughall | I’ve spent most of today with the folks at Toyota checking out their new 3rd-Gen Prius. And if you think this is just a car for hippies and smug environmentalists, you’re very wrong – this is a gadget fan’s dream. More »
Toyota’s 3rd-Gen Prius Has More Tech Than The Death Star
3:46PM Nick Broughall | I’ve spent most of today with the folks at Toyota checking out their new 3rd-Gen Prius. And if you think this is just a car for hippies and smug environmentalists, you’re very wrong – this is a gadget fan’s dream. More »
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The First Battery Swap Station for Electric Cars
3:40AM Mark Wilson | Electric cars are a great idea until you need to drive beyond the range of your battery. What then? A company named Better Place unveiled their solution to the problem, a battery swap station. More »
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Ford Engineer Builds Street-Legal, 53km/L Hybrid in His Garage
5:15AM Dan Nosowitz | The “HyperRocket” was built by a Ford efficiency expert in his garage, and with two seats, a whopping 53km/L, and a comfortable cruising speed of 105kph, we’re awfully tempted to buy the thing. More »
Robots
Mass Production Planned For HAL Exoskeleton; Your Personal Iron Man Conversion To Cost $4,200
7:57PM John Herrman | Products like the Human Assistive Limb exoskeleton have a frustrating tendency to remain in the labs and universities that spawned them, usually for reasons of impracticality or cost. But this one is going mainstream. More »
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Honda Creates Pixel Art From Hundreds of Car Headlights
3:00AM Adam Frucci | This new Honda ad uses hundreds of car headlights to make pixel art. It’s neat looking, but you’ve got to wonder how much energy they wasted making this ad for a hybrid car. Ironic? [DailyWhat] More »
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Hyundai BLUE-WILL Would Clearly Like to Eat the Prius
1:45AM Mark Wilson | Sure, plenty of car companies have already stepped up to manufacture hybrids. But Hyundai’s BLUE-WILL concept is the only one that resembles some sort of carnivorous, aquatic beast. More »
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