google.com - 7/7/2009
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21 hours ago TOKYO (AFP) The global economic crisis dealt a fresh blow to Formula One racing on Tuesday as Toyota Motor pulled out of hosting the Japanese Grand Prix at its Fuji Speedway circuit from next year. The race track, in the foothills of Mount Fuji, hosted the Japanese Grand Prix for ...
google.com - 7/3/2009
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google.com —
17 hours ago TOKYO (AFP) Japan's near-silent hybrid
cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and
some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official. The petrol-electric vehicles, ...
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AFP: Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety
reuters.com - 7/4/2009
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reuters.com —
TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) --Toyota Motor Corp (
7203.T ) plans to start mass producing plug-in hybrid
vehicles in 2012, with a projected first-year output of about 20,000 to 30,000 units, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. Toyota has said ...
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Toyota to mass produce plug-in hybrids from 2012 ...
auto-motor-und-sport.de - 7/1/2009
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auto-motor-und-sport.de —
Mercedes A-/B-Klasse-Varianten Toyota erwägt Kooperation mit Daimler Wie
auto motor und sport aus Führungskreisen der Tokioter Toyota-Zentrale
erfahren hat, könnten auf der sogenannten Toyota-MC-Plattform laut internen Planspielen künftig auch A- ...
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Toyota erwägt Kooperation mit Daimler | News
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REPORT: Cost cutting leads Toyota to cease hosting Japanese Grand Prix
Autoblog —
Filed under: Motorsports, Toyota Toyota finances being what they are, the company is ruthlessly assessing its accounts and making cuts anywhere it deems appropriate. The latest head to roll is the Formula 1 race at Fuji Speedway, Toyota's own circuit. Opened in 1965 and host of the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time in 1976, Formula 1 returned to Fuji in 2007 and 2008, and was due again in 2010. In spite of that, Toyota deemed the $20-to-$30 million dollars necessary to hold a Grand Prix -- a mere fraction of the money it spends on ...
REPORT: Cost cutting leads Toyota to cease hosting Japanese Grand Prix
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... Filed under: Motorsports, Toyota
Toyota finances being what they are, the company is ruthlessly assessing its accounts and making cuts anywhere it deems appropriate. The latest head to roll is the Formula 1 race at Fuji Speedway, Toyota's own circuit. Opened in 1965 and host of the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time in 1976, Formula 1 returned to Fuji in 2007 and 2008, and was due again in 2010.
In spite of that, Toyota deemed the $20-to-$30 million dollars necessary to hold a Grand Prix -- a mere fraction of ...
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