Despite the fact that Toyota has received a lot of criticism from some environmentalists regarding its alliance with US automakers over CAFE, Toyota claims it was worth it.
"We have taken hits because of our alliance," U.S. president of Toyota, Jim Lentz, said of the unified stance with U.S. companies on the No.1 regulatory issue to face auto companies in years. "We were willing to take those hits to get a standard the industry could live with."
Nonetheless, Toyota isn't afraid of the new CAFE standards coming out of Congress.
"We're a hybrid company, especially on the passenger car side," Lentz said, noting that in addition to the conventional hybrid cars that Toyota is now selling, such as the Prius and Camry hybrid, Toyota will continue to test plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Labels: Hybrid Vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, toyota
Source: http://www.hybridcarblog.com/2007/12/toyota-is-hybrid-company.html
