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New Energy Award 1998

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Toyota Prius --- A Hybrid Passenger Car
for Mass Production ™ C
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Toyota Motor Corporation

Features of Equipment, Systems and Facilities
The world's first mass-produced hybrid car, the Prius is powered by a combination of a highly efficient gasoline engine and an electric motor run on high-voltage batteries charged by the engine, and runs on the more economical and more environmentally friendly mode for the driving conditions.
The price of Prius is only about ¥500,000 more than an equivalent gasoline-powered car, and fuel consumption is about one half under normal driving conditions.		 Toyota Prius
Toyota Prius

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New Energy Award 1998
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