Such incentives had previously helped boost sales of its popular hybrid models.
Among passenger cars, the Toyota Camry leads the pack with 280, 536 deliveries through the end of August (not counting 30, 587 Camry Hybrid models).
One study showed that hybrid models have a safety edge over their conventional counterparts when it comes to protecting drivers and passengers from injuries in crashes.
In fact, the A8 achieves gas mileage ratings that are equal or better than hybrid models offered by our competitors within the segment and it delivers excellent performance.
But all the electric cars and gas-electric-hybrid models currently for sale in the U.S. have captured just 3% of total sales through the first eight months of this year.
Moreover, the automaker plans to roll out 21 new hybrid models by 2015 as well as expand its hybrid offerings in territories which have no or limited options at the moment.
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In a separate announcement, Toyota, which was a pioneer of petrol-electric hybrid vehicles with its Prius model in 1997, said sales of these and its other hybrid models had now passed five million.
Many city mayors are implementing car sharing and electric vehicle schemes for these purposes, while we see more corporations asking for electric and petrol-electric hybrid models in their fleets to support their corporate sustainability targets.
Toyota is making bold moves in this direction by rolling out new hybrid models under its Prius brand: a station wagon called the Prius C and a tiny, ultra high-mileage Prius V, joining the original four-door hatchback later this year.
In the convention's final days, a frenzy of horse-trading produced four hybrid republican models.
The success of Linux also shows that bizarre hybrid governance models can be successful if everyone is motivated and aligned.
The US and UK, by contrast, actually have more hybrid leadership models.
Recognizing the increasing number of hybrid business models, the truth still holds that most, if not all, businesses are created to make money.
In addition, IBM said it is piloting a next-generation service platform, displaying public, private and hybrid enterprise computing models.
Plus, using the six-cylinder gas engine is part of a larger strategy to apply the hybrid powertrain to various models, including the 5 Series and 7 Series.
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Gerra writes that a key issue for SanDis is that NAND flash content in ultrabooks is tracking far below expectations, with an average of 32-40 GB, rather than initial speculation of 128-256 GB, as consumer opt for models with hybrid drives that still include spinning media rather than shunning traditional hard drives altogether.
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Similarly, device manufacturers will also need to adjust their models to a hybrid world of consumer agency and the tempered benevolence of corporate IT.
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In a report released Thursday, the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), says its comparison of 25 pairs of traditional car models and their hybrid counterparts shows a marked difference in car insurance injury claims.
By comparison, many of the hybrid and plug-in models making the Greenest Car list this year are practical enough to be everyday drivers, including two family friendly station wagons, the Toyota Prius v and Ford C-Max Hybrid.
Prokhorov introduced the car to the world last month he's now letting members of the proletariat see the car for themselves at the Yo-mobile Hybrid Pavilion, where three models of the car are being shown to the public: the microcar (wee hatchback on the right above), a coupe, and even a minitruck.
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Joachim Schmidt, global head of sales and marketing for Mercedes, says until batteries get cheaper and lighter, Mercedes will respond to demand for exhaust-free cars (and California clean-car mandates) with small vehicles such as the tiny electric Smart and the compact B-Class, and offer plug-in hybrid versions of its larger models, including the S-class sedan.
Going forward, Ford plans to launch seven new or refreshed Lincoln models, including a hybrid version.
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The manufacturer makes such models as the Pyrius hybrid and the Lexus luxury line.
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California regulators voted to mandate major automakers substantially increase the numbers of electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell-powered models in their fleets in the coming years, eventually accounting for 15.4 percent of all vehicles sold in the state by 2025.
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Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari's boss, expects hybrid systems to be available on all its models within five years.
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If gas prices spike and suddenly auto buyers want more electric or hybrid cars, just ramp up production of those models.
While Toyota has focused its electrified-vehicle efforts on conventional hybrids, and General Motors has emphasized its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, after a long and unspectacular record of offering conventional-hybrid versions of some of its most popular conventional models Ford has begun determinedly fielding a wide variety of new electrified vehicles.
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But the responses will likely all relate back to three key models: Public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud.
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This will undoubtedly do no good for a company that is attempting to maintain its lead in hybrid cars as competitors line up to launch competing green models.
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