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    Drawing the reader into the world of hybrid cars. Self-righteousness in a large economy size is a text written in May 2011 and was published in the Car and Driver Magazine. With its informal, but informative style it explains what the Toyota Prius hybrid car is all about. India's $4B plan for electric, hybrid vehicles is an article from 'Cool but Weird' written by Katie Fehrenbacher on the 30th of August, 2012. This text convinces the reader with 5 solid arguments why the plan of the Indian government

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    BMA5112 Asia Pacific Business Japan: Toyota and the Hybrid Car Industry Can Toyota Continue to Maintain and Advance its Position in the Hybrid Car Industry? By: Du ThiXuanHoa Edwin Choy NarminTartilaBanu Wai Yean Tze 1 Contents 1.0 2.0 2.1 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ......................................................................................

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    The Gas-Electric Hybrid Demystified The world’s population is at a steady growth, and it’s not going to stop. More and more people are in need for transportation, and a majority of them choose private transportation over public transportation. The author of The Gas-Electric Hybrid Demystified, Sara R. Howerth, highlights the development of hybrid vehicles and their purpose in the world. Her article’s audience is pointed towards young adults, essentially students; reasons being they are the new generation

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    Automobile Industry

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    (See appendix A). How the Natural Environment Has Affected the Auto Industry The increased gas mileage offered by the hybrid car would be increasingly important during the first decade of the 21st century because while technology was increasing so were the prices of natural resources such as oil. Between 2000 and 2006 there was a shortage of crude oil which created fierce

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    Company Case: Prius: Leading a Wave of Hybrids 1. What micro-environmental factors affected both the first generation and second generation models of Toyota Prius? How well has to Toyota dealt with these factors? In order for the reader to have an understanding of this question is important to begin by defining Micro-environment. This term is a factor of the Marketing Environment and it consists of the issues that, in one way or another, affect the company’s ability to serve its clientele in

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    Advanced Automobile Concepts SPSS dataset. Answers to Case Questions 1. Use each unique hybrid model demographic profile to determine whether or not statistically significant associations exist, and if they do, recommend the specific media vehicles for radio, newspaper, television, and magazines. This exercise requires students to revisit the demographic groups they found significantly different for each hybrid model style in Case 17.3. With Case 17.3, they have identified groups within the various

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    Advantages Of Hybrid Cars

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    Hybrid cars use both internal combustion engines as well as an electric motor. The electric motor requires no charging source, as electric cars do, as the movement during driving allows for kinetic energy to be produced which in turn, charges the electric motor. This process is known as Regenerative Braking. Newer hybrid cars made by the company, Tesla, can reach top speeds up to 155 mph. Tesla Model S can reach 60 mph in under 3 seconds, with an average time of 3.1 seconds. This then is proof that

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    named as Toyota (Toyotauk, 2013). Today, Toyota able to cross many boundaries and develop their business from plain filed to massive production firms. Toyota currently the global number 1 position after beating General Motors and Volkswagen Group on vehicle sales for 2013 (Gibbs, 2014). According to Gibbs (2014) Japanese firm recorded $9.98 million of sales in 2013. Whereas they have estimated to hit the $10 million mark in 2014. The company operates with approximately 339000 employees in 2014 (The Statistics

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    eliminate the pitfalls and issues with the early year hybrids as the Ecostar is the first-generation PHEV that Nighthawk Motors has developed. This latter release allows the Ecostar to sidestep any preconceived notions by customers from past model releases.

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    The Toyota Prius is the most popular gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle in the world. Launched in 2001 in the United States, Prius is derived from the Latin term “to go before,” an apt moniker for this ground-breaking, front-wheel drive model. 2016 to Present: Toyota Prius The fourth-generation Toyota Prius was released for the 2016 model year. As before, it is a five-door hatchback and is categorized as a midsize model with room for five. Four trim levels are available: Two, Three, Four, and Five

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