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Science 30 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5428, p. 681
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5428.681
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NEXT GENERATION AUTOMOBILES:
Toyota's Hybrid Hits the Streets First

Dennis Normile

TOKYO--As U.S. automakers struggle to draft blueprints for their future fuel-efficient cars (see main text), the Toyota Motor Co. has beaten them to the punch with a gas-electric hybrid that gets about double the gas mileage and spews half the carbon dioxide of similarly sized sedans. What's more, the Prius has made it to market without the benefit of taxpayer-sponsored research and without any looming domestic requirements for zero-emissions vehicles.

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