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Toyota Hybrid Car New ZealandToyota was the one of the first global companies to realize the potential of hybrid vehicles in the face of oil fuel scarcity. Their hybrid engines combine the power of a petrol engine with the torque and clean energy of an electric motor to dramatically reduce fuel consumption and emissions, something that is very desirable in this environment dealing global warming. The thing that sets Toyota apart from many other efforts in this field is that their hybrids can operate solely on the electric motor at mid- to low-range speeds, saving fuel and producing no harmful exhaust pollution at all. This combination is a much healthier proposition for pedestrians and other road users especially in congested city traffic conditions. If you compare conventional internal combustion engines with hybrid vehicles, they have been on the market for only a decade, yet Toyota has already sold over a million of them by the year 2007. In NZ, you can find the hybrid technology in both Toyota and Lexus models, as well as buses and trucks. Toyota has one of the better sites that explains what hybrid engines do, at hybridsynergydrive.com. If your thinking about switching to hybrid, you're doing the planet a favor. Worldwide hybrid is estimated to have already saved over 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 to date, compared with petrol-powered equivalent vehicles. In the US alone, hybrids of all manufacturers are estimated to have saved 5.1 million barrels of oil since 1991. In NZ, Toyota has the widest range of hybrids available of any manufacturer. In addition to new hybrid vehicles, they also have a range of quality used hybrids, marketed under their NZ Signature Class brand. Their next generation of NZ hybrid vehicles will include diesel and plug-in hybrids. To see the line of hybrids available in NZ, see the links below. toyota.co.nz/UsedVehicles/Vehicle+Lineup/Hybrid+Vehicles/ |