Toyota displayed the FT-EV concept vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show. The electric vehicle shares the same platform of Toyota's new four-seater iQ, a small, fuel-efficient car designed for city driving launched in Japan last year. The car is scheduled for launch here in 2012.
Ford said it will have a small electric car ready for launch in 2011 that would get 100 miles to a charge, as well as a plug-in hybrid by 2012. It also will offer an electric commercial van in 2010.
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Although I think that running a vehicle on waste veggie oil is a great step in the right direction, your hearts are certainly in the right place, I do not agree with using biodiesel. The amount of fossil fuels it would take to grow enough crops to power all of America’s vehicles would be more detrimental to the environment.