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Toyota's most unusual eco-car concepts come from its "Revolution" Manager

There's a reason that outlandish but environmentally-friendly Toyota concept cars like the Hi-CT plug-in hybrid truck (above), the RIN and the 1/X exist: Tetsuya Kaida. HybridCars has a profile of Kaida in a new post where we find out that, if Kaida gets his way, these crazy auto show-only vehicles will one day be upstaged by the seaweed car. Kaida, the manager of Toyota's "Business Revolution Corporate Value Project" gets to play with "car design, global lifestyle trends, Japanese ancient art and culture, fantasy and nature," in ... Read more →

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Toyota Hi-CT concept Jeremy Korzeniewski

First, Dodge was found guilty for mimicking the long-nose front-end of a semi when they introduced their entirely new Ram truck back in '94. Now, Toyota copies the look of one of those slab-like ...

Toyota's most unusual eco-car concepts come from its "Revolution" Manager 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Toyota Hi-CT concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

First, Dodge was found guilty for mimicking the long-nose front-end of a semi when they introduced their entirely new Ram truck back in '94. Now, Toyota copies the look of one of those slab-like flat-nose trucks with their Hi-CT concept. Who cares about aerodynamics when urban enjoyment is the only ...

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