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REPORT: Toyota hopes to boost profits by licensing hybrid technology

Over the last ten years or so, Toyota has amassed a wide-ranging assortment of more than 2,000 patents related to its proprietary Hybrid Synergy Drive. That's an impressive figure to be sure, and it's also a possible source of income as more and more automakers follow Toyota's lead by introducing hybrid vehicles of their own. Because Toyota has the hybrid patent market on straight lockdown, it's likely that rival automakers will be forced to license certain parts of the Japanese automaker's design, which could potentially help boost ... Read more →

LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Sam Abuelsamid

Toyota isn't holding a press conference at the LA Auto Show this year, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to show. The Prius purveyors have built a CNG-fueled Camry hybrid. According ...

Alex J. Severinsky wins recognition for "inventing the hybrid" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Here's an intriguing question: Who invented the hybrid drivetrain? Was it Toyota with its seminal and ridiculously popular Prius? Or, maybe it was Honda, which beat Toyota to market in the United ...

Toyota loses hybrid patent appeal case Jeremy Korzeniewski

Toyota finally seems to be out of options now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lower court's ruling to stand which will award Paice LLC roughly $4.3 million in an hybrid technology lawsuit. ...

Solomon Technologies completes Toyota hybrid patent appeal arguments Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. All the way back in September of 2005, Solomon Technologies sued Toyota for allegedly infringing on a patent related to ...

In The Autoblog Green Garage: 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

click the picture above to see a gallery of 45 Highlander images Toyota's Highlander is a delightfully appliance-like CUV that packs a lot into a relatively compact package. Thoughtful touches for hauling around your pride are tucked away inside the attractive sheetmetal, and anyone who needs three ...

Toyota Estima Hybrid gets a full redesign 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In 2000, the Toyota Estima Hybrid became the first minivan to ever sport the advanced new powertrain technology. Yesterday, Toyota released the fully redesigned version of this family-hauling green machine. Like its predecessor, the new Estima is propelled by the company's Toyota Hybrid System II ...


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