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REPORT: Prius sales take off in Japan; Toyota hires 800 new workers

It seems hard to believe that Toyota, the World's Largest Automaker, hasn't had to hired any new contract workers in over a year, but it's apparently true. That unenviable record is about to be broken, though, as the Japanese automaker is reportedly set to hire 800 new contract workers at its Tsutsumi plant in central Japan. Not surprisingly, its the redesigned 2010 Prius hatchback that's driving Toyota's hiring efforts. All told, Toyota sold 21,669 Prius hybrids in Japan last month, again making the fuel-sipper the best selling ... Read more →

REPORT: Toyota to ask Japanese government to extend green car incentives Jeremy Korzeniewski

It comes as little surprise that Toyota would want the Japanese government to extend its current series of green car incentives past their scheduled ending date of March, 2010. After all, the ...

2010 Prius posts 45% sales increase last month over previous year Jeremy Korzeniewski

Toyota is continuing to see impressive sales of its new 2010 Prius hybrid here in the United States. Though not quite as high as last month's 48-percent sales increase over the previous year, ...

Incentives: How Japan and the U.S. create different green car markets Jeremy Korzeniewski

For the last two months in Japan, hybrid vehicles from either Honda or Toyota have actually managed to outsell all other vehicles, regardless of what's powering them. Here in the States, though, ...

Prius sales down 40% in May, tight supplies blamed Sam Abuelsamid

May was a tough month for almost every automaker doing business in the U.S. Only Honda and Toyota showed gains among the major full-line manufacturers. Mighty Toyota which seemed impervious for so ...


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