Archive for the Category ◊ CNG ◊

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• Thursday, November 12th, 2009

If you have been following the moves of carmakers, Toyota rarely does anything if it doesn’t see any market value or if it will not serve to improve their image.

The Japanese car maker showcased a Toyota CNG Hybrid at SEMACamry running on CNG or compressed natural gas during the Los Angeles Auto Show back in 2008. Insiders told everyone that the unit is just a study.

The Camry CNG disappeared somehow until we saw it in the recent 2009 SEMA auto show redesigned as a savvy green buggy coined as the Camry CNG Hybrid. The recent version of the Camry couples the natural gas propulsion system with the Hybrid Synergy Drive technology.

Maybe the Japanese carmaker has more plans for the CNG than we expected with legislations in countries like the United States giving tax incentives for the consumers who will prefer natural-gas cars.

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