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Old 11-21-2008, 11:52 PM   #9 (permalink)
AMERICA 123
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Re: Toyota Will Cut 3,000 Jobs in Japan as Car Sales Fall

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Originally Posted by zete View Post
Gotta love how Toyota can manipulate the media. No layoffs of full time staff, but all those temporary workers are bye-bye. Great PR.
Yep.

There has been at least another 10 - 12 significant and 'negative' announcements concerning Toyota that have been ignored the same way - including some other layoffs.

The biggest one recently is the Prius is now officially on indefinite hold for India.
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In regards to the VOLT

With a typical annual driving pattern < totaling 11,390 miles - including three 450 mile trips and a bunch of 40 mile plus per days > and assuming you only charge <once > per overnight:
Vehicle ……………… Gallons per year
Volt ………………….. 37
Prius ………………… 228
30 MPG car ………… 380
20 MPG car ………… 570


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