La Primer Generacion: Hybrid Cars

Japan is a small island
nation with 4 major and several smaller islands. The population of the
country is small but hardworking and they have to survive on a piece of
inhabitable land much lesser than most of the 51 states of USA. Yet
they have always led the world of technology. Be it Sony corporation or
Toyota or Honda, they have always been at the forefront of
technological revolutions. While Sony was the first company to launch
portable music players in the form of walkmans, Honda was the first
company to launch a robot, Asimo, which was at least partially
intelligent and could do some practically useful tasks. And finally
Toyota was the first company to launch a commercially viable hybrid
car, Prius in the year 1997. Hybrid cars have been a big hit in Japan
primarily due to the fact that they are far more efficient than the
conventional fuel driven vehicles. The price of gasoline has been
increasing at an unprecedented rate in the island nation and this has
further increased the demand for these fuel efficient vehicles. Apart
from that even the Japanese government is taking strong measures to
give the economy and the car manufacturers a reason to cheer about in
the form of a $4billion stimulus package. The package aims to give
subsidies

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