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Toyota embraces ethanol technology

By Bernard Simon in Toronto and James Mackintosh in London

Published: April 19 2006 03:00 | Last updated: April 19 2006 03:00

Toyota is planning to sell ethanol-powered vehicles in the US by 2008 in the latest push by the Japanese carmaker into segments dominated by the Detroit-based manufacturers, a company executive said.

It will start selling a flexible-fuel vehicle, which can run on up to 85 per cent ethanol or ordinary petrol, after a surge of interest in ethanol, a fuel made from plants such as corn or sugar cane.

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