(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Toyota Prius hybrid cars are displayed at City Toyota, on April 23, in Daly City, California. Toyota Motor Corp. is in talks with General Motors about producing the hybrid Prius at their joint production venture in California, a newspaper said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
(AP) - Toyota Prius hybrid cars line an auto dealership's front row in Springfield, Ill., in this March 14, 2008 file photo. Toyota said Friday that nothing had been decided yet on using its California joint venture plant with General Motors to produce the Prius — a move that would mark the first North American plant for the hit 'green' car. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
(AFP/File) - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will build another new factory making batteries for hybrid vehicles, seeking to keep its lead in fuel-efficient cars amid growing competition with rivals.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)
(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File) - Commuters wait on a train platform in Okayama prefecture, western Japan in late March. Japan's motor giant Toyota have has joined a project aimed at developing an environmentally friendly vehicle capable of moving both on roads and railways(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File)
(AFP/File) - Toyota Motor Corp., seeking to stay in pole position in the fuel efficient car race, unveiled plans Friday to build a new factory producing batteries for eco-friendly vehicles.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)
(Reuters) - Iwatani International Corporation's employee,Toru Komatsudaira, puts the nozzle into a Toyota Motor Corp's fuel cell hybrid vehicle at the JHFC Kansai Airport Hydrogen Station near Osaka, western Japan, before heading to the airport to pick up a delegate attending this weekend's climate talks May 23, 2008. Environment ministers from rich nations and other major greenhouse gas emitters will seek to build momentum for talks on emissions reduction targets this weekend in Kobe, western Japan, but agreement will be hard to reach. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)
(Reuters) - Iwatani International Corporation's employee, Toru Komatsudaira, puts the nozzle into a Toyota Motor Corp's fuel cell hybrid vehicle at the JHFC Kansai Airport Hydrogen Station near Osaka, western Japan, before heading to the airport to pick up a delegate attending this weekend's climate talks May 23, 2008. Environment ministers from rich nations and other major greenhouse gas emitters will seek to build momentum for talks on emissions reduction targets this weekend in Kobe, western Japan, but agreement will be hard to reach. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)
(Reuters) - A driver cleans the window of Toyota Motor Corp's fuel cell hybrid vehicle before heading to the airport to picking up a delegate attending this weekend's climate talks in Kobe, western Japan May 23, 2008. Environment ministers from rich nations and other major greenhouse gas emitters will seek to build momentum for talks on emissions reduction targets this weekend in Kobe, western Japan, but agreement will be hard to reach. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)
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South Africa's Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk rides in a Toyota Motor Corp's fuel cell hybrid vehicle upon his arrival at Kansai international airport in Osaka May 23, 2008. Environment ministers from rich nations and other major greenhouse gas emitters will seek to build momentum for talks on emissions reduction targets this weekend in Kobe, western Japan, but agreement will be hard to reach. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)