(AFP) - A Toyota Motors engineer blows into a hand-held breathalyser and camera unit during a press preview by Toyota Motors on their breath-alcohol ignition-interlock system in Tokyo, August 31. Toyota said Monday it was developing the anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)
(Reuters) - An auto worker fits doors to the bodyshell of a Toyota Camry Hybrid car on the assembly line at the Toyota plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne today. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - Toyota Australia President and CEO Max Yasuda speaks at a media event at the Toyota Altona plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne on Monday. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - Toyota Australia President and CEO Max Yasuda speaks at a media event at the Toyota Altona plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne on Monday. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - An auto worker fits doors to the bodyshell of a Toyota Camry Hybrid car on the assembly line at the Toyota plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne today. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - An Auto worker loads bodyshells of a Toyota Camry Hybrid car onto the assembly line at the Toyota plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne today. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - The bodyshells of the Toyota Camry Hybrid cars are seen on the assembly line at the Toyota plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne today. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - Robots weld the bodyshell of a Toyota Camry Hybrid car on the assembly line at the Toyota plant in Melbourne August 31, 2009. The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car has been officially launched in Melbourne today. The government has backed the project with $35 million Australian dollars ($29.4 million) to support Toyota's plans to make 10,000 Camry hybrids each year from 2010 at the Altona assembly plant from 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
(Reuters) - Rick Sixberry, operations general foreman at Molycorp Minerals Mountain Pass Mine in Mountain Pass, California, surveys the open pit August 19, 2009. The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the world's richest proven reserve of "rare earth" metals, a family of minerals vital to producing the powerful, lightweight magnets used in the engines of Toyota Motor Corp's Prius and other hybrid vehicles as well as generators in wind turbines. To match feature ENVIRONMENT-MINING/ REUTERS/David Becker (UNITED STATES ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)
(Reuters) - A piece of bastnasite ore, which contains rare earth elements, is shown by Brock O'Kelly from Molycorp Minerals Mountain pass Mine in Mountain Pass, Califonia August 19, 2009. The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the world's richest proven reserve of "rare earth" metals, a family of minerals vital to producing the powerful, lightweight magnets used in the engines of Toyota Motor Corp's Prius and other hybrid vehicles as well as generators in wind turbines. To match feature ENVIRONMENT-MINING/ REUTERS/David Becker (UNITED STATES ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)