Toyota will be delaying the introduction of its next-gen hybrids models because of fears that the new lithium-ion technology is unsafe. There were plans to launch more than a dozen hybrid models with the longer-life lithium-ion batteries in the US between 2008 and 2010, however, developers will instead rely on older nickel-metal-hydride batteries until 2011.
So much for the technology that Toyota says is the future of efficient motoring.
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