Toyota wants an extension of a federal tax credit that has delivered savings of up to $3,150 to buyers of hybrid cars.
But some of Toyota's rivals — even those that make hybrids — aren't as enthusiastic.
Toyota, the biggest hybrid maker, is the only automaker so far to have reached the 60,000-hybrid-sales limit set by Congress in the legislation that allowed income tax breaks for buying hybrid cars as a way of encouraging fuel savings and cleaner air. The amount of the credit is based on fuel efficiency.
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