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"Mitsubishi Fuso introduces "green" diesel-electric hybrid light truck in Japan Mitsubishi Fuso introduced a "green" diesel-electric hybrid light truck Wednesday that it said will deliver top fuel efficiency among rival hybrid commercial vehicles on Japanese roads.
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. said in a statement that the Canter Eco Hybrid, is "a pioneering hybrid electric commercial vehicle for the Japan market," meeting the latest stringent Japanese government emissions regulations.
Mitsubishi Fuso, 85 percent owned by DaimlerChrysler AG of Germany, plans to sell several hundred Canter Eco Hybrid trucks by the end of 2006, with numbers picking up in coming years, it said. The company is beginning customer delivers in Japan, it said. . . ."
Let us say you've made your mark producing trucks for small businesses and large fleets. Then one day, someone starts selling trucks that pay for themselves in fuel savings like the hybrid taxis in New York and San Francisco . . .
Bob Wilson