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Indian-Origin Man Found Guilty Of Killing US Teens Who Played Doorbell Prank
30Apr By adminNo Comments
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Indian-Origin Man Found Guilty Of Killing US Teens Who Played Doorbell Prank

[ad_1] Anurag Chandra was found guilty of attempted murder and first-degree murder. (Representational image)New York: An Indian-origin has been found guilty of killing three teenage boys who played a doorbell-ringing prank at his house in the US state of California, according to a media report.Anurag Chandra, a Riverside County resident, was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder and three counts of first-degree murder on Friday, the New York Post reported.The incident took place on January 19, 2020, when a group of teenage boys rang Chandra's bell on a dare, the report added.Chandra said that one of the teens flashed his buttocks before running away.The crash killed all three teenagers who were 16 years old, it said.Chandra, who drank 12 beers the day of the crash, said he was...
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Why Toyota’s New Prius Won’t Be Its Last
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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Why Toyota’s New Prius Won’t Be Its Last

[ad_1] The world’s largest automaker expects battery materials and charging infrastructure to be scarce for another 10 to 15 years. Toyota aired a Super Bowl commercial almost 18 years ago that opened with cars in traffic, their wheels spinning but going nowhere. “It's been a long time since transportation has truly advanced,” a narrator intoned. “We've been moving; we just haven't been moving forward.” The ad for the second-generation Prius echoes the criticism being lobbed at the manufacturer that just debuted a fifth-generation version of its flagship hybrid. Toyota has ranked last when Greenpeace scored the 10 biggest automakers' decarbonization efforts. InfluenceMap, a think tank that evaluates corporate climate policy engagement, said last month that Toyota remains the most o...
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Toyota Unveils New Prius, Betting Hybrids Will Stick Around
16Nov By adminNo Comments
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Toyota Unveils New Prius, Betting Hybrids Will Stick Around

[ad_1] Toyota Motor Corp. took the wraps off the latest iteration of the Prius, the hybrid vehicle that that paved the way for electric cars more than two decades ago. Toyota Motor Corp. took the wraps off the latest iteration of the Prius, the hybrid vehicle that that paved the way for electric cars more than two decades ago.The fifth generation of the car, with bigger wheels and a sportier design, offers three different hybrid powertrain options and will go on sale starting this winter, the carmaker said at an event in Tokyo on Wednesday. Pricing for the new model wasn't disclosed, although Toyota stressed it would be “affordable for everybody.” The world's No. 1 automaker pioneered mass-market hybrid vehicles with the debut of the Prius in 1997, and contends that the technology sti...
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New Toyota Prius to be Unveiled as Hybrids Lose Luster to Battery EVs
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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New Toyota Prius to be Unveiled as Hybrids Lose Luster to Battery EVs

[ad_1] Sales of the pioneering hybrid have fallen from a peak of 500,000 to around 86,000 last year. Toyota Motor Corp. is about to take the wraps off a revamped Toyota Prius, the latest iteration of a car that normalized the idea of owning an environmentally conscious vehicle more than two decades ago.Leonardo de Caprio drove one. Owning a Prius was cool, even a status symbol, and the less-frequent and cheaper trips that owners made to the gas pump were revelatory. Over the years, hybrid drivetrains found their way into other Toyota products. Other carmakers rolled out the technology, making it a routine aspect of driving for millions. Even though the gas-sipping hatchback — with its combined combustion engine, electric motor and battery powertrain — paved the way for Teslas and othe...
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