Socialization of hybrid cars to
the society now is not only limited to academia, Government, and
research institutions after Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) since 2007 and then
rent a car eco-friendly to the public widely.
At
the exhibition Indonesia Environment Week, 28-31 May in Jakarta
Convention Center, which is still taking place today, TAM also purchased
the Toyota Prius that are already popular with its environment-friendly
technologies.
"We
even see a tremendous enthusiasm towards hybrid cars Toyota, after they
gain driving experience directly," said President Director of PT TAM
Johnny Darmawan in a press release Friday (29/5) in Jakarta.
From
the experience of driving it, plus Johnny society know that although
brings cutting edge technology, performance and easy pengemudiannya no
less by car konnvensional. Great again, fuel efficiency is much better, his voice barely audible, and of course more eco-friendly.
Hybrid
vehicles through socializing the Toyota Prius, has done to public
figures, among the selebritas and the media, aimed to expand the
knowledge and experience of driving through the best-selling car in the
world.
Toyota hybrid technology applied on the product known as the Full Hybrid/Strong Hybrid. It means an electric motor and a conventional gasoline engine to get a comparable portion of the work. Both of them can stand alone or work together, resulting in fuel efficiency and emissions are much cleaner. It
is different with technology Assists Hybrid and Mild Hybrid, in which
the electric motor is more acted as supporters of the gasoline engine
work or not independent.
Toyota just use technology
Full Hybrid, because we don't want the responsibility-responsibility in
creating environmentally friendly concept vehicles. This is in line with Toyota's commitment in the search for The Ultimate Eco Car as the ultimate goal, "added Johnny Darmawan.
To
introduce more hybrid technologies work system, Toyota do vigorous
outreach to various levels of education, ranging from kindergartens to
universities, as well as active in various exhibitions, seminars for the
public.
"We want more and more people know that our hybrid technology is very user friendly, not at all difficult. Why? because every step taken technology Toyota is always based on the desire to make it easier for the customer. And of course, very internal readiness take precedence, "Johnny Darmawan imbuh again.
Citing
a press information issued by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), as
opposed to the condition of the economy of Japan who in times of crisis,
the latest Toyota Prius 3rd generation surged superb, higher than
expected, namely reaching the figure of 80 thousand units. Face it, TMC plans to increase the number of production to 50 thousand units per month starting next June. Calculated until the end of 2008, Toyota has been marketed more than 1.2 million units of the Toyota Prius in the world.
Toyota dominate 80% of the world's hybrid vehicle sales by number a total of 1.7 million units in the same period.
"With these figures, Toyota's hybrid car manufacturer has become the largest in the world, but we cannot stop here. In 2020 the hybrid variant target TMC on each vehicle model Toyota. Hopefully Indonesia can contribute anything meaningful in the achievement of the lofty ideals, "said Johnny Darmawan.
