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Is this Toyota FT-Bh Concept the face of tomorrow’s Prius C?

Tflcar.com -- Is this Toyota FT-Bh Concept the face of tomorrow’s Prius C? Not exactly, but you can bet you’ll see lots of its design into the next generation of Toyota’s Prius fleet. As cool as the idea is for compressed natural gas (CNG) to replace dirty gasoline engines, I don’t think it will make its way into showrooms anytime soon. Not to say that it won’t happen, the carbon footprint of CNG is one of the lowest of any burnable fuel, it’s clean and green to say the least.

Toyota claims that the Toyota FT-Bh Concept (which is a plug-in hybrid) can get up to 134.5 mpg. That’s mighty good considering how low its carbon footprint is.


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Submitted Oct 22, 2012 By: skb69sa
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it's time that we think outside the box more often.
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Wake me up when one actually exists!
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Old article.
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Don't want one.
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maybe tomorrow it will snow on my knees...
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Ok
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Ok
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perhaps
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k
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who cares. buy american
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doubt it
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Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 10:47:59 PM

@drz614 said, "cng would explode if obama was not re-elected"

Uhhh, best not use the word "explode" in the same sentence as CNG.
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Don't know about this
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one word "yuk"
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Once again, @libertyut, what are you talking about?
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Everybody relax about how ugly it looks. It's just a concept car for now. The production model will look much more conventional.
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hmmmm
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doubt it..
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Don't know why the front end is so angry; "pissed off guppy" is the description.
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Interesting article...
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WE SHALL SEE!
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Looks nice. Much better than the ugly roller skate called the Nano.
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We need to use more cng
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the front end is bull dog ugly
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If it works then ok but doubtful
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I love the idea of CNG engines for Trucks and maybe for family autos.
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ok
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More cars to recall.
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We need a new word for ugly...
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It Toyota says they can do it, it will probably happen.
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Not unless you want to be controled as to where you can drive.
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Who can trust these guys
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So many different tecchnologies out there it's hard to keep up
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Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 10:02:57 PM

My Pruis looks better every day, when I get 63+mpg.
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looks good.
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I would buy one today. But then I live in an area where CNG is easily available.
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not for me
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Er no, try again
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Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 9:55:29 PM

Just like the Prius models before it; this car lacks style (I consider it to be ugly).
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Okay.
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Whatever
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sharp
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interresting
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Its too ugly to ever sell well.
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competition, that what we need
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Safety on a highway appears as though it may be an issue.
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Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 9:32:51 PM

cool concept car and bring on cng vehicles and say goodbye to arab oil.

[Edited by: splitrman at 10/22/2012 10:33:17 PM EST]
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great
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