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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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