Toyota is the largest automaker to incorporate solar power into a mass-produced car.

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True to form, the Top Five Cars for Democrats include more imports and more small, fuel-efficient cars, including one hybrid, the Honda Civic Hybrid, and also the Nissan Leaf, the first mass-produced battery powered car.

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The idea was that PAG would broaden the company's product range and help Ford ride out the ups and downs in the mass-produced part of the car business.

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Nissan said the Leaf hatchback would be the world's first affordable, mass-produced, zero-emission car.

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He became chief engineer for the Prius, the world's first mass-produced petrol-electric hybrid car, in 1996.

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The World Car of the Year competition is open to mass-produced vehicles that are available on at least two continents.

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