Hybrids, including Toyota's top-seller Prius, offer better mileage than comparable regular cars by switching between a gas engine and an electric motor. Rising oil prices have the car in high demand, and Toyota sells more hybrids than any other maker.
Toyota Hybrid Battery Outpaced by Demand
TOKYO (AP) - June 16, 2008
Production of the new batteries can't be increased until next
year, which means the slowdown is likely to last all year.