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Toyota only recently joined up with electric car maker Tesla, in order to share alternative battery  technology. Some of the outcomes of this include the RAV4 electric, and now the Tesla laptop battery idea. At first, Tesla Motors building powerplants by connecting thousands of laptop batteries seems nuts, but in the end it is absolutely brilliant.

Toyota, along with several other high end car makers, is turning to laptop batteries as a quick, cheap way

Toyota is sort of bringing the long awaited supercar, FT-86, into production. The car chassis will be lend to Lexus vehicle, the Japanese auto maker's luxury brand.

Toyota's FT-86 hasn't hit dealerships yet, but strong rumors are suggesting the jointly-developed sports car will use its chassis to the next-generation Lexus IS.

Details are limited at the time, but straight from Road & Track, they're reporting the car will ride on a "stretched

Earlier this year, Toyota introduced its 2011 Sienna, a minivan with a smaller 4-cylinder engine, that produces decent horsepower and amazing gas mileage.

The four-cylinder Sienna promised an EPA rating of 19 mpg city and 24 mpg highway. Anyone who cares about fuel economy knows how to work greater mileage out with a "four-banger."

The base model Sienna LE lists from $24,260, undercutting the current model by $340. Buyers wanting the sportier SE model

Toyota recently unveiled its new RAV4 electric SUV at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. Toyota has made it clear it regards EV's as a niche vehicle, and is pinning its hopes on hybrids instead. Toyota will make only 35 test versions of RAV4s next year, before rolling out a production version of the car to customers in 2012.

The electric RAV4 is part of a niche market strategy. "A mobility system in Los