Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius NYT: Technology By:Lawrence Ulrich 27 December 2025 at 05:00 The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago. © Adam Riding for The New York TimesThe marketing for the Toyota Prius may have inadvertently started the culture war around hybrid and electric vehicles by characterizing them as a way to save the planet, some experts say.
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