Ford and Toyota are calling quits to their two-year joint effort to develop new hybrid engines that can be used in full-size pickup trucks and SUVs. Ford says it expects to deploy a hybrid system for trucks later this decade, an interesting development considering how the automaker has so fully embraced turbocharging to save gas in trucks, rather than battery-reliant systems. "After successfully completing the feasibility and development of the hybrid system project with Toyota, Ford is moving forward on its own with development of a rear-wheel-drive hybrid system for Ford pickups and SUVs," Ford said in a statement buried in a release touting its hybrid sales recently. Toyota quickly countered with its own statement, saying the endeavor the two companies embarked on two years ago is now over and "we have agreed to develop hybrid systems individually." Read more http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/07/23/ford-toyota-hybrids/2579855/
