It seems that there's a bit of name calling going on at Toyota after former Toyota exec Jim Press made accusations that the Japanese government subsidized all of the development costs of the hybrid technology in Toyotas little Prius.
It's hard to believe that Jim Press would just make this all up so that he could get a little attention for himself and one has to believe that he would have been in the position to know.
The bigger question here is that if this turned out to be true then Toyota would have a distinct advantage over it's competitors. After all if someone else pays for a great deal of your development costs than your profit margins should be rather generous and you could sell your product at a price that would under cut your competitors if you wanted .
Another point to make, Toyota is no longer the under dog, it's amazing that the Japanese government is still willing to go that extra mile for a company that now has more money than some small countries and has surpassed its American competitors in size and revenue.
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