What you see above is the Toyota FT-68 Concept, a concept vehicle expect to make its debut at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show next week. For those who don’t know, this is the concept that is the work of a collaboration between Toyota and Subaru.

Details are slim but we do know that it will be a rear wheel drive vehicle with a 2.0 liter Toyota-Subaru “D-4S” Boxer engine. As for a release date, well, it’s expected to hit dealerships by 2011 wearing a Toyota badge but that could change with further announcements.

Check back next week as we cover the Tokyo Motor Show.

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It seems that Toyota will in fact be working together with Subaru to produce a sports car – Word comes to us from Toyota’s president himself Mr. Akio Toyoda who confirmed the fact. The company has yet to say anything of the car in terms of specs but speculation points to a 2.0-liter Subaru engine with 160hp and fuel saving technology.

We’ll keep you posted as more information on this collaboration becomes known.

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K2 Energy Solutions has revealed that they are constructing a new 90,000 square-foot facility in Varkaus, Finland. The new facility will be used to manufacture safe and eco-friendly high-capacity batteries for Europe’s advanced industrial, energy and transportation needs, and is being constructed in conjunction with K2’s European technology partner, European Batteries.

Utilizing the world’s most advanced lithium battery technology, K2 and EB are working in close collaboration to create the world’s most advanced rechargeable battery. Through this alliance, the companies intend to develop a safer, more efficient battery chemistry that is specifically designed to address Europe’s need for high-capacity rechargeable batteries.

The $44 million facility is expected to be completed in Fall of this year, with full battery production beginning in early 2010.

(Source) Press

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Nissan unveils a hatchback car aimed at small families. The Note is the result of a collaboration between Nissan and Renault. Essentially, it’s a restyled Renault Modus, but quite heftily restyled – restyled to make a point. It has a bumptious and self-important front end – the slatted grille of a much bigger and more serious car.

Moreover, so closely does the Nissan badge resemble a widely familiar piece of London transport signage, and so big and prominent is that badge on the bonnet, people may well mistake your car for an underground station.

(Source) Times Online

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