Toyota manufactures hybrid cars at Miyagi plant

Toyota motor corp. today announced that it is going to fabricate hybrid vehicle in its new assembly plant. Toyota decides to make subcompact hybrid Vitz in Miyagi and Ohira plants. Vitz is a successful car in subcompact vehicles lineup especially in Asia. Gasoline electric Vitz cars will certainly  boost Toyota sales.

 The hybrids will be on for sale for 1.5 million yen from 2011 with the fuel consumption 40 kilometers per litre.

Ford debuts inflatable seatbelts this year

Ford engineers working since 2001 on inflatable seatbelts triumph in projecting this concept in their vehicles. Inflatable seat belts are for rear passenger compartment. Analysts found only 62 % rear passengers using seat belts when compared with 82 % seat belts usage in the front passenger compartment. The inflatable seatbelts are reported to be more comfortable than the conventional seatbelts.

The small inflatable nylon airbag is folded in the chest belt which takes less than 15 ms to deploy. The bag inflates using helium and argon mixture compressed at 4000 to 6000 psi. The cold compressed mixture of helium and argon keeps the bag at ambient temperature conditions.

The seatbelt spreads crash forces thorough the torso which reduces the pressure forces exerted on the chest. Ford is committed to manipulate this concept in global market to help saving the human lives.