Toyota may provide hybrid technology to Daimler: reports

[Daox]

I didn't know Mazda was using HSD... Anyone have any info on where they are using it?

If they strike a deal, Daimler will be the fourth automaker receiving Toyota's hybrid parts and technology following Ford, Nissan and Mazda.

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Toyota and Daimler will also consider forming a broad alliance that would cover cars powered by fuel cells, it added

Toyota may provide hybrid technology to Daimler: reports - Yahoo! Singapore News

[RobertSmalls]

Nissan drops an entire Camry Hybrid engine + tranny in the Altima and sells a tiny number of copies a year.

Ford (and hence Mazda, in the Tribute at least) developed their own system in-house, and discovered it would be cheaper to pay royalties to Toyota than to work around Toyota's patents. It's all Ford tech, though, AFAIK.

[Phantom]

Toyota has to pay another company for use of its patents on hybrid technology even though said company never produced anything.

[tasdrouille]

Intellectual property is a product.