Eco-friendly Toyotas to be recycled across Europe - FT

LONDON - Japans Toyota intends to open a European network of dealers and recycling centres for its hybrid gas-electric Prius model, Yesterdays Financial Times said. Toyota has plans for 600 dealers across Europe including abut 80 in Britain, and is ready to pay for reprocessing the cars batteries at three recycling centres around the continent, the FT said. The company hopes to sell 5,000 of the cars in Europe after its launch this autumn, exploiting the public outcry at high petrol prices, the FT said. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE