Toyota Motor Corp said it would launch an all-electric car for city commuting by 2012 in the United States as part of its plan to speed up the introduction of green cars . The FT-EV concept made its debut at the North American International …. Hybrids are seen as short-term solutions until companies manage to solve the problems of prohibitively expensive batteries and launch affordable electric cars – maybe in as little as ten to 15 years’ time. Automobiles | edit post …