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Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.
There's a little something extra for car buyers who have their hearts set on top fuel mileage in the Toyota Prius. But they'd better not get tired of the car's wedge shape.
Toyota's hugely popular Prius ranked as Japan's best-selling car in August, keeping the top spot for the fourth consecutive month with the help of government subsidies and tax breaks, an auto industry group said Friday.
Toyota Motor Corp. got 180,000 orders for the new Prius hybrid in Japan in just a month, far surpassing its target of 10,000 vehicles in monthly sales, the automaker said Friday.
Toyota's Prius was the No. 1 selling vehicle in Japan for May, clinching the top spot in the domestic market for the first time and overtaking Honda's new hybrid, the Insight, which fell to third.
Instead of calling its hybrid the “Prius,” Latin for “first,” a change in strategy at Toyota could be summarized by renaming the car “Plurimus,” for “most,” because Toyota’s new plan is to make the 2010 Prius the company’s technology flagship car, equipped with all the gadgetry the company can muster.
Toyota rolled out the revamped Prius on Monday, and said it already had 80,000 advance orders in Japan for the remodeled hybrid amid intensifying competition with Honda's rival offering, the Insight.
The angels sang, the clouds parted, and the latest version of the Toyota Prius descended from the heavens to save mankind from its self-destruction. Really, that’s just how it happened. At least that seems to be the view of some fanatics who have mistakenly concluded that Toyota is not bound by the same laws of physics or business as every other car-making entity on the planet.
Toyota Motor Corp. said it won't change the price tag on its next-generation Prius when the hybrid hits U.S. showrooms in late May and will release an even cheaper version later this year, as the automaker aims to compete with the latest hybrid from rival Honda Motor Co.
Just a few years ago, the world’s automakers took a scattershot approach to the growing need for alternative-fuel technologies, pursuing strategies for everything from hydrogen fuel cells to ethanol, biodiesel and natural gas.
The curious dichotomy of the 2009 Detroit auto show is that, while the showmanship has diminished from years past (no Dodge Ram cattle drive past the Cobo Center, for instance), in other ways hype is still at an all-time high.
Toyota Motor Corp.'s sleeker, more fuel-efficient update to its iconic Prius goes on sale this spring in a market growing more crowded with competing hybrids and battered by the global financial crisis.
The head of the United Auto Workers union says Republican presidential nominee John McCain lost credibility by first saying he bought his daughter a Toyota Prius, then saying she bought it.
Time was when hybrid gas-electric vehicles appealed only to the greenest car consumers more concerned about saving the environment than saving on gasoline bills. Gas prices hitting $4 a gallon have changed all that.
Toyota says it got no Japanese government money to develop the Prius gas-electric hybrid vehicle. Chrysler says it did — or at least got a lot of support.
When Congress sent an energy bill to President Bush for his signature, it arrived in a Japanese-built Toyota Prius hybrid — a move that rubbed two Michigan Republicans the wrong way.
"A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint that a beef eater in a Prius." - RetractedLast week author Michael Pollan made a statement that upset many. His words, "A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint that a beef eater in a Prius." Obviously his claim drew immediate criticism, but is there any truth to his words?
Toyota Remains With Nickel After Lithium Prius Test Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of hybrid autos, is sticking with nickel as the preferred battery material for most of the vehicles after three years of secretly testing Prius hatchbacks with lithium-ion packs.
Toyota Reports August Sales / ToyotaThe Toyota Division posted August sales of 202,196 units, an increase of 15.2 percent over the same period last year. The Lexus Division reported August sales of 22,892 units, a decrease of 18.8 percent from the year-ago month.
Shortage of Rare Earth Metals Could Limit Hybrid ProductionSlow battery output is already slowing Prius production; now, it appears a shortage of rare earth metals found in hybrid vehicles and other products could cost other hybrid automakers problems as well.
Volt will Get 230 Miles Per Gallon in City Says GMGeneral Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius. More Articles
Green with Envy?Are people eco snobs? Do people try to out green one another...if they did, what's the harm, it's all for the betterment of the planet...right?
Prius Sales Down 45% in U.S.Despite claims that Americans turning their backs on gas-guzzlers have contributed to the present dire straits faced by GM and others, Toyota's latest sales figures point to a stagnant market for more efficient Japanese models as well.
Hybrids Are DifferntJapan car manufacturers don't seem enthusiastic about plug in hybrids.
Hybrids gather dust at AutoNation dealerships Oh, we should raise gas taxes so more of us will want to buy a hybrid?
Jodie Foster Caught Speeding By Police And Reality TV Crew | AHN | March 3, 2009Foster was caught speeding, filmed by "speeders" tv show, but refused to sign release form.
Ford Fusion Hybrid Tops Camry, Prius in ComparisonsThe automotive press has begun testing the all-new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid in recent weeks. Two prominent publications have now published comparisons pitting the Fusion Hybrid against its Toyota competition, and the Ford has won both.
Hybrid engines | Hacking the hybrid | The EconomistPRIUS owners are a lot like Macintosh fans. They appreciate the product's clean design, ingenious packaging, user friendliness and clever engineering.
SUVs are somewhat fuel efficient but SUVs are heavier and with the luxury features and other facilities. So how does that benefit the fuel consumption of a hybrid suv? Scientific research showed that HEV fuel consumption is significantly affected by both weight and power.
In this Financial Times Video (http://www.ft.com/cms/0e45e12c-0619-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=875402777&fromSearch=n), Honda's President state's the new Insight hybrid will be significantly lower priced than the Civic Hybrid.
Hybrid engine inventor heads for UM Hall of FameAlexander Severinsky thought he had escaped long waits for basic goods when his family fled the Soviet Union in 1978. But barely a year later he found himself in his Oldsmobile Cutlass, in the Texas heat, at the end of a line of cars waiting to gas up.
Young, rich and cheap!Rik Wehbring, in his late 30s, lives on $50,000 a year in San Francisco. That's quite a feat in itself, considering the Bay Area has one of the highest costs of living in the country. However, that's not what makes his situation so impressive: Wehbring is a millionaire.
Truck Driver Dies In Bay Bridge CrashTwo Other Motorists Are Injured; Incident Creates Traffic Nightmare
Honda Takes Aim at Prius With New $19K HybridHonda's watched from the sidelines for the better part of a decade as the Toyota Prius left its hybrids in the dust to become the must-have ride of the green set.
Supply and Demand, Prius Style The value consumers place on goods and services often is a matter of simple economics. When demand is high and supply low, relative worth heads north.
Paccar's fuel-saving hybrid trucks aimed at nation's distribution industryMeet the workhorse cousin of the Toyota Prius — a medium-duty truck running on a hybrid diesel-electric engine that could save distribution and utility companies plenty of expensive fuel and be easier on the planet, too.
Does Car-Mounted Solar Make Sense?Last week, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei produced a buzz by reporting that a redesigned Toyota Prius, to be released next year, will come equipped with solar panels.
Toyota Prius to sport solar panelsToyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on some Prius hybrids in its next remodelling, responding to growing demand for "green" cars amid record-high oil prices, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.
Toyota to add solar panels to Prius hybridsToyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on some Prius hybrids in its next remodeling, responding to growing demand for "green" cars, according to a source.
Toyota plans Prius with solar panelsToyota plans to install solar panels on the roof of the next generation of Prius hybrid cars, according to a report in Monday's edition of the Nikkei newspaper.
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