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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Hybrid , Manufacturing/Plants , MPG , Toyota , USA Click above for more high-res shots of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring The numbers for last year's combined fleet fuel efficiency for all automakers in the United States has been tallied. The winner? Um, Lotus. But, they don't really count. Too small. For manufacturers that actually offer a full line of automobiles, Toyota with 29.69 mpg...
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Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to the Nikkan Kogyo industry daily, as reported by Automotive News ( Toyota to boost Prius output by 70% - Automotive News ), Toyota will be moving some more production around so they can almost double the number of next generation Prius for next year. The 2009 Toyota Prius is a re-model , with a few improvements over the 2008 model year. With the possible changes, they could produce 480,000...
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Top Speed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted on 07.25.2008 10:55 by Simona Alina Filed under: Toyota | hybrid cars | toyota Prius A new Prius is on the way, and as it turns out, a lot of them are on the way. For 2009, Toyota will increase Prius production by 70%, meaning around 480,000 units a year. Toyota now builds most of the hot-selling gasoline-electric cars at its Tsutsumi factory in central Japan and another plant belonging to...
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | yesterday
When the next-generation Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle goes on sale next year, Japan’s biggest and the world’s second largest automaker will up its production numbers by 70 percent, up to a minimum of 480,000, today’s reports say. Toyota will achieve the significant production hike by moving assembly of the Wish minivan, which is produced alongside [...]
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Green , Toyota Click above for high-res gallery of the Toyota Prius If the Prius went mainstream when Toyota bumped production to 280,000 worldwide units per year in 2007, the fuel efficient hybrid is now primed to kick project green to the next level. When Toyota begins producing the next gen Prius, it'll do so with more factory space than ever dedicated to the...
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ciaranmoore.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Most ecological automobiles are pretty ugly. For example the Toyota Prius . Yuck. The Scorpion from Ronn Motors is here to change it all. This extreme beauty runs on 3.5-liter, six-cylinder engine VTEC from Acura which is fuelled by hydrogen from an on-demand hydrogen system that breaks down water molecules and holds them in a non-pressurized tank which eliminates the need for a hydrogen refueling...
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Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
Toyota has announced they will be raising prices on their hybrid car lineup for 2009. The 2009 Toyota Prius, Camry Hybrid, and Highlander Hybrid will all have a sticker price of at least $500 more than they did in 2008. The base MSRP gas-electric Prius Hybrid will range from $22,000 for the Standard grade to $24,270 for the Touring grade. The overall average price for Prius will increase $500, or 2.2...
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Nordquist Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Do you care what operating system runs your Tivo, DVR or cable box? Do you care what operating system your phone company employs to connect your calls? What about your mp3 player and car stereo? Do you care about the system that runs many of today’s cars such as the one found in the Toyota Prius? If you’ve had [...]
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Mike's Musings (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I've bought a new car, a Scion xD. We've become a three-driver family this summer and so now have a third car. This will be my car, and it is not a hybrid; that is a major change for me. I've driven Toyota Prius hybrids for most of the present century. My first was a 2001, the first version that was available in the US. I was, I think, the second or third to have a Prius in Delaware. I replaced that...
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Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Worries over the serviceable lifespan of battery packs have been at the forefront of many critics dislike of hybrid cars. With doom-and-gloom scenarios of pricey replacements and short service life, the pundits have posited the Prius’ long-term impracticality. But an Australian taxi outfit has compiled enough real-world data to put that idea to sleep. With 32 [...]
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Later On (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Interesting article in TreeHugger on the aerodynamic drag of various automobiles. For example: Rumpler (1921): 0.28 Toyota Prius (current model): 0.26 General Motors EV-1 (the model crushed and discarded): 0.195 Aptera (later this year): 0.11 (competitive with Formula One cars) The article directs you to this comprehensive list, but take a look at the article for the nice photos of [...]
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Autopia (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Plug-in hybrids are a great way to ease our oil addiction and do something about global warming. But it's taken 10 years for conventional hybrids like the iconic Toyota Prius to eke out almost 3 percent...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Filed under: Car Buying , Hybrids/Alternative , Green , Toyota To feed the insatiable demand for fuel-efficient vehicles, and follow the striking success of the Toyota Prius , the Japanese automaker will introduce a second hybrid-only vehicle in 2009. The all-new model will have a 2- to 2.5-liter engine, suggesting it will be larger than their current popular four-door hybrid (the Prius uses a 1.5-liter...
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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota , Green Daily , USA Click above for more high-res shots of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring There is more than just the high price for a gallon of gasoline which is weighing heavily on the nation's economy. The housing slump has been hitting hard as well, with many homes sitting unsold for much longer periods and selling for significantly less money than just a few years...
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Truemors (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Whether it’s a Toyota Prius hybrid or the brand new clean diesel VW Jetta TDI, the latest gas-sippers are in scarce supply and dealers are tacking on heinous surcharges. Skeezy car dealers from Tulsa to Tuscon are adding thousands of dollars more to hybrids’ sticker prices, but it seems some consumers have thought smart and [...]
