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REPORT: Toyota will launch series production PHEV Prius in 2012
Toyota Prius PHEV prototype - click above for high-res image gallery According to Japan's Nikkei news agency, Toyota has decided to start series production of a plug-in version of the Prius hybrid in 2012. At launch, the automaker plans to build about 20,000-30,000 units a year of the plug-in hybrid. The report indicates that the model will be priced comparably to the Mitsubishi i-MiEV at about $48,000. That's a pretty steep price and quite a bit higher than the $40,000 pricetag expected to be applied to the Chevrolet Volt when it arrives ... Read more →
Hybrid sales up despite another down month overall, Prius leads charge Sebastian Blanco
2010 Honda Insight - Click above for high-res image gallery Initial strong sales of the 2010 Honda Insight slowed last month, but new models of the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion helped give hybrids ...
REPORT: Toyota hopes to boost profits by licensing hybrid technology Jeremy Korzeniewski
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery Over the last ten years or so, Toyota has amassed a wide-ranging assortment of more than 2,000 patents related to its proprietary ...
Toyota will continue focusing on "clean halo" hybrids, not EVs or diesels Jeremy Korzeniewski
Toyota FT-EV concept - Click above for high-res image gallery It's not terribly surprising that Toyota – the automaker often credited for creating the first modern mainstream hybrid ...
Toyota stung by possible Prius HID headlight defect Jeremy Korzeniewski
2009 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery We'd wager that the last thing Toyota wants in the midst of the super-important launch of its new third-generation Prius is a negative ...
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REPORT: GM execs to meet with Toyota regarding hybrid sharing 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery Rumors that General Motors may get access to Toyota's proprietary hybrid technology just won't go away. Today, Bloomberg cites two unnamed sources in reports that Toyota President Akio Toyoda and GM chief Fritz Henderson will meet ...
Toyota to build new Prius in Eco-Factory in Japan 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
While the argument about whether a Hummer H2 is actually more environmentally friendly than a Toyota Prius has long since been debunked (even if it keeps popping up its ugly head), it does raise a valid point. A major part of the environmental impact of transportation devices like cars and trucks ...
REPORT: Scion iQ headed for America by early 2011 with a few changes 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Scion iQ Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery As expected, Toyota's youthful Scion division will indeed get a version of the diminutive iQ for the North American market, possibly by either the end of 2010 as an '11 model or in early 2011 as a '12 model. According to Motor ...
REPORT: Toyota iQ to underpin smartly dressed Aston Martin Cygnet 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota iQ-based Aston Martin Cygnet concept Even supercar and luxury GT makers are finally starting to think green. Bentley is trying out E85 and possibly working on a hybrid. Same goes for Ferrari. Lamborghini is even adopting solar power, at least for its factory. The latest premium brand to ...
UK will spend £25 million ($40 million U.S.) on huge electric car test program 10 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Mitsubishi iMiEV - click above for high res iamge gallery The electric vehicle money is flowing everywhere. Following the U.S. DOE's announcement yesterday, the UK has announced it will spend £25 million ($40 million) on a large project to get EVs and "ultra-low carbon vehicles an everyday ...
Toyota Prius ad campaign most liked by TV viewers (w/VIDEO) 12 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius Harmony commercial - Click above to watch the video after the break By now, we've all probably seen the commercials from Toyota's latest marketing campaign for the 2010 Prius hybrid... and we've all probably developed an opinion on them. Any time an advertising campaign is as ...
Toyota reaffirms 2015 release of new hydrogen car 12 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota Highlander FCV - Click above for high-res image gallery In 2007, Toyota drove one of its hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia. Earlier that same year, a Toyota FCHV drove from Tokyo to Osaka on one tank of H2. The company is certainly in favor of at least ...
Toyota's push to build green cars may destroy 17th century Japanese rice paddies 13 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota has worked hard to cultivate its image as the "green" automaker. And, with so many hybrids on the road, it can back its claim up. Still, some critics have cited the fact that mining for battery components is bad for the environment and the thousands of miles that massive, CO2-spewing ships ...
Toyota to invest in Philipines jatropha bio-diesel plant 16 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Except in Europe, Toyota has shown little interest in diesel powerplants for anything but the Land Cruiser. Toyota even canceled plans to add a diesel engine to the U.S. Tundra pickup truck. But, a division of Toyota is currently in negotiations with the Philippine government for an investment in a ...
GM and Toyota deny reports of hybrid sharing 16 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery Reports have been flying rampant over the last few days that General Motors and Toyota would be entering a joint agreement to share Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive technology through the two automaker's NUMMI joint venture. It appears the ...
Toyota ups the small car score with the iQ3 (iQ cubed) 17 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota iQ3 - Click above for high-res image gallery The original iQ is such a museum piece. The new iQ3, which Toyota announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March, is now on sale in the UK. The iQ cubed adds a 98 bhp 1.33-liter engine with Toyota Optimal Drive to the small car line up and the ...
Toyota not working on diesel hybrid 17 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery There's no doubt that the Toyota Prius is the most well-known green car in the world, a fact that's as often attributed to the car's distinctive styling as it is to the car's impressive fuel efficiency. The latest 2010 model pushes that ...
Get ready to see more Priuses at the pump in your neighborhood this summer 19 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery The third generation Toyota Prius is just ramping up its marketing mojo, and one place you'll see plenty of the gold standard hybrid is at the gas pump, at least virtually. Toyota is hooking up with Gas Station TV to present "Prius ...
VIDEO: Prius takes on Insight ... on the drag strip? 19 days ago on AutoblogGreen
There are surely lots of ways to go about comparing the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight. While both machines come only in a five-door hatchback bodystyle and are available solely with a hybrid powertrain, the two vehicles differ widely when it comes to size, price, available technology and ...
One More Time: There's a Toyota Prius wait list? 21 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery Auto sales are down – that's not exactly a surprise to anyone anymore. But Toyota has revived a little something from last summer called a wait list – for people who are interested in buying a new 2010 Prius. According to a ...
Toyota will build a car at Mississippi plant, but maybe not the Prius 22 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery We've been following the development of Toyota's plant in Tupelo, Mississippi with interest since the automaker first broke ground at the site in 2006, mostly because this is the location where the Highlander Hybrid SUV or Prius hybrid ...
PICC plug-in Prius can now go 70 mph on battery power 25 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Thanks to a beefed up bit of software, Priuses converted to plug-in drive by Plug In Conversions Corp. (PICC) have gotten quite a bit better. They can now go up to 70 mph using nothing but their batteries and get 170 mpge. The software manages to get around Toyota's built-in top speed limitation of ...
Toyota Industries will sell electric car charging stations this summer 27 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota officials in the U.S. may express public skepticism over market prospects for plug-in vehicles, but that doesn't mean the company isn't working on related technology. The latest batch of plug-in hybrid Priuses will arrive late this year and Toyota showed a conceptual battery powered version ...
Toyota's zero-emission CARB complaince could cost $1 billion 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota Highlander FCV - Click above for a high-res image gallery Here's an ugly number. In order to meet the State of California's zero-emission vehicle requirements, Toyota might have to spend over a billion dollars. The $1 billion isn't a fine, but an estimate of what it will cost Toyota to ...
Toyota to lease 200 PHEV Priuses in Japan starting in late 2009 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
They won't look like the second-generation Prius plug-in pictured above, but Toyota has announced the first of its non-European leasing programs for its new PHEV (see here). Starting late this year Toyota will start leasing 200 plug-capable Priuses to government and commercial fleets in Japan. A ...
Vancouver 2009: Hydrogen Fuel Cells automotive panel hearts hydrogen, praises EVs 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
It's unusual to hear many good things about hydrogen vehicles at a conference dedicated to plug-in vehicles. The reverse cannot be said of the pro-hydrogen folks. At the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009 conference here in Vancouver, BC this week, the main message of yesterday's panel discussion on ...
Toyota Camry Hybrid gets nip/tuck for ASEAN market intro 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota Camry Hybrid for Thailand - Click above for a high-res image gallery It may have taken a year to make it happen, but the locally-built Toyota Camry Hybrid is finally ready to go on sale in Thailand. This new version of the Camry Hybrid is the first of its kind not assembled in Japan and ...
Surprise, Prius so popular Toyota will increase production rate to 500,000 a year 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery Either Toyota intentionally downplayed initial numbers or the sluggish economy is not affecting Prius sales as much as the company feared. Whatever the reason, Toyota apparently realized it wasn't building enough Priuses and will ...
Toyota expands auxiliary electrification on new Lexus HS250h 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Lexus HS 250h – Click above for high-res image gallery With the introduction of the new HS250h, Lexus brings forth the first dedicated luxury hybrid. In the process it's also expanding the electrification of ancillary components. Ever since the original Prius, hybrid engineers have ...
Modified PHEV Prius setting out on 1,100-mile, one-tank drive - but why? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius File this one under slightly sketchy (AFS Trinity style). A Florida Toyota dealer is taking a Prius on what he calls an "epic" 1,100-mile trip to Washington, D.C. and he wants to do it on only one tank of gas. Since the tank of the ...
UK Prius gets priced; cool options missing? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota Prius - Click above for a high-res image gallery Toyota Prius fans in the UK have a little something to celebrate today. Prices for the upcoming third-generation hybrid are pretty much the same as the second-generation models but now they can get all most of the fancy new gadgets and ...
Toronto Mayor rids self of Prius, gets Malibu hybrid 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a hi-res gallery There'll be no more Prius parked in the garage of City of Toronto Mayor, David Miller. The vintage 2003 Toyota import was chagrined to learn, whilst in the shop to correct an electronics problem, that it had been replaced by a almost-domestically-produced car, a ...
Review: 2010 Toyota Prius a miser with new moves 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery When car buyers think of hybrids, the name that most often springs to mind is the Toyota Prius since it was the first really practical hybrid to come to market and has sold more than any other examples. Yes, of course, the original ...
Toyota announces world's first diesel-electric hybrid forklift 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
There are some who believe that the Holy Grail of fuel-saving technology could potentially be diesel-electric hybrids, and the idea certainly isn't without merit. After all, diesel engines are inherently more efficient than their gasoline-swilling siblings, so there's the potential for even higher ...
Casual Mafia relishes "In My Prius" rap video. So do we 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above and scroll down to watch "In My Prius" The latest video from Casual Mafia, called "In My Prius," would be a winner if for no other reason than it uses a dad wearing a Snügli as a backup dancer. It gets better though, with references to the ozone layer (back in effect!) and the ...
VIDEO: Superman loves new 2010 Toyota Prius 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Superman and the 2010 Toyota Prius - Click above to watch the video after the break Apparently, even the Man of Steel wants to save on gas by purchasing a hybrid car. According to a set of pictures snapped by Danny Choo at a shopping mall in Yokosuka, Toyota is using Superman as a spokesperson ...
