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Toyota will continue focusing on "clean halo" hybrids, not EVs or diesels
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 automobile – would seek to continue establishing its marketplace dominance in hybrid automobiles. The Prius alone has sold well over a million units since its inception in 1997 and is undoubtedly the vehicle that defines the eco-friendly automobile market. With that in mind, don't expect the Japanese automaker to make any wholesale changes to its ... Read more →
Toyota's push to build green cars may destroy 17th century Japanese rice paddies Chris Shunk
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 ...
Toyota to invest in Philipines jatropha bio-diesel plant Sam Abuelsamid
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 ...
GM and Toyota deny reports of hybrid sharing Jeremy Korzeniewski
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 ups the small car score with the iQ3 (iQ cubed) Sebastian Blanco
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 ...
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Toyota launches most efficient "SUV" in Europe, the Urban Cruiser 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
When Toyota first showed the Urban Cruiser at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show it was immediately familiar to American observers. It was after all the same car sold here as the Scion xD but given the "Outback" treatment. In other words, the ride height was raised and drive to the rear axle was added. In ...
Toyota tries to help clean up Chinese environment 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In the runup to last year's summer Olympics, a lot of attention was paid to the horrible air quality in Chinese cities like Beijing. Now Toyota has decided to contribute to the effort to clean things up. The automaker made a number of grants under the Toyota China Youth Environmental Protection Aid ...
Japanese ratings call Prius world's most efficient car, 89.4 mpg (US)! 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery We already knew the 2010 Toyota Prius would put up some impressive fuel economy numbers but the official Japanese numbers are just insane. On the standard 10-15 test cycle, the new Prius is rated at 89.4 mpg (U.S.) with CO2 emissions ...
Toyota nearly matches price of Honda Insight with new 2010 Prius in Japan 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius The hybrid pricing wars in Japan appear to be heating up very rapidly. According to a report on AutoWeek, Toyota is planning to nearly match the price of Honda's latest Insight with its brand new 2010 Prius, setting a base price of ...
Spy shot: Scion iQ already in New York? 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In mid-March, Scion confirmed that a new concept car would be headed our way during the New York Auto Show. This "micro-subcompact" sounded like a Scion-badged iQ to us, and now we think we have the first spy shots of the car being unloaded in New York. Of course, this being April Fool's and all, ...
Toyota confirms only one Prius for Europe 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Katsuaki Watanabe, current president at Toyota Motors, has confirmed the rumors we've been hearing for the last few weeks that the automaker plans to continue selling the current version of the Prius alongside its newer 2010 sibling in Japan. The current 2009 Prius will continue on unchanged, as ...
Toyota's low-cost hybrid to be based on Yaris 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius The speculation can finally end. After weeks of hearing rumors regarding an impending low-cost hybrid from Toyota, reports are now coming out of Japan that the automaker is working on getting a hybrid drivetrain installed in the ...
Europe's 15 lightest cars 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
One of the keys to saving fuel is being light. However, the latest technologies in safety and the array of power accessories we all have in our cars all add weight to our cars, hurting fuel economy while they make driving more comfortable and save lives. Of course, technology has helped us recover ...
First Drive: 2010 Toyota Prius puts up BIG numbers 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery When you sit in the 2010 Toyota Prius, you notice all those little things that provide the "Prius experience" – the shift lever, information screen, center-mounted instrument panel – are all present, but they're ...
Could Toyota base new low-cost hybrid on Auris platform? 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Toyota Auris There's been lots of internet chatter over the last few weeks surrounding rumors in Japan that Toyota is hard at work developing a new low-cost hybrid model that would use Prius technology but be priced to match the new Honda Insight. ...
Toyota's Urban Cruiser, in diesel or petrol flavor, coming to UK in May 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high res gallery of the Toyota Urban Cruiser First unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Toyota's new Urban Cruiser is coming to UK salesfloors this May with a list of eco-friendly features. Using the Toyota Optimal Drive, Toyota's name for the more-efficient-yet-powerful ...
2010 Prius, new Insight given the onceover by SoCal Honda dealers 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Price war, price war, price war. By now, you're probably all pretty familiar with the battle that is brewing between the numbers that will grace the Honda Insight and the Toyota Prius. Aside from the price, though, these two vehicles are different in size and handling and features. Honda dealers, ...
Jay Leno: "I think you'll find that the Volt will be a superior package to the Prius" 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The battle for Jay Leno's approval has been won. Sure, it's an apples-to-oranges comparison, but Leno recently told Reuters that he's excited about the upcoming Chevy Volt and that, "I think it will be great. I think you'll find that the Volt will be a superior package to the Prius." Leno also said ...
Toyota Prius price lowered in Japan to match Honda Insight 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
2009 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res gallery We knew that Toyota was planning to keep the current Prius around for a little while longer to properly do battle with the new Honda Insight, which costs a few thousand dollars (or a few million yen) less. We assumed that Toyota would at ...
Toyota plugs in 100 Priuses in Strasbourg, France 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enlarge EDF, the French utility company that is also testing the smart ED, will expand its partnership with Toyota to test the plug-in Prius. Since September, the two companies have been putting the PHEV Priuses through their paces in London and and have been doing the same in Paris ...
Rumormill: Toyota planning a hybrid MR2 sequel as a Honda CR-Z competitor 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
A few years back, Toyota saw fit to remind the motoring public that it knew how to build a sporty-looking two-seat sportscar with the FT-HS. Not surprisingly, the concept featured a hybrid powertrain adapted from the Prius. Could Toyota be working on something along these lines for a future ...
Enter the Rumormill: cheaper Prius on the way? 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius The success that Honda has had with its new Insight has surely caught the attention of Toyota, its chief rival in the hybrid vehicle games. In its home market of Japan, Honda sold 18,000 Insight hybrids in its first month on sale. This ...
Toyota to Ford: 100,000 hybrids? That's cute. We've sold a million in the U.S. 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius Yesterday, Ford announced it had built its 100,000th hybrid SUV. Today, Toyota coyly released a statement that outshines the Blue Oval 10-to-1. Toyota Motor Sales has now sold more than one million Toyota and Lexus hybrids in the U.S. ...
World Green Car of the Year Finalists announced: iMiEV, iQ and FCX Clarity 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the Honda FCX Clarity and the Toyota iQ were named the top three contenders for the World Green Car of the Year award that will be announced during the New York Auto Show next month. While there were some European and American vehicles in the original list of 22 cars, only ...
Toyota corrects Prius mpg rating to 51 city/48 highway/50 combined 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius In our Prius info overload post from last week, we highlighted the official (though preliminary) mileage rating for the 2010 model, which Toyota had told us would be 50 mpg city, 49 mpg highway (they'd already revealed the 50 mpg ...
How power-split parallel hybrids work 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Over the past decade, if there is one word that has become synonymous with green motoring it is hybrid. Ever since Toyota launched the first modern commercially viable hybrid with the original Prius (above) in 1997, over one million of them have hit the roads. Of course, as is so often the case, ...
Geneva 2009: Toyota iQ3 in Astral Black with new 1.33l engine 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota iQ The Toyota iQ has been doing the show (and museum) circuit for over a year now, but we've only seen the car in white. I mean, just look what happens in Google Image Search when you type in "Toyota iQ." Therefore, as excited as one might be ...
Toyota announces 150 plug-in Prius hybrids are coming to Europe in 2009 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius Toyota Motor Europe CEO Tadashi Arashima has announced that Europe will get 150 plug-in Priuses this year, followed by another 350 in 2010. These PHEV units will be used for testing purposes and will not be available for the masses. ...
2010 Toyota Prius: The steering wheel wants your Touch (Tracer Display) 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
There is one aspect of the 2010 Prius that we didn't highlight in our info overload post from yesterday: the Touch Tracer Display. Most of the time there is nothing in front of the speedometer; we want a clear view of how fast we're going, right? But, there are also a lot of buttons on the steering ...
Fiat keeps the low-CO2 crown for second year in a row 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Last year, Jato Consulting found that Fiat lineup of cars was the lowest CO2-producing line in Europe. Fiat bosses must be smiling, because the same has been found for this model year. Fiat's cars produce an average of 137.3 g/km. This places Fiat ahead of all these guys Peugeot (138.1 g/km) ...
2010 Prius detail overload: will get 49 mpg highway rating; 100,000 sales predicted for 2009 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius There are reasons that the Toyota Prius is the best-selling hybird car in the world. It's simple to use, gets better mileage than pretty much anything easily available, and you can turn it into a shuttlecraft if you want to. But, all ...
Toyota will sell second-gen Priuses alongside 2010 models in Japan, not in U.S. 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius We've finally gotten some official confirmation from Toyota about the sell-two-Prius-models-at-once strategy we've heard so much about. During a recent media event where we drove the next-gen 2010 Toyota Prius (sorry, we can't say much ...
Toyota's most unusual eco-car concepts come from its "Revolution" Manager 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Hi-CT There's a reason that outlandish but environmentally-friendly Toyota concept cars like the Hi-CT plug-in hybrid truck (above), the RIN and the 1/X exist: Tetsuya Kaida. HybridCars has a profile of Kaida in a new post where we find out that, if ...
Toyota Prius Touring takes home Best Value trophy from Consumer Reports 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Toyota Prius In these uncertain economic times, consumers looking to purchase anything, especially something as large and as important as an automobile, need to be sure that every dollar they spend is returning its maximum value. Great, but how do ...
Which cars in Europe have Stop & Start technology? These do 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Stop & Start technology, also known as mild hybrization, is a relatively simple technology that can easily reduce fuel consumption in vehicles. Regular readers already know how it works. Basically, in most instances, the engine shuts down instead of idling, for instance at traffic lights, and ...
Family takes "The Electric Vehicle Initiative" on the road in Florida 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
A Tallahassee family is so excited about driving on electricity that they have hit the road in their plug-in Prius for a planned 2,000-mile road trip to share their enthusiasm and inform their fellow Floridians about the benefits of hybrids and electric cars. The Electric Vehicle Initiative, as ...
Rendered speculation: Wired puts together the Tesla Model S 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
It'll be another month before Tesla officially pulls the cover off the Model S, but Wired Had their in-house photoshopper Holl Liou take a crack at rendering the car. Tesla has sent out two teaser shots so far (1, 2) and Liou has used the enhanced version of the most recent shot to provide a ...
eBay Find of the day: Aftermarket Toyota RAV4 EV w/Li-Ion battery 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Seeing old Toyota RAV4 EVs pop up on eBay is nothing new. One of them usually goes up for auction several times a year. The one up for sale this week, though, isn't one of the vehicles that was originally built by the manufacturer. Instead this one is an aftermarket conversion done by a company ...
Disappointing results - just 51 mpg - for converted PHEV Priuses in Seattle 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Nearly a year ago the city of Seattle started a field test of 14 Toyota Priuses converted to plug-in hybrid capability. At the time, the expectation was that the cars would top 100 mpg overall and 150 mpg in urban driving. The problem is that these PHEVs, like all other hybrids, are particularly ...
Toyota: Market wants hybrids, not sportscars 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius If the automaker's presence at the last couple of Auto Shows (see Detroit, Chicago) wasn't enough to clue us in, Toyota Division General Manager Bob Carter has spelled out the Japanese giant's future product portfolio to Automotive ...
Melbourne 2009: Toyota shows off HC-CV (Hybrid Camry Concept Vehicle) 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a hi-res gallery of Toyota Australia's HC-CV In about twelve months, Toyota's Australian arm will begin producing its own Camry Hybrids. To celebrate the new contract, Toyota Australia has created a new concept called the HC-CV (Hybrid Camry Concept Vehicle), and it has just ...
