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Toyota to intro new ultra-clean diesels in 2008

Posted Dec 3rd 2006 at 11:25AM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Diesel, Toyota

Toyota is working on ultra-clean diesel engines independently from their recent hook-up with Isuzu. Similarly to the United States and Europe, Japan is introducing stricter emissions requirements for diesel engines for 2009. The new regulations in Japan require particulate emissions of one-third of what is currently allowed there, and one-fifth of what is currently allowed in Europe. Starting in the second half of 2008, Toyota intends to install their new engines in Europe, where forty percent of their sales are already diesels. Toyota has improved emissions through improved fuel injection nozzles and new catalyst technologies to reduce both particulates and nitrogen oxide emissions.

[Source: Asahi.com]

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Tags: diesel emissions, DieselEmissions, toyota diesel, ToyotaDiesel

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Toyota's European vision for 2010: lots more clean cars

Posted Nov 24th 2006 at 3:17PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Toyota

2010 is shaping up to be a big year for Toyota. Company officials have previously announced that they would start selling a diesel hybrid that year, and now the Nihon Keizai Shimbun has reported that 2010 is the year Toyota wants 50 percent of its new car sales to be either fuel-efficient diesels or hybrid models. That's 50 percent in Europe, not worldwide.

These two categories of vehicles made up 43 percent of Toyota's one million new car sales in Europe in 2005, with 41 percent being diesel and 2 percent hybrids. Toyota doesn't just want to increase the percentage of clean cars sold, but the numbers as well. Company PR folks are saying they predict 1.5 million new Toyota passenger vehicles sold there in 2010. Diesel models already make up more than 50 percent of the overall European market.

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[Source: Green Car Congress

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Tags: toyota 2010, toyota diesel, toyota europe, toyota hybrid, Toyota2010, ToyotaDiesel, ToyotaEurope, ToyotaHybrid

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Toyota to sell diesel hybrid in 2010

Posted Nov 20th 2006 at 8:10AM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Isuzu, Toyota


After hooking up with Isuzu a couple of weeks ago, Toyota is now going to start taking advantage of Isuzu's diesel expertise. For the first time Toyota is going to combine their Synergy hybrid drive system with diesel engines. A diesel hybrid system has the potential to provide the best of both worlds. Hybrid systems really only provide a lot of benefit in stop and go driving where the regular deceleration can be used for regenerative braking to charge the battery. The battery is then used to re-start the engine after a stop and also to drive the vehicle when there is low demand and adequate charge. In highway cruising the limited battery capacity is of little value. A diesel engine works best in exactly those conditions, so a diesel hybrid should be the best combination of an internal combustion engine hybrid. The plan is for Toyota to offer a subcompact diesel hybrid as soon as 2010.


[Source: JapanToday]

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Tags: diesel hybrid, DieselHybrid, toyota diesel, ToyotaDiesel

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Sleek Toyota Auris hatchback (diesel and petrol) coming to Europe next year

Posted Nov 7th 2006 at 10:24PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Diesel, Toyota

If you enjoy tempting yourself with diesels that are available in Europe and Japan but not the rest of the world, then feast on Toyota's Auris hatchback, a replacement for the Corolla. The Auris, already available in Japan and coming to Europe in February 2007, is a three- or five-door car with five different engine types that all meet Euro IV emissions standards (two petrol engines, the 1.4 VVT-i and 1.6 Dual VVT-i, and three diesels, 1.4, 2.0 and 2.2 D-4D. The 2.0 liter D-4D 130 engine is the one in the 2007 Avensis, and the 2.2 D-4d 180 uses Toyota's D-CAT clean diesel technology to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate emissions.

You can read Autoblog's Auris coverage here.

[Source: Green-Car-Guide]

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Tags: auruis, toyota auris, toyota diesel, ToyotaAuris, ToyotaDiesel

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