Toyota Prius News
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The 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid has officially been revealed at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Click here for all the details and images. Toyota will be delaying the introduction of its next-gen hybrids models because of fears that the new lithium-ion technology is unsafe. There were plans to launch more than a dozen hybrid models with the longer-life lithium-ion batteries in the US between 2008 and 2010, however, developers will instead rely on older nickel-metal-hydride batteries until 2011. Toyota execs have revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the decision was made because of fears that the...
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Toyota backs Prius environmental claimsToyota’s Prius hybrid has come under fire recently for not being as eco-friendly as its maker would have you believe but now, one of its key developers, Toyota’s US manager of its Advanced Technologies Group Bill Reinert, has come out defending the car. Last year, a study conducted by...
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Toyota Prius excels because of unique design
There's no doubt that Toyota’s Prius is the top selling hybrid car in the world. It's already sold more than half a million units, while competitors have struggled and sometimes failed with their own hybrid models. New evidence suggests the reason for the high sales aren't only due to the...
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Toyota delays next-gen Prius
The 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid has officially been revealed at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Click here for all the details and images. Despite being at the forefront of hybrid technology, even Toyota is having trouble bringing next-generation models to market using lithium-ion battery technology. It...
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Solar powered Prius
California-based Solar Electrical Vehicles (SEV) has created a unique option for the Prius electric hybrid. The kit consists of a convex solar-panel made from high efficiency mono-crystalline photovoltaic cells, with modules rated at 200-300 watts. The power is used to charge a 3kW secondary...
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Toyota engineers reflect ahead of Prius’ 10th birthday
It’s hard to imagine that Toyota’s Prius was first released almost ten years ago. Still today, most carmakers around the world lack dedicated petrol-electric models. This makes it difficult to believe that Toyota engineers were tooling around with development of the Prius as far back as...
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How much do you like the car you drive? Would you buy the same car again? These were the two simple questions that were presented to new car buyers by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in a recent survey. For the third straight time in a row Toyota’s Prius came out on top, with 92% of the hybrid’s owners saying that they’d buy the car again. That’s pretty amazing considering the amount of flak hybrid cars receive from both motoring identities and the general public. In an article from the Detroit Free Press, the Senior Director of the testing group, David...
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Toyota increases Prius production by 50%
You can expect to see a lot more Priuses (Priii?) driving around next year as Toyota has announced it will increase production by 50% to bring them to 300,000 units. The Prius has been a poster child for hybrid cars around the world, and Toyota is doing all it can to keep up with production. Plants...
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VW’s Modded Polo Beats Prius In Economy And Price
While the Prius gets most of the limelight for being economical thanks to its legions of Hollywood fans, Volkswagen’s Polo Blue Motion costs just under $20,000 but manages to get a mpg rating of 72, and a range of over 700 miles. The Blue Motion is a slightly modified version of the Polo...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
