Hybrid vehicles have been alternately portrayed as the saviours of modern transportation or the last gasp of the dying oil-based economy. Either way, Toyota has capitalized on their popularity with its world-beating Prius, even managing to sell more than 2.5 million hybrids worldwide--and at a...
To say that Toyota has been hit hard with recalls recently is truly an understatement. The company's most recent recall and stop sale involving a possible stuck accelerator... January 27, 2010 by Eric Loveday 2
One million hybrids is certainly a lofty goal for any automaker to achieve and if anyone can do it, it is Toyota. According to a report from the Nikkei Newspaper in Japan... January 24, 2010 by Eric Loveday 4
It's beginning to look as if the worst is over for U.S. auto sales. The year that just closed was, in the immortal words of Queen Elizabeth II, an annus horribilis, with only... January 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 2
The Lexus HS250h is essentially an upscale Prius. It carries numerous components that are similar to those found in the Prius, but it does carry one additional detail not... January 7, 2010 by Eric Loveday 1
Demand for hybrid vehicles has slowly been on the rise for quite some time. In particular, Toyota models have fared well holding top sales spots across the board for hybrid... January 7, 2010 by Eric Loveday
The dirty little secrets of Top 10 lists are in the methodology, as Forbes found out with its weirdly inaccurate "10 Dirtiest Cars" list. (It's the end of the year, so it's... December 22, 2009 by John Voelcker 5
Sadly, they're not actually orange. Nor do they smell like citrus when they get hot. But by infusing orange oil into natural rubber, a new line of tires from Yokohama cuts... December 10, 2009 by John Voelcker 1
Well, maybe "soon" is a bit of an overstatement. But Jim Lentz, the president of Toyota's U.S. arm, recently told Ward's Auto News that sales of the Prius--the best-selling... November 23, 2009 by John Voelcker 1
If you've followed any of the news coming out of the 2009 SEMA Show, the mecca for modified cars, you may have seen that Toyota's display included a modified version of the... November 3, 2009 by John Voelcker 3
Nissan has made a bigger bet on electric cars than any other automaker, with plans to launch its 2012 Leaf electric car globally. But if electric cars are the future of green... October 22, 2009 by John Voelcker
A U.S. trade panel has agreed to investigate claims that Toyota infringed privately held patents in designing its hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota is widely acknowledged to... October 12, 2009 by John Voelcker 3
Australia will begin production on it's first locally produced hybrid vehicle ever as they kick off the pilot production of the Toyota Camry Hybrid at the automaker's... September 29, 2009 by Eric Loveday 2
Thanks to the strong financial incentives offered by the Cash-For-Clunkers program, the average gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. during August reached a record... September 29, 2009 by John Voelcker
Until this spring, the Toyota Camry Hybrid was the only mass-market, four-door full hybrid sedan sold in the US. Then Ford introduced the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, and... June 18, 2009 by John Voelcker 1
NASCAR has long been known as the province of American iron. For half a century, Detroit's mantra was, "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday." These days, though, Detroit's... May 13, 2009 by John Voelcker
