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  • prototype 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, April 2010

    Amidst a flurry of battery-electric vehicle announcements by automakers all over the globe, Toyota reiterated plans to launch six new hybrid models by 2012. But the company will push back the U.S. launch date for its first plug-in vehicle, the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. Toyota had said this spring that it would launch the vehicle early in 2012, but that date has now slipped to May or June of that year, according to reports in Reuters. Based on our first drive assessment, the company may be working to ensure that the full battery pack can be recharged via regenerative braking--a feature...

  • The 2010 Toyota Prius
    Global Toyota Prius Hybrid Sales Level Off As Incentives End

    Talk about up-again, down-again. It was just a year ago when a global shortages of 2010 Toyota Prius models kept supplies tight all over the world. Now, they may start to pile up on dealer lots again. Last summer, the company had just launched the all-new 2010 Prius, the third generation of the...

  • 2010 Toyota Prius
    Expanding the Prius Lineup: Minivan, Compact Hatch, or Coupe?

    While the all-electric cars being launched as 2011 models--the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, and Coda Sedan--get lots of attention, their total U.S. sales won't break 100,000 in their first year. Toyota, on the other hand, sells more than twice that number of hybrids here each year, making it by far...

  • rendering of 2011 Toyota Prius Alpha people carrier from Japanese magazine
    March Debut Expected For New 2012 Toyota Prius Alpha Minivan

    Speculation about what models will join an expanded Toyota Prius lineup has run rampant since Toyota confirmed at January's Detroit Auto Show that it would add more body styles to the current five-door hatchback. One candidate: the Auris Hybrid, effectively a hybrid version of the Corolla hatchback...

  • 2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid - European model
    So, IS This the Next Toyota Prius Model? Should It Be?

    Toyota's plans to expand its Prius hybrid into an entire line of vehicles still aren't completely clear. Rumored new models have included a coupe version and a tall station wagon or "people mover" small minivan. Now a road test of the Europe-only 2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid raises the question: Will...

  • Toyota FT-CH hybrid concept car, 2010 Detroit Auto Show
    2010 Detroit Auto Show: Toyota FT-CH Concept To Expand Prius Line

    Toyota announced this morning that it would launch a family of Prius vehicles, and unveiled a concept vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show that may foreshadow the shape of a new Toyota Prius coupe. The FT-CH concept shows a possible shape for a highly aerodynamic compact hybrid (or CH)  vehicle...

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