Toyota Prius News
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It was actually introduced to the world last week, but the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid made its official auto-show debut yesterday at the huge Frankfurt Motor Show. A large crowd of journalists from around the world crowded around the covered car, eager to see in person what so far they'd only seen in photos. And while hybrids remain a tiny share of the market in Europe--far behind the diesels that make up half of all sales in many countries--Toyota plans to use them in Europe to set itself apart from other mass-market carmakers. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius Preview Video That was the message...
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2016 Toyota Prius Preview Video
One of the most important new cars of the 2016 model year isn’t some 600-horsepower sports car, or a big crossover wagon. It’s the hybrid that started it all, or at least made hybrids what they are today. Recently in Las Vegas, and also at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, Toyota gave the...
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2016 Toyota Prius: Few Details At Global Launch Of 55-MPG Hybrid (Photos)
The new 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid made its debut in Las Vegas Tuesday evening, where 350 guests watched the latest model of the world's most popular hybrid car raised into the night sky at an elaborate event to mark its global launch. But "it's not just about MPG any more," according to the press...
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2016 Toyota Prius: What We Want To Know About All-New Hybrid
Next Tuesday evening, the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid will make its world debut in Las Vegas, kicking off what its maker calls "the next era of an icon." "We’re pulling out all of the stops for this exclusive event to celebrate the future of Prius in a truly spectacular way that will be anything...
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2016 Toyota Prius: Full View Photos Finally Leaked
With the 2016 Toyota Prius scheduled to make its global debut in Las Vegas on the evening of September 8, you had to figure that photos of the car would leak out at some point. And so they have. After years of spy shots of camouflaged Prius development mules, pre-production prototypes, and test...
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Toyota Passes 8 Million Hybrids Sold Since 1997, Still Dominates Sector
Toyota recently sold its 8 millionth hybrid car globally.
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And here it is: the 2016 Toyota Prius. Ahead of a preview September 8 in Las Vegas, and an official debut at Frankfurt, spy photographers already found the 2016 Prius, uncloaked, in Malibu, California. ALSO SEE: Coming This Fall: The Return Of Cheap $2 Gas The Prius was widely expected to adopt some of the look of the Toyota Mirai fuel-cell car, and we’re pleased to see that it gained some of the attractive elements of that sedan but appears to have shed the more controversial elements and the rear-end styling. The rear styling of the Prius, although not completely uncovered here, shows...
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2016 Toyota Prius To Debut Next Month, Prior To Frankfurt Show
The fourth-generation Toyota Prius is fast approaching. Toyota Motor Corporation has confirmed to Bloomberg that the fully redesigned 2016 Toyota Prius will be shown in Las Vegas on September 8, 2015—ahead of its anticipated debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show later next month. The last time the...
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2016 Toyota Prius Spy Video: New Hybrid In San Francisco Testing
A camouflaged 2016 Toyota Prius prototype is caught testing in San Francisco.
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Next Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid To Have 30 To 35 Miles Of Range: Source
Cars with plugs have been on sale since December 2010, and a second generation will start arriving next year. But while long-range battery-electric cars--the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and an all-new 2017 Nissan Leaf--grab attention, another vehicle on the way could be equally important. That's the...
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Toyota Prius Taxi Logs More Than 600,000 Miles; Batteries Last, Apparently (Video)
An Austrian taxi driver claims to have logged 1 million kilometers in his Toyota Prius.
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Why Next Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Is So Important: CA Laws
The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid has the lowest electric range of any plug-in vehicle sold in the United States: just 11 miles. It's also among the top-selling cars that plug in, with more than 40,500 delivered since it went on sale in February 2012. Now out of production, the plug-in Prius...
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Detroit-area residents occasionally see camouflaged development prototypes from GM, Ford, and Chrysler testing on public roads. Similarly, Southern California residents often see Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai prototypes pass them clad in disguise. And so it was for a Cars Direct employee driving to work yesterday. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius 'Coming Soon': 55-MPG Hybrid To Be Sportier He snapped a photo of what is pretty clearly the upcoming 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid on the road near the company's headquarters in Torrance. That car will likely be unveiled to the world at either the Tokyo Motor...
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2016 Toyota Prius 'Coming Soon': 55-MPG Hybrid To Be Sportier
While Toyota remains coy about the launch date of its fourth-generation Prius hybrid, a company executive has confirmed that the car is coming "soon." Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America, didn't release any specifications on the car when he mentioned it during the groundbreaking for an expansion...
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Toyota 'Prius Prime' Trademark Registered; What New Hybrid Could It Be?
Trademark filings for model names usually present a mystery. What a carmaker is planning when it registers a specific name can be hard to impossible to ascertain. And so it is with the case of "Prius Prime," a new model name that may expand Toyota's line of Prius hybrids at some point in the...
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Toyota Prius Deals In Southern California Cut Lease To Electric-Car Prices
The Toyota Prius hybrid gets added incentives in southern California.
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2016 Toyota Prius: More Spy Shots, From Thailand Testing
The all-new fourth-generation Toyota Prius is getting closer and closer to launch, as witnessed by an increasing number of spy shots of prototypes testing all over the world. Two weeks ago, a heavily camouflaged Prius was recorded on video fueling up at a North American gas station. Now, new shots...
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Next Toyota Prius Hybrid: 40-Percent Thermal Efficiency From Engine, Toyota Says
You may not hear about the thermal efficiency of engines much: It's the ratio of how efficiently they use the energy in the fuel they burn. Conventional gasoline engines have long run about 25 percent, diesels at 30 to 35 percent. But the gasoline engine to be used in the next generation of the...
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There's been a rash of Toyota Prius battery thefts in San Francisco, and speculation that the stolen packs are being peddled as cheap replacement parts.
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2015 Toyota Prius Rebates Rise For Californians
The 2015 Toyota Prius gets bigger discounts in certain areas of California.
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Is This The Next Toyota Prius Hybrid Captured On Video?
Video may show a camouflaged prototype of the next-generation Toyota Prius hybrid.
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What If China's Plug-In Hybrids Were Never Actually Plugged In? (Or California's?)
China has had difficulty getting its New Energy Vehicle program off the ground for a number of reasons. While it was initially focused on battery-electric vehicles, buyers have proven more receptive to plug-in hybrids--and virtually every carmaker selling in China will offer one or more in the next...
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Toyota Prius Plug-In Production To End In June; New One Coming Next Year
Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid production will end next month, but a new version won't arrive until next year.
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Toyota Prius Brand Perception More Negative In Social Media: Analysis
The Toyota Prius will go down in history as a truly ground-breaking vehicle, both the first and the highest-production hybrid vehicle built to date. It's also the sole vehicle sold in the U.S. this year that is rated at 50 miles per gallon combined--for three different models, no less. But a new...
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