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The venerable Toyota Prius has been around for over a decade now, first as an awkward but fuel-efficient sedan, then a geeky hatchback and soon a platform in its own right. But while Toyota is now putting the Hybrid Synergy Drive technology from the Prius into a whole range of vehicles from tiny city hatchbacks to full-sized luxury SUVs, there are some things that the Toyota Prius is not meant to be. If you dare, here are five increasingly bizarre things we’ve seen the humble Toyota Prius turned into: The convertible Prius, the Prius limousine, the "Pimus", the Prius Pickup and the...
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ALTe To Test Extended-Range Electric Retrofit In Ford F-150 Pickup TruckElectric vehicles of various sorts are just now showing up in dealer showrooms. But that leaves a quarter of a billion gasoline vehicles running around U.S. roads. What to do to clean them up? Various entities have proposed to retrofit existing vehicles with various types of electric powertrains...
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Mini E Driver Study: Some Caveats On Electric-Car Happy News
The recent study of Mini E drivers may need to be taken with a few grains of salt.
John Voelcker -
Tesla Fun For THINK Prices? The EV Mazda Miata Conversion
If we said you could own an electric car that offered four-fifths the fun of a 2012 Tesla Roadster 2.5 for less than a fifth the price, you might think we'd been illicitly inhaling gasoline fumes on the side. What you might not know is how close we are to the truth, and one that comes in the shape...
Antony Ingram -
Land Rover Greens Up Savannah Safaris With All-Electric Defender
Going on safari to one of the many game parks found in Africa is a once in a lifetime experience for most. But trundling around in a gas-guzzling SUV to shoot some memorable holiday snaps of everything from lions and tigers to gazelles and rhinoceros is hardly very green is it? Enter european...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
