Toyota Prius News

Detroit learns that few of the President's auto task force members drive cars from GM or Chrysler

More details have emerged about Italdesign's latest hybrid supercar concept expected to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The numbers are staggering. Italdesign claims that the car will tear through 0 to 62 mph in under four seconds and achieve a top speed of 186 miles per hour. That's...

Partisans on both sides are squaring off to debate the merits of the first real American competition for the Prius

When it's all about being green at the Oscars, the Prius is your only ride to the red carpet

Even toward the end of its model life, the 2009 Toyota Prius gets high marks for features, flexibility, and of course its top-ranked fuel economy

We got a little link love, from Autoblog yesterday and the day before from Wired, so we figured we'd return the favor. To get your weekend going, we feature a Prius that's either a treat or a travesty--you be the judge. As the opening credit on the video says, it's "a Swedish Toyota Prius that...

You don't need to wait for the Toyota factory version; you can bid on a 2007 Toyota Prius plug-in Hymotion conversion today

The Prius as a symbol of peoples' views about hybrids--and a lot of other issues too--comes to the fore in these 10 ads

Getting the right combination of 3 features took a couple of days, but one knowledgeable reader knew his stuff.

A new study says the Prius costs 8.4% more to repair than non-hybrid vehicles

Toyota's holding a handful of invitation-only receptions to introduce the 2010 Prius to fans and influencers; we were there

Toyota Prius drivers don't always fit the cultural stereotype; consider the NFL linebacker, or the man arrested for road rage

You'll get a chance to see the new 2010 Toyota Prius soon enough, or you may already have clicked through pictures and details. But, anxious to ensure that they build buzz and queue the car up to meet their goal of 180,000 sales for the year, Toyota has been quietly showing it around to its most...

Not too surprising: Michigan attorney orders a new Toyota Prius, has second thoughts, cancels his order, then orders 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid instead. Very surprising: Attorney gets voice-mail from Ford CEO Alan Mulally, thanking him for ordering the Fusion Hybrid and telling him, "It's one of the...

Apparently people are nervous about buying used hybrids, or at least Toyota thinks so. The new number one automaker in the world announced its Certified Used Hybrid Program yesterday, which should give used hybrid buyers even more peace of mind than they would already have about driving a more...

Today, in a dark ballroom packed with eager journalists and pushy photographers, Bob Carter, Toyota Division Group VP and General Manager, unveiled the third generation Prius. It's immediately recognizable as a Prius, with the same iconic, streamlined shape. Upon closer examination, the edges at...

Toyota House Yesterday the Associated Press reported that Toyota is secretly developing a car that will be completely powered by solar energy, citing a story in Japan's Nikkei newspaper. All Cars Electric searched the Nikkei archives and was unable to find any such story. Here's what we know today...

It might make your world a better place, but that smug little Prius can't pull espresso, now, can it?

Rumors are flying that the production of the popular Toyota Prius, slated to begin State-side at the Tupelo, Mississippi Toyota Highlander plant in 2010, has been pushed back to 2011. Right now, nearly every Prius sold worldwide is assembled in Japan, meaning those of us who have been waiting to...

What's the new car all about? Here's our best guess before the world premiere.