Toyota Prius News
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Toyota offers big discounts on the entire Prius hybrid range in California.
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Toyota Hybrid Sales Flat In 2014, Honda Up By More Than Half Globally
With U.S. gas prices having fallen 40 percent over six months, fuel efficiency may be less important to car buyers than it was when gasoline cost $4 a gallon. Meanwhile, smaller crossover utility vehicles are supplanting sedans and hatchbacks in more and more driveways. DON'T MISS: Toyota Racks Up...
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Toyota Prius Loses Best-Selling Car In California Title To Honda Accord
The Toyota Prius is no longer the best-selling car in California.
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2014-2015 Toyota Prius V Wagon Recalled For Airbag Sensor Issue
Toyota is recalling certain 2014 and 2015 Prius V hybrid wagons to fix an improperly-calibrated airbag occupant classification system.
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2016 Toyota Prius Was Delayed Due To Redesign For Sportier Style
Toyota executives reportedly rejected the first finished 2016 Prius design.
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2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car Will Alter Industry As Prius Did, Says Exec
Toyota hopes its fuel-cell car will have as big an impact as the Prius.
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Toyota expects current Prius owners to stick with the car even if gas prices stay low.
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Hyundai And Kia Target # 2 Slot In Green Vehicles By 2020
Hyundai and Kia plan to triple the number of green cars in their combined lineup.
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Why New 2016 Chevy Volt Might Sell 50,000 Units Its First Year
Launching entirely new types of cars is expensive, time-consuming, and challenging--as Toyota could have told Chevrolet and Nissan during 2010. Toyota's sales of its early Prius hybrid-electric cars, however, may offer hope to electric-car fans disappointed at modest sales of the two affordable...
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Toyota Prius Hybrid 'Pushback': Still A Real Thing
Negative perceptions of the Toyota Prius persist.
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How Many Celebrities Drive Toyota Prius Hybrids? Well, What's A Celebrity?
See which celebrities drive the Toyota Prius hybrid.
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2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid: Sportier, But Facing New Competition
Time was, the Toyota Prius hybrid was the unquestioned technology champion and king of the fuel-efficiency battles. No longer, though. Now, as Toyota starts to plan for the launch of its fourth-generation flagship hybrid car, the legendary Prius faces more competition than ever before from newer...
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Toyota has been quite upfront about its belief that plug-in electric cars are not the technology of the future. (It says hydrogen fuel-cell cars are.) And now this belief has appeared in the advertising for its Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. That car is the third or fourth best-selling car with a plug in the U.S.--after the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, and somewhere around the sales total of the Tesla Model S. DON'T MISS: Toyota Exec Stresses Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Future, Slams Critics It also offers the lowest electric range (11 miles, only 6 miles of which are continuous) of any plug-in car sold...
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Ford, Hyundai Dedicated Hybrids To Target 2016 Toyota Prius?
It's been a quiet period for hybrid news lately, with the 2016 Toyota Prius launch delayed and still more than a year away. But further down the road, it appears that both Hyundai and Ford now plan to offer dedicated hybrids--vehicles designed specifically around a hybrid powertrain that offer no...
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Toyota Prius Hybrid: Ultimate Guide To 50-MPG Mid-Size Hatchback
Toyota's Prius hybrid has undoubtedly done more to raise awareness of green vehicles and improving fuel efficiency than any other single model on sale today. First launched in the U.S. in 1999 and styled by a design team in California, the Prius name has since been applied to two further...
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New Kind Of Nurburgring Record: Toyota Prius Plug-In Sets Fuel-Economy Bar
Automakers love to boast about Nürburgring lap times when selling performance cars. Once one of the most dangerous motor racing circuits in the world, it's now a measuring stick for the capabilities of road-going sports cars, performance sedans and supercars. ALSO READ: White House Responds To...
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2016 Toyota Prius: AWD Still Considered For Next-Gen Hybrid
With a new Toyota Prius on the horizon, rumors abound as to what the next-generation of the world's best-selling hybrid will offer when it's unveiled late next year. Some changes are a given: Better fuel efficiency, an improved interior, a revised yet familiar shape. Others, such as all-wheel...
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2016 Toyota Prius Launch Pushed Back Six Months: Report
Toyota's next-generation Prius is one of the most eagerly-awaited green cars of the moment, but potential buyers may have to wait a little longer to get their hands on the car. According to Automotive News, Toyota has pushed the next-gen Prius's production date back by six months, from next Spring...
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Which hybrid cars accumulate the most mileage over time? According to a new data analysis, there's one hybrid that stands head and shoulders above the rest--and it's not the Toyota Prius. Used-car listing aggregator iSeeCars analyzed more than 20 million used-car listings posted during April and May, looking specifically at the listed mileage on the cars. DON'T MISS: 2014 Honda Hybrid Cars: Ultimate Guide Specifically, the site split out hybrids with 150,000 miles or more listed, to see what percentage of the total number for sale were at that level--which it suggests is a proxy for lasting a...
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Aerodynamic Tesla Model S Electric Car Wins The Wind-Tunnel Wars
Aerodynamics are a vital component of automotive efficiency. The more air you have to push out of the way to reach or maintain a certain speed, the more energy you're using. And the more energy you use, the less efficient your journey will be. ALSO SEE: Solar Roadways Smashes Crowdfunding Target...
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Toyota's Texas Move: Prius Maker Lands In Highest-Carbon State (Updated)
Toyota announced yesterday that it would relocate the headquarters of its U.S. arm from Torrance, California, to Plano, Texas. Left unaddressed in the announcement was the fact that the Japanese carmaker, known for its green image and its pioneering Prius hybrid range of 50-mpg cars, is moving from...
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Does Nissan Leaf Supplant The Prius As Loathing Target For CA Drivers?
If you've never lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may not have heard of "Mr. Roadshow," the nickname of San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Richards. Nor will you know how important his columns are, covering traffic, congestion, freeways, law enforcement, cars, and all the other topics...
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Diesel Or Hybrid? Road & Track Says Benz Beats Prius
Car shoppers today are spoiled for choice when it comes to fuel-efficient vehicles. When else in history have we had the choice between gasoline, diesel, biofuel, natural gas, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles? When it comes to actually putting fuel in your tank, many turn...
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Always Wanted A Harley-Davidson-Powered Prius? You're In Luck!
It's fair to say most Toyota Prius owners are probably quite happy with their cars. Sure, they aren't the quickest vehicles on the road, and plug-in cars use even less gas. But they're quiet, efficient and easy to drive. It might not have crossed many owners' minds to swap the clean-burning...
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