Toyota Prius News
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The Tesla Model S was named Best Overall car, while the Toyota Prius once again took Best Green Car honors.
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Most Popular Car Line In California? The Toyota Prius Hybrid--Again
The Toyota Prius Family is the most popular car line California for the second year in a row.
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Toyota Announces Recall For 2010-2014 Prius To Update Electronics
Seven hundred thousand 2010 to 2014 Toyota Prius models are among nearly a million Toyota vehicles to be recalled over electronic issues in the U.S. The Japanese automaker has advising the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that it's to recall affected Prius models to rectify...
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Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid: Ultimate Guide, What You Need To Know
Where are you hedging your bets when it comes to the future of automobile propulsion? Maybe you're sticking with hybrids. Maybe you've already gone all the way to an electric car, or are rolling around in a range-extended Chevrolet Volt. For some, the latest version of the Toyota Prius with plug-in...
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Next Toyota Prius Hybrid To Have More 'Heart-Racing' Design?
For the last decade or so, Toyota's Prius hybrid has been the go-to car for buyers wanting something a little more fuel efficient, a little greener than the norm. While still immensely successful, today's Prius has more or less lost its unique selling point--a host of plug-in vehicles has taken...
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Toyota Hybrid Sales Top 6 Million Vehicles Globally, And Counting
It almost goes without saying, but Toyota loves its hybrids--and, seemingly, so do the world's car buyers. The Japanese automaker said it had sold 6,072,000 hybrids as of December 31, 2013, breaking the 6 million-unit barrier. MORE: Toyota Sells 23 Hybrids Globally; How Many Can You Name? A...
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A change in Federal crash-test procedures downgraded the safety rating of Toyota's iconic hybrid.
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Hybrids, Subaru, Mazda Clean Up In Consumer Reports 'Best New-Car Value' List
The Toyota Prius was named 'Best New-Car Value" by Consumer Reports.
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Buying A Used Toyota Prius Hybrid: 5 Quick Pieces Of Advice
The Toyota Prius is by far the most common hybrid car on U.S. roads, which means there are a lot of them out there for sale as used cars. A reader wrote to ask what she should keep in mind when starting to shop for a used Toyota Prius hybrid. What follows are some quick notes from our editors...
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Next Toyota Prius Plug-In To Have 10 Miles Of Electric Range: Here's Why
You never know what you may find if you read through public comments on government proposals. That's how we found a broad hint that the next version of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid will have a continuous all-electric range of at least 10 miles. Remember that the current car, which the EPA rates...
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Ford Outsells Toyota In Plug-In Hybrids For First Time (Volt Too)
Ford plug-in hybrids may be shifting the sales balance away from battery-electric cars.
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Forget Red Ferraris; It's Green Cars Men Should Drive To Attract Women
A British study claims that women find men with green cars more attractive than those with expensive sports cars.
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The 2014 Toyota Prius Liftback will cost the same as a 2013 model.
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2014 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Price Cut By $2,000 To $4,600
The 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid is the latest of many plug-in cars to get a price cut.
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2014 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Gets Facelift--In Japan
The Japanese-market version of the 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid gets a few cosmetic changes and improved spot welds.
Stephen Edelstein -
Why The 2013 Nissan Leaf Is Really A 2001 Toyota Prius
A lot of media discussion these days seems to focus overly on the low sales of plug-in electric cars (this piece from Friday, for instance). That despite the fact that plug-ins are selling faster than hybrid vehicles did at the same phase of their launch. But automotive history may provide another...
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2016 Toyota Prius: Next Hybrid Aims For 55 MPG, More Room, Better Handling
Toyota today released a few more nuggets of information about the next, all-new generation of its Prius hybrid car. The all-new Prius, to be released in 2015, is likely to continue each generation's 10-percent improvement on the fuel economy of its predecessor. With the current Prius Liftback rated...
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Wait, Tesla Owners And Fans Don't Care So Much About Green?
It's dangerous to assume, as the saying goes. And a lot of assumptions about why people buy electric cars are wrong--including that they only do so because they're "green," meaning to help the environment. Now a new attitudinal survey shows this isn't much true for Tesla owners and fans. A study by...
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Since November 2006, our family has always owned at least one plug-in car and one powered by gasoline. For almost two years, our fleet has been a Nissan Leaf electric hatchback, and a used 2008 Toyota Prius. After two years and nearly 42,000 miles of driving the Leaf, however, our once high-tech Prius had begun to feel like little more than a gas-guzzler. It also became the subject of a good-natured daily fight over who would would have to drive it, versus who would get to enjoy the comfort and performance of the all-electric Leaf. With a few high repair bills looming on the horizon for our...
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Toyota Prius Vs. Ford C-Max Hybrid: Pros And Cons
For several years, Toyota had the hybrid market pretty much sewn up with its Prius. Okay, so it never reached the heady economy highs of the original Honda Insight, but it was far more practical and electric running made it the hybrid of choice in city driving. That's until the Ford C-Max Hybrid...
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Toyota Prius Plug-In To Be Driven By 'Eco-Savvy Influencers' In MPG Challenge
In May, we told you about the first round of Toyota's Prius Plug-In MPG Challenge. If you missed it and don't feel like clicking through to read the magnificently written article, here are the high points: Toyota loaned 2013 Prius Plug-Ins to a handful of nonprofits for 30 days. The nonprofits used...
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Toyota Prius Hybrid Tops 3 Million Global Sales
The records just keep on tumbling, as Toyota announces a new milestone for its Prius line of hybrids. That figure is three million--the cumulative global sales total through June, for all Prius models since the car debuted in Japan in 1997. Since then, the Prius has gone through three main...
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Recall For Some 2010 Toyota Prius, Lexus HS 250h Models
Toyota said today it would recall some 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid cars in the U.S. due to a potentially faulty brake-pressure accumulator. The component, said the company, may develop an internal crack due to metal fatigue caused by vibrations over the course of the vehicle...
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Is The 2001-2003 Toyota Prius A Good Used Car Buy?
It was small, unassuming, almost a shrinking violet, really. The first-generation Toyota Prius hybrid -- launched in the U.S. in 2001 -- was the first five-seat family car to offer hybrid-electric drive and unimaginably high gas mileage. Twelve years after its initial launch, the Prius family has...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield