Toyota News
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They're two high-volume plug-in hybrids, but they take different approaches to energy efficiency. The Toyota Prius Prime, new for 2017, is the plug-in version of the world's best-known, and best-selling, hybrid car. The 2017 Chevy Volt was new last year, a greatly improved version of the pioneering range-extended electric car. They're now going head to head in the expanding market for cars with plugs, but how do they match up? Both cars are compact five-door hatchbacks with designs that work hard to be highly aerodynamic. But the executions differ a lot. The Prius Prime is the newer of the...
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Another tiny SUV? No AWD for 2018 Toyota C-HR subcompact crossoverThe 2018 Toyota C-HR subcompact crossover debuted at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Toyota to offer electric car in 2020 as fuel-cell sales struggleToyota will reportedly unveil a mass-market battery-electric car in 2020.
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2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid: video road testThe 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a new plug-in version of the fourth-generation Prius hybrid launched last year. It succeeds the previous Prius Plug-In Hybrid, but it's a much better—and considerably more electric—vehicle than that discontinued model. We've driven the new Prius Prime in...
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Now Toyota can make electric cars: it's tamed lithium-ion batteries, it saysToyota is one of the world's three largest carmakers, along with General Motors and Volkswagen Group. Having placed its bets for the future of zero-emission transport on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, it's by far the most resistant of the three to the notion of battery-electric cars. But a recent...
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Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy nominee: Toyota Prius PrimeThe 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a far, far better plug-in hybrid than its predecessor. It defaults to electric-only operation, it has 25 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and in electric operation, it is by far the most energy-efficient vehicle you can buy this year in the U.S. And when it reverts...
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A Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car won the 2016 e-Rally Monte Carlo.
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Toyota to launch fuel-cell buses next year for OlympicsToyota will deliver its first hydrogen fuel-cell buses next year.
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2017 Toyota Corolla: first drive of updated compact sedanThe Toyota Corolla has been almost the default compact sedan among North American buyers for what seems like decades now. In good years, more than 350,000 are sold to retail and fleet buyers in the U.S., and they're part of the automotive landscape in even the reddest states of the union. The...
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Did you know Exxon researched hybrid cars (then ignored them)?Exxon researched hybrid cars in the 1970s, then ignored them.
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Hydrogen marketing campaign suggests, 'Let's clear the air'Infrastructure company Air Liquide is launching a new marketing campaign to promote fuel cells.
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2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: brief drive of updated three-row SUVThe 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid remains the only three-row hybrid crossover utility vehicle sold in the U.S. today. And for the 2017 model year, it's gotten some mild updates. a power increase, and a critical feature for family vehicles: a total of five USB ports. We had a chance to spend half an...
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Certain Toyota Prius models are being recalled because of potentially-faulty emergency brakes.
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Lexus hybrids 'always charged,' says slogan (unlike electric cars)Lexus once again takes aim at electric cars with a new slogan.
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At 133 MPGe, Toyota Prius Prime wallops BMW i3 on energy efficiencyMove over, BMW: there's a new efficiency champion in town this year—and you'll have to give back that laurel wreath you've worn since 2014. Last week, final EPA fuel-efficiency results were released for the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. When running in all-electric mode, that car is...
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Toyota Prius design, popular in Japan, not a hit in U.S.The Toyota Prius' design may be a disadvantage in the U.S., analysts say.
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How many Toyota Prius Primes will be sold in its first 12 months? Poll resultsNext year should be an interesting one for sales of plug-in electric cars, with the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV rolling out to selected dealers in all 50 states, Chevy says. The 2017 BMW i3 gets 50 percent more range, and the Ford Focus Electric and Volkswagen e-Golf are expected to get range upgrades...
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2017 Toyota Prius Prime: first drive of new plug-in hybridThe 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a considerably better car than a few electric-car fans had feared. In fact, with an EPA-rated range of 25 miles (more than projected) and energy efficiency so high—at 133 MPGe—that it matches the BMW i3 with all its whizzy advanced technology, it’s a...
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Sometimes journalists miss the forest for the trees, and we'll plead guilty on this one. When we wrote last week that the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell sedan was little-changed for the 2017 model year, with only one new color added, we missed one important element. That was, as several readers informed us, that while the retail price remained the same, the monthly lease cost had fallen sharply: from $499 to $349 per month. DON'T MISS: 2017 Toyota Mirai price stays same, fuel-cell car adds new color And that lower lease cost contributed to what can only be described as a remarkable sales...
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2017 Toyota Mirai price stays same, fuel-cell car adds new colorThe 2017 Toyota Mirai carries over essentially unchanged.
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Toyota now sells almost 1.5 million hybrids a yearToyota is on track to sell 1.4 million hybrids this year, new analysis says.
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Toyota challenges high-school students to build fuel-cell carsToyota is teaching California high-school students about fuel-cell cars.
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Suit says '13-mile' range for Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid was deceptiveA lawsuit filed in Michigan claims Toyota did not properly represent the Prius Plug-In Hybrid's limitations.
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Is Toyota Prius hybrid simply passe now that plug-in cars are here?The Toyota Prius faces increased competition from plug-in electric cars.
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