Toyota News
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As this autumn's launch of the 2016 Toyota Mirai fuel-cell car approaches, its maker is taking steps to ensure that the small number of initial buyers and lessees will be able to fuel up their hydrogen-powered sedans with ease. Some of the 70 or so Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell SUV drivers in Southern California have complained that they can't reliable refuel their cars, which they've leased over the last year. But Toyota notes that those stations aren't "ready for prime time," and wouldn't necessarily be capable of fueling a new Mirai. DON'T MISS: CA Fuel-Cell Car Drivers Say Hydrogen Fuel...
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Toyota Avalon Hybrid Discounts: Large 40-MPG Sedan Discounts Rise
With gas prices still relatively reasonable, sales of hybrid cars seem to have plateaued--and that means carmakers are boosting incentives on several models. The Toyota Avalon Hybrid has always been one of our favorites, and in recent months, incentives have risen on the three-year-old big sedan...
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Toyota: Negative On Batteries Because It Has More Experience Than Any Other Maker
A Toyota executive says the company's experience with hybrid powertrains legitimizes skepticism about batteries.
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Next Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid To Have 30 To 35 Miles Of Range: Source
Cars with plugs have been on sale since December 2010, and a second generation will start arriving next year. But while long-range battery-electric cars--the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and an all-new 2017 Nissan Leaf--grab attention, another vehicle on the way could be equally important. That's the...
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Recall: 2012-2014 Toyota Prius V Software Update To Cure Stalling
The Toyota Prius V is recalled for the second time this year.
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Toyota Prius Taxi Logs More Than 600,000 Miles; Batteries Last, Apparently (Video)
An Austrian taxi driver claims to have logged 1 million kilometers in his Toyota Prius.
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Toyota redesigns a minivan oddity for its home market.
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Signup For 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Sedan Starts July 20 (Californians Only)
Toyota will begin accepting applications for the 2016 Mirai July 20.
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BMW Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Prototypes Now Testing, Production "Sometime After 2020"
As the cost of advanced technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of vehicle travel rises, car companies have increasingly partnered to share those technologies and their costs. Now BMW has shown the first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle prototypes from its partnership of several years with Toyota...
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Toyota, Honda, Nissan Set Details Of Hydrogen Network In Japan
Honda, Nissan, and Toyota will fund hydrogen fueling stations in Japan.
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2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Sedan: 312 Miles Of Range, 67 MPGe
The 2016 Toyota Mirai will have over 300 miles of range.
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Toyota Fuel-Cell 'Megafactory' Matches Tesla Gigafactory In Impact
As shown by its roughly half-million references in Google, Tesla’s lithium-ion cell and battery Gigafactory is a big deal. And deservedly so. Producing the same volume of lithium-ion cells in one building in 2020 as were produced by the whole industry during 2013 should allow substantial...
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The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid has the lowest electric range of any plug-in vehicle sold in the United States: just 11 miles. It's also among the top-selling cars that plug in, with more than 40,500 delivered since it went on sale in February 2012. Now out of production, the plug-in Prius will be replaced by a new model that will go on sale sometime after the conventional 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid is unveiled this fall. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid: Clearer Spy Shot Of High-Tailed Rear But the new-generation Prius Plug-In (which might conceivably be called Prius Prime) will be...
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2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid: Clearer Spy Shot Of High-Tailed Rear
Detroit-area residents occasionally see camouflaged development prototypes from GM, Ford, and Chrysler testing on public roads. Similarly, Southern California residents often see Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai prototypes pass them clad in disguise. And so it was for a Cars Direct employee driving to...
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Toyota Prius C: Hybrid Subcompact Ultimate Guide (UPDATED)
There was a time when hybrid vehicles were expensive to buy, and the choice of vehicle type was limited. The 2015 Toyota Prius C is evidence that the options have expanded. With a starting price of $20,635 (including a mandatory $825 delivery charge), Toyota's hybrid subcompact is relatively...
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2016 Toyota Prius 'Coming Soon': 55-MPG Hybrid To Be Sportier
While Toyota remains coy about the launch date of its fourth-generation Prius hybrid, a company executive has confirmed that the car is coming "soon." Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America, didn't release any specifications on the car when he mentioned it during the groundbreaking for an expansion...
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Toyota 'Prius Prime' Trademark Registered; What New Hybrid Could It Be?
Trademark filings for model names usually present a mystery. What a carmaker is planning when it registers a specific name can be hard to impossible to ascertain. And so it is with the case of "Prius Prime," a new model name that may expand Toyota's line of Prius hybrids at some point in the...
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Toyota Prius Deals In Southern California Cut Lease To Electric-Car Prices
The Toyota Prius hybrid gets added incentives in southern California.
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Toyota goes to the birthplace of the oil industry to demonstrate electrolysis.
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2016 Toyota Prius: More Spy Shots, From Thailand Testing
The all-new fourth-generation Toyota Prius is getting closer and closer to launch, as witnessed by an increasing number of spy shots of prototypes testing all over the world. Two weeks ago, a heavily camouflaged Prius was recorded on video fueling up at a North American gas station. Now, new shots...
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Tokyo's Toyota Mirai Dealer & Hydrogen Fueling Site: Photo Gallery
The 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell sedan will go on sale in limited regions of California later this year, but it's already available in Japan. On a recent trip to Japan, your correspondent had a chance to head to downtown Tokyo to take a look at the combination of a dedicated Mirai showroom...
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Next Toyota Prius Hybrid: 40-Percent Thermal Efficiency From Engine, Toyota Says
You may not hear about the thermal efficiency of engines much: It's the ratio of how efficiently they use the energy in the fuel they burn. Conventional gasoline engines have long run about 25 percent, diesels at 30 to 35 percent. But the gasoline engine to be used in the next generation of the...
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Toyota Prius Owners: Beware Battery Theft, Perhaps By Inept Thieves
There's been a rash of Toyota Prius battery thefts in San Francisco, and speculation that the stolen packs are being peddled as cheap replacement parts.
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2015 Toyota Prius Rebates Rise For Californians
The 2015 Toyota Prius gets bigger discounts in certain areas of California.
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