Toyota News
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A Seattle dealer attempts to eliminate haggling, but has trouble adjusting.
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Toyota Prius Range Gets Bigger Discounts In CA, Prius C EspeciallyToyota offers big discounts on the entire Prius hybrid range in California.
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2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid To Launch At New York Auto Show
It took a bit longer than expected, but Toyota will launch a hybrid-electric version of its popular RAV4 compact crossover utility vehicle at next week's New York Auto Show. The company sent out a teaser photo this morning, showing the rear of a RAV4 with badges saying "Hybrid" and "Limited" on the...
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Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car To Get Global Showcase At 2020 Olympics
Toyota is now a top-level Olympic sponsor.
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Toyota RAV4 EV Electric Car Recalled For Shift Flaw In Tesla Software
Toyota is recalling certain RAV4 EV electric cars over a software issue.
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Toyota Mirai Should Cost The Same As Diesel Sedan Of Same Size, Toyota Says
A Toyota executive says the company is already looking to cut the fuel-cell Mirai's price.
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Oh, Toyota ... really? It's not bad enough that your Lexus brand put out two ads that inaccurately slammed plug-in electric and diesel vehicles, respectively. Now your own agency has gone and made a foolish technical error in an ad meant to pave the way for your 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Mirai: First Drive Of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Sedan The image was posted on Google Plus and elsewhere. It's simple enough: It has a photo of the 2016 Toyota Mirai, with nothing but the tagline, "A Car That Breathes In Air." As noted on Jalopnik and quite a number of...
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Toyota Camry Hybrid Battery: Electrician Spent $10, Not $4,000, To Fix
A Toyota Camry Hybrid owner repairs the car's battery pack.
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Low-Volume Assembly Line For Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car
The 2016 Toyota Mirai is built on a small-scale assembly line in Japan.
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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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Toyota, Honda, Nissan To Support Hydrogen Fueling Sites In Japan
Toyota, Honda, and Nissan will work together to develop hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
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2016 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car: A Few Things We Noticed
The 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car hasn't yet gone on sale--it'll arrive in limited regions of California in the second half of this year--but already it's been the focus of a great deal of attention. As Toyota's first production hydrogen vehicle, and the cornerstone of its future plans...
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Toyota's public attack on electric cars shows no signs of letting up. Its first sallies were two ads from its Lexus luxury brand slamming electric cars for range anxiety. Now, a Toyota executive has all but sneered at Tesla Motors for putting "all its eggs in one basket" by making only battery-electric cars. DON'T MISS: Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Ad Slams Electric BMW i3: Gloves Come Off Toyota's senior vice president for U.S. operations, Bob Carter, apparently made the comments ad hoc during a presentation last week at the J.D. Power Automotive Summit in San Francisco. The comments were reported...
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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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Lexus To Launch Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Powered LS Sedan: Report
Lexus may build a fuel-cell version of its LS sedan.
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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: First Drive Of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Sedan
The 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car will get a huge amount of promotion and attention from its maker, despite the very low numbers that will be built in its first years. In that respect, it's very similar to the first Toyota Prius hybrid back in 1997--a first sketch of what a future...
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What Does 'Getting Rid Of Gasoline' Mean? To Toyota, It's Hydrogen
Toyota's president makes the case for fuel-cell cars.
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The hydrogen fuel-cell cars being promoted as the future of zero-emission transport--aggressively by Toyota, slightly less so by Honda and Hyundai--generate quite a lot of controversy. Now a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists suggests that the wells-to-wheels carbon emissions of a fuel-cell vehicle running on hydrogen produced from natural gas is the same as that of a gasoline car returning 38 miles per gallon. DON'T MISS: 10 Questions On Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars To Ask Toyota, Honda & Hyundai As an article in Technology Review notes, that's better than the 25-mpg average of...
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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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2015 Scion xB Tall Wagon Continues Largely Unchanged
a standard backup camera is the only major change to the Scion xB for 2015.
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How Much Money Does The 2016 Toyota Mirai Lose? A Lot, Perhaps
All automakers expect to lose money at first when they launch expensive new powertrain technologies. But if one European official with deep experience in alternative-fuel infrastructure is right, the 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell sedan may be losing its maker quite a lot of money indeed...
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Low Gas Prices Won't Affect Loyal Owners As 2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid Looms
Toyota expects current Prius owners to stick with the car even if gas prices stay low.
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2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car At Los Angeles Auto Show (Video)
The 2016 Toyota Mirai, seen here in its production form, is the first-ever hydrogen fuel-cell car to be offered for sale by a major automaker. It goes on sale in Japan next month, and will arrive in North America in the second half of next year. The four-seat mid-size sedan is effectively an...
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