Toyota News

The first dedicated hybrid from Lexus is a very different mix of mileage and luxury than the Prius it's related to. And, boy, is it heavy.

Tom Hanks, the movie star, is also an early adopter of electric vehicles.  His 2003 Toyota RAV 4 EV is still in use today, and runs on the original batteries that came with the vehicle. Hank's RAV4 sees daily use by one of his employees.  The vehicle has just over 50,000 miles on it now and is...

Quirky carmaker Subaru sees cleaner diesels and hybrids on the horizon. This week Ikuo Mori, president of Fuji Heavy Industries, (Subaru's parent company) told Japanese reporters that Subaru is developing a cleaner diesel designed to meet 2011 global emissions standards and that he hopes to have a...

We're delighted and honored that The Huffington Post is now including our All About Prius posts in their Wires section

A mother in New Zealand recognized her pink-butterfly daughter in a post we did for AllAboutPrius.com; ah, the interwebs ...

The first TV commercial for the 2010 Toyota Prius took hundreds of extras and a huge amount of computer graphics

So, you're a die-hard Prius fan eager to get your hands on one of the 500 PHV test lease vehicles Toyota has promised for next year? Hold on to your butt... Toyota has announced they'll be leasing the third-generation Prius plug-in hybrid by the end of THIS year, months ahead of schedule. There...

NASCAR is expanding into non-Detroit brands with the selection of a Toyota Camry Hybrid as the pace car for several races this summer

If you need seven seats and want a hybrid, there's only a single choice: the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid

Surreally harmonious landscapes, solar bus shelters, huge public flowers, living billboards--welcome to the 2010 Prius marketing machine!

Four days with a rented 2009 Chevy Aveo led us to think it's adequate and gets the job done, but not top of the class

Is there a danger for the 2010 Honda Insight if it's always compared to the Toyota Prius, but Prius buyers ignore the Insight?

Like many cities across the world, San Francisco is learning that hybrid taxis not only save gas, but last as long as needed

New York is hardly alone in adding hybrid patrol cars to its police department fleet

The upcoming 2010 Toyota Prius continues to spur interest on the site

Is a Toyota RAV4 hybrid in the works? Probably, yes, at least in China. According to Koei Saga, Toyota's Managing Officer of Hybrid System Development, "Toyota needs to accelerate the 2020 goal to hybridize all the Toyota models." He also said that, quite specifically, Toyota plans to bring the...

We'd hoped for just a little more news when the PriusChat faithful got a chance to ask questions of Prius Product Manager Doug Coleman

A Green Test Drive for a Green Day

With a new base model of the 2010 Prius for just $21,750, Toyota isn't ceding any ground to Honda

The Toyota Prius is the best selling hybrid vehicle of all time.  The next generation 2010 Prius is scheduled for release in May.  But for those that can't wait until then to get an inside look at the Prius, Toyota has made videos available for viewing. Maybe you missed the Prius at the auto...