Toyota News

Even toward the end of its model life, the 2009 Toyota Prius gets high marks for features, flexibility, and of course its top-ranked fuel economy

One man is trying to stir up anti-import feeling in a small Michigan town

We got a little link love, from Autoblog yesterday and the day before from Wired, so we figured we'd return the favor. To get your weekend going, we feature a Prius that's either a treat or a travesty--you be the judge. As the opening credit on the video says, it's "a Swedish Toyota Prius that...

You don't need to wait for the Toyota factory version; you can bid on a 2007 Toyota Prius plug-in Hymotion conversion today

The Prius as a symbol of peoples' views about hybrids--and a lot of other issues too--comes to the fore in these 10 ads

A new study says the Prius costs 8.4% more to repair than non-hybrid vehicles

How much do you know about Toyota's third-generation Prius? Test your knowledge

Toyota's holding a handful of invitation-only receptions to introduce the 2010 Prius to fans and influencers; we were there

Toyota Prius drivers don't always fit the cultural stereotype; consider the NFL linebacker, or the man arrested for road rage

You'll get a chance to see the new 2010 Toyota Prius soon enough, or you may already have clicked through pictures and details. But, anxious to ensure that they build buzz and queue the car up to meet their goal of 180,000 sales for the year, Toyota has been quietly showing it around to its most...

Apparently people are nervous about buying used hybrids, or at least Toyota thinks so. The new number one automaker in the world announced its Certified Used Hybrid Program yesterday, which should give used hybrid buyers even more peace of mind than they would already have about driving a more...

The Automotive News is reporting that Toyota plans to offer their new battery electric vehicle in the United States in 2012, similar in size to the FT-EV currently on display at the auto show in Detroit. The FT-EV, pictured above, is an electric vehicle based on the fossil-fuel powered iQ Toyota...

Toyota has recently unveiled its new third generation Prius, which has improved aerodynamics, a larger engine, and an improved parallel hybrid drivertrain that permits it to achieve a 50 mpg combined fuel efficieny. The Nikkei has just reported that Toyota will begin selling the car in May...

Toyota RAV4 EV What better place for a parade of electric vehicles than Santa Monica, California, the city that introduced a sustainability plan fifteen years ago, long before "going green" meant anything. On Saturday, a few hundred spectators came out for the EV procession which featured 74...

Today, in a dark ballroom packed with eager journalists and pushy photographers, Bob Carter, Toyota Division Group VP and General Manager, unveiled the third generation Prius. It's immediately recognizable as a Prius, with the same iconic, streamlined shape. Upon closer examination, the edges at...

Recently we told you, and a lot of other sources reported on a Nikkei article indicating that Toyota had secret plans to develop an electric car that would derive all of its energy from solar cells. Many pundits analyzing the premise recognized that with the limits of present day solar technology...

Toyota House Yesterday the Associated Press reported that Toyota is secretly developing a car that will be completely powered by solar energy, citing a story in Japan's Nikkei newspaper. All Cars Electric searched the Nikkei archives and was unable to find any such story. Here's what we know today...

Toyota although the leader in green cars, due to the success of its Prius, has been cautious in moving to lithium-ion plugin cars. They have expanded on the superiority of the parallel hybrid drivetrain over a series or pure electric design. They do have a few plug-in Priuses in field trials and...

It might make your world a better place, but that smug little Prius can't pull espresso, now, can it?

Rumors are flying that the production of the popular Toyota Prius, slated to begin State-side at the Tupelo, Mississippi Toyota Highlander plant in 2010, has been pushed back to 2011. Right now, nearly every Prius sold worldwide is assembled in Japan, meaning those of us who have been waiting to...