This one has been in the rumor mill for long and has finally made its way out of the mill, with a badge saying 'its true'. Prius is on its way to become a brand for Toyota. Toyota envisages the Prius marque to span an entire lineup of hybrid...
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The race to be the first automaker to launch a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) seems to be getting hot with every passing day. A couple of months ago, we had heard that Toyota's plans of bringing a plug-in hybrid had been delayed due to problems.
Toyota was all set to replace the nickel-metal hydride battery pack with the lithium-ion batteries which hold certain advantages over the former as these new batteries are compact, light, and packing a sizable storage capacity. These batteries are...
Hybrid technology has marked a breakthrough in the reduction of fuel consumption and carbon emissions but still diesel powered cars manage to offer the same advantages and have much better performance and are also quiet cheaper.
Looking at this...
20 Ford Escape Hybrids and 10 Toyota Priuses will be converted to plug-ins soon with the approval of the $2.6-million contract by California's Board of the AQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District).
The Escape hybrids will be converted...
The pictured above is a teaser shot of the new hybrid concept by Toyota that will be showcased at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show coming month. The new Hybrid X can be taken as a technology proposal from Toyota for the future model of hybrid cars. Along...
Lending its expertise to HOURCAR, a car-sharing program at Minnesota, Hymotion has upgraded the 13-vehicle fleet of Priuses the company owns so that it delivers 100+ mpg... depending upon speed and range. Hymotion's 5 kWh lithium-ion battery kit...
The controversial 'Dust to Dust' study by Art Spinella, President of CNW Marketing Research and an auto analyst, had angered many of us. To get a better picture of the issue, I have presented below, the emission levels of both the vehicles and their...
The hype around hybrids has me really interested and I believe, so are many others too. Global warming, pollution, energy crisis, rising gas prices etc have led the world to hug hybrids tightly. However, there are many subtle issues that we are unaware...
Despite experiencing this gas price sensitive summer, hybrid vehicles are thriving on their increased sales. June this year proved to be a godsend month for Camry, highlander and Civic Hybrid sales shot up to new height while sales of Prius took a...
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