Tag archive: Prius

The Vice President of Toyota's Brand Sales in the US, Bob Carter, has given a hint of the company's plans for a new hybrid model set to be released this year, while speaking at the Automotive News World Congress currently being held on Detroit. Already flying high thanks to the announcement of the Prius C, or Aqua as it's known in Japan, Mr.Carter said that before the end of this year Toyota would introduce a hybrid car with… Read More

How is it possible for a hybrid car to travel 1,554.1 miles on just half a gallon of gas? Leave it to Chevy battery systems engineer Andy Oury to find out. The Chevy employee, who leases a Volt, shared a video showing off his badge of honor. By driving in electric-only mode for several months, Oury’s Volt displayed a maintenance warning informing Oury that the engine has not been run in quite some time. In order to keep the engine… Read More

While thinking of words to describe the Toyota Prius, ninja-like and stealthy may not be the first to come to mind, but Toyota might disagree. Cnet is reporting that the hybrid car will soon offer a $148 speaker that will play sounds that simulate the “same noise level as a regular car engine.” For those that have never been stalked by a Prius, when the car is running the electrical motor, the Prius is quiet. Apparently too quiet. Once the… Read More

Toyota just hasn't been able to catch a break in the past few weeks. The company has been faced with loads of bad press surrounding the accelerator pedals in eight of its most popular vehicles sold in the U.S., including the best-selling car in the country: the Camry. In order to fully grasp the situation at hand, Toyota (which was prodded by the NHTSA) took the drastic step of stopping sales on on the eight models in order to solve… Read More

Whenever a new hybrid vehicle is introduced, it is invariably compared to Toyota's hugely successful Prius. The Prius, which is currently its third generation, has been a big sales hit for Toyota and has put the Japanese auto giant at the forefront of the “green” auto movement. Now that Toyota has the Prius, Camry Hybrid, and Highlander Hybrid under its belt (along with a few hybrids from its upscale Lexus division), the… Read More

The Toyota Prius is one of the most successful hybrid vehicles in America. Many consumers have been calling for Toyota to make a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius that would allow fully electric driving on battery power alone.

Are you overcome with guilt about how much carbon, sulfides, nitrides, and other emissions goodies were pumped into the atmosphere in the making of your new Toyota Prius? Do you feel dirty? Well, Toyota has just the thing for you. It has genetically engineered two new species of flowers that soak up air pollution. If you're left scratching you're head about this one, here's a bit of background. Toyota, while offering… Read More

From InterVideo's press release: By adding InstantON PC/CE convergence technology, the Hitachi PCs become complete home and on-the-go entertainment centers with fast CE-like access and remote control for enjoying TV and music. Available exclusively in Japan, the Hitachi Prius PCs are also bundled with the OEM version of InterVideo's WinDVD DVD playback software and WinDVD Creator2 Platinum, a complete, fully integrated software… Read More