Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2020

The design of the current-generation of the Toyota Prius, which went on sale in 2016, closely echoes that of the hydrogen fuel-cell Mirai, which arrived less than a year earlier.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2016

The Prius family still accounts for the majority of sales: 5.691 million units, or 63% of the total global cumulative number. Prius: 3.733 million; Prius α, Prius v, Prius +: 0.634 million; Aqua, Prius c: 1.249 million; Prius PHV: 0.075 million). Data: Toyota. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, unveiled at the 2016 New York International Auto Show in March ( earlier post ), features a larger 8.8 In hybrid mode, the Prius Prime exceeds all competitors’ fuel economy ratings with EPA-estimated 55 city/53 highway/54 combined MPG. The engine features a very high compression ratio of 13.0:1,

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2015

And here it is: the 2016 Toyota Prius. Ahead of a preview September 8 in Las Vegas, and an official debut at Frankfurt, spy photographers already found the 2016 Prius, uncloaked, in Malibu, California.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 5, 2015

But the new 2016 Toyota Prius and 2016 Chevrolet Volt take very different approaches to delivering that efficiency. The newest Prius is the latest generation of the world's best-known, and best-selling, hybrid car. They're both green-car leaders--in the public eye and in EPA energy-efficiency ratings.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2015

With the 2016 Toyota Prius scheduled to make its global debut in Las Vegas on the evening of September 8, you had to figure that photos of the car would leak out at some point. After years of spy shots of camouflaged Prius development mules, pre-production prototypes, and test vehicles, now we can see the actual lines of the 2016.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

It''s been a quiet period for hybrid news lately, with the 2016 Toyota Prius launch delayed and still more than a year away. But further down the road, it appears that both Hyundai and Ford now plan to offer dedicated hybrids--vehicles designed specifically around a hybrid powertrain that offer no gasoline-only version.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Time was, the Toyota Prius hybrid was the unquestioned technology champion and king of the fuel-efficiency battles. Now, as Toyota starts to plan for the launch of its fourth-generation flagship hybrid car, the legendary Prius faces more competition than ever before from newer plug-in electric cars and even some diesel vehicles.'

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Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2016

Consumer Reports has confirmed the 52-mpg combined EPA fuel-economy rating of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, although its ratings in city and highway testing differed. Nonetheless, the magazine says the 2016 Prius is the most fuel-efficient car it's ever tested.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Toyota launched the Coaster Hybrid EV in August 1997 and the Prius—the world's first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle―in December of the same year. This latest milestone of 10 million units was achieved just nine months after total sales reached 9 million units at the end of April 2016. thousand vs. 266.2 thousand.).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Toyota is launching one of its largest recalls on one of its most popular models—the Prius hybrid. Covering all Toyota Prius and Prius Plug-in models built between June 2015 and May 2018, the recall involves a wiring harness for the car's hybrid power control unit, which can chafe and start a fire, the company told Reuters.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2014

DON''T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid: Sportier.' Most consumers consider switching to more fuel-efficient, hybrid, or plug-in electric cars because of their anticipated lower fuel costs--but if gas is already inexpensive, the math doesn''t look as good.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

One of the most important new cars of the 2016 model year isn’t some 600-horsepower sports car, or a big crossover wagon. Recently in Las Vegas, and also at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, Toyota gave the world a first look at the 2016 Prius. ALSO SEE.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The latest generation of Toyota Prius hybrid cars is being recalled to address an issue with their emergency brakes. The Prius was redesigned for the 2016 model year and is now also being sold as a 2017 model. DON'T MISS: Toyota Prius design, popular in.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2015

The fourth-generation Toyota Prius is fast approaching. Toyota Motor Corporation has confirmed to Bloomberg that the fully redesigned 2016 Toyota Prius will be shown in Las Vegas on September 8, 2015—ahead of its anticipated debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show later next month.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2015

We've tracked down another video of the upcoming, all-new 2016 Toyota Prius testing on public roads. A San Francisco driver captured video of what appears to be a camouflaged Prius prototype on one of the city's typically hilly streets.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2015

The Toyota Prius hybrid occupies a special niche in automotive history. This year, there's an all-new 2016 Prius, and it's quite a different car from its predecessors across three generations. It's the world's best-known and best-selling hybrid car, and it's the halo vehicle for one of the world's three largest automakers.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 8, 2014

in 2000, the first-generation Toyota Prius hybrid was met with more than a little skepticism by the automotive establishment and the buying public. As with any new application of technology, it was unclear whether the Prius--and hybrid cars in general--would have a lasting impact or simply fizzle out. When it launched in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2014

With a new Toyota Prius on the horizon, rumors abound as to what the next-generation of the world''s best-selling hybrid will offer when it''s unveiled late next year. Some changes are a given: Better fuel efficiency, an improved interior, a revised yet familiar shape.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Today, we have the first official images and details of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, first impressions of the 2016 Lexus RX hybrid, and Tesla's offer of a free Model X electric crossover to existing owners who refer friends. The 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid finally appears, with a claimed 55 mpg combined.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid has made its world debuts and should arrive at U.S. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius: A. dealers starting around January. But specific details have been surprisingly sparse. Yesterday, Toyota released a few specifications at an event in Japan.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

When a Toyota Prius drive event comes with a handling course, you know that things have changed. And in some ways, the all-new 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid is a very different car from the three generations of Prius that preceded it.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Today we''ve got a first drive of the 2014 Tesla Model S P85D electric car, news that the Federal income-tax credit for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will be allowed to expire, and a report on sporty styling for the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Toyota unveiled the new Prius Prime plug-in hybrid (PHEV) at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. Toyota expects the Prius Prime’s manufacturer-estimated 120 or above MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) to be the highest MPGe rating of any current plug-in hybrid. Toyota also expects the Prius Prime, equipped with an 8.8

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Today, we have more details on the 2016 Toyota Prius, Volvo's plan to launch an electric car by 2019, and details on the 2016 Zero electric-motorcycle lineup. More 2016. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 10, 2015

liter V-6 diesels can be fixed with software tweaks, analysts say low gas prices will affect 2016 Toyota Prius sales targets, and the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid sedan is priced from $28,645. Today, Audi's CEO says the carmaker's delinquent 3.0-liter All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Today, the 2016 Toyota Prius is the most fuel-efficient car without a plug, as well as one of our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy nominees. Also, General Motors switches up its marketing tactics for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, and Nissan and BMW partner on DC fast-charging stations. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2016

The 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid has already been on sale for a few months, but crash-test scores are just now being released. The fourth-generation Prius did well in both National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) testing.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2015

DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius. Similarly, Southern California residents often see Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai prototypes pass them clad in disguise. And so it was for a Cars Direct employee driving to work yesterday.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2015

Today, the 2016 Toyota Prius is revealed in leaked photos, analysts argue over whether Tesla loses money on its electric cars, and the 2016 Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe gets a handful of updates. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week's biggest stories with our Week in Reverse feature and video.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt, for which deliveries began just this week, is going into attack mode against the Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius in a set of new ads. But in one of those ads, it almost feels as if GM is attacking its own (upcoming) product. In that.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This year, Toyota is promoting its all-new 2016 Prius hybrid in an ad that describes it as "Heck on wheels." DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius: Gas. And there are always at least a few ads for cars as part of the spectacle--sometimes even including green cars.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Next Tuesday evening, the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid will make its world debut in Las Vegas, kicking off what its maker calls "the next era of an icon." "We’re

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2015

Today, a possible all-electric version of Hyundai's "Prius fighter" dedicated hybrid model, spy shots of the 2016 Toyota Prius, and updates to Tesla's retail stores. Our spy photographer captured the 2016 Toyota Prius uncloaked ahead of its September 8 reveal in Las Vegas. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The 2016 Toyota Mirai is getting a major launch just before this week''s Los Angeles Auto Show. It''s clear Toyota considers this a vehicle every bit as seminal as its very first Prius hybrid of 1997.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Toyota was shy on specifics when it unveiled the redesigned 2016 Prius hybrid in Las Vegas last month. But at an event in Japan this week, the carmaker was more generous with details on the upcoming fourth-generation Prius.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2018

Even given those factors, though, the fourth-generation Toyota Prius hybrid has had an especially rough road since its launch as a 2016 model. Prius sales were almost. Global sales of compact hatchbacks are hardly surging, and fuel economy for all types of vehicles is steadily improving.

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