Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime turned out to be a better plug-in hybrid than we had expected when we drove it around sunny Ojai, California, on the press launch in October. It's a viable competitor to the second-generation Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, though the Volt has an EPA-rated 53 miles of electric range to the Prime's 25 miles.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime, the new plug-in hybrid version of the world's best-selling hybrid car, was unveiled this morning at the New York Auto Show. The second plug-in version of the Prius hybrid, it will carry an EPA range rating of 22 miles from the 8.8-kilowatt-hour The Prius Prime also has notably.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 7, 2020

Toyota recalls Prius models over hybrid-system concerns. Toyota has expanded a large recall of Prius and Prius V models, ranging from the 2013 through 2017 model years, to address a defect that could. We look at how the Toyota RAV4 Prime compares to plug-in hybrid rivals. And Jay Leno gets to drive a Canoo.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The Toyota Prius Prime, new for 2017, is the plug-in version of the world's best-known, and best-selling, hybrid car. The 2017 Chevy Volt was new last year, a greatly improved version of the pioneering range-extended electric car. They're now going.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

The award program honored Toyota’s use of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) inner panels on the Prius Prime liftgate and Lexus LC 500 side doors and luggage hatch. 2017 marks the fifth year for the program. 2017 marks the fifth year for the program. Prius Prime liftgate. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 7, 2017

It's now time to shop for a new car for my wife, as her wonderful 2006 Toyota Prius has 144,000 miles and we're ready for something new. What car should replace our 2006 Prius hybrid? DON'T MISS: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime: gas mileage, electric range review Our needs and.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a far, far better plug-in hybrid than its predecessor. It defaults to electric-only operation, it has 25 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and in electric operation, it is by far the most energy-efficient vehicle you can buy this year in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2016

Today, we name the 12 most influential green cars in history, look at additional details on the 2017 BMW i3 electric car, and compare a Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius on cost and overall emissions. The 2017 BMW i3 gets a range boost to 114 miles, but the current 81-mile version may stay around as well.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Toyota fully unveiled its fourth-generation Prius in an outdoor event Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The new Prius is lower, longer, and wider. Toyota will showcase the new Prius at the IAA in Frankfurt next week. The Prius went on sale in 1997 as the first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We continue our coverage from the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show with a preview video of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, and the debuts of the 2017 Smart ForTwo Cabrio and Nissan Gripz hybrid crossover concept. Check out our preview video of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid. When it comes to electric-car range, the more.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Just a few days after the week-long media launch of the 2017 Hyundai Ioniq range, Volkswagen has quietly one-upped the Ioniq Electric's 124-mile EPA-rated range. DON'T MISS: Hyundai Ioniq Electric beats Prius Prime, BMW i3 on energy efficiency. Oh, those crafty Germans.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2015

But while long-range battery-electric cars--the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and an all-new 2017 Nissan Leaf--grab attention, another vehicle on the way could be equally important. That's the second generation of the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime replaces the Prius Plug-In, and it directly addresses nearly everything that current owners of that model have wanted. There’s a longer, 22-mile electric driving range, better drivability, and exceptional 120+ MPGe fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Next year should be an interesting one for sales of plug-in electric cars, with the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV rolling out to selected dealers in all 50 states, Chevy says. The 2017 BMW i3 gets 50 percent more range, and the Ford Focus Electric and Volkswagen e-Golf are expected to get range upgrades as well.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2016

but new competitors to the Toyota Prius seem to be popping up all over the place. The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq range of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric models just made its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show, only a few weeks after the Kia Niro hybrid crossover SUV. Now it appears.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017. Furthermore, widened gears and a newly developed high-performance compact torque convertor combine for a broader gear lockup range. Advancement of Toyota Hybrid System II (THS-II).

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2016

Today, we have reports on two rumored German green cars--the range-extended electric BMW i5, and the Volkswagen XL3 Prius-fighter hybrid--plus details on the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid and Optima Plug-In Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2016

DON'T MISS: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid: 22-mile range, styling. The company has taken the position that hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains are more practical choices when it comes to reducing emissions. But Toyota may be changing its attitude toward electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

In 2016, Navigant Research expects growth to come from expanding sales of the Tesla Model X and the second-generation Volt, as well as the introduction of the Chevrolet Bolt 200-mile range battery electric vehicle (BEV), the Prius Prime PHEV, the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV, and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV later in the year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2018

These batteries can be charged and discharged in less than 3 minutes and could be used in a wide range of applications requiring very high power features: start/stop, 48V, full high-voltage hybrid. Beginning 1 September, ARTS will propose purpose-built modules.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Which 2017 car set a new record for energy efficiency among passenger vehicles on sale this year? What is Tesla doing on a tiny island way out in the Pacific Ocean? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, November 25, 2016.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In its new ten-year market outlook to 2027, Roskill, a leading provider of international metals and minerals research, forecasts primary nickel consumption to rise by just under 4% per year between 2017 and 2027, driven by increased consumption by stainless steel producers and by growth in demand in the automotive battery sector.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

generation advanced safety research vehicle at the company’s Prius Challenge event in Sonoma California. The all-new test vehicle will be used to explore a full range of autonomous driving capabilities. The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) displayed its 2.0 Earlier post.)The

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

CEO, Takanobu Ito, outlined the product, technology and business developments and direction planned to drive Honda’s growth by fiscal year 2017; among these are a plan to introduce three hybrid systems, Ito said. Honda Motor Co. Each system will possess unique characteristics and their deployment will reflect varying customer needs.

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EV Life

AUGUST 28, 2020

How much battery range do you need for your favorite road trips? Narrow your electric car search Make a charging plan Know your range Maximize EV incentives Test drive Consider leasing vs. financing Get safe pickup or delivery. Know your range. That’s less than half the cost I’ve spent driving to Portland in a Toyota Prius.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

These units are also used in Toyota’s Crown, Prius, and Lexus RX models for displaying traffic signal violation, cross traffic, and pedestrian warnings at traffic signals using car and infrastructure communications to warn drivers about approaching emergency vehicles and to assist cruise control and other functions.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. These European designs are perfectly good EVs, although their limited battery range and high price compared to the gasoline versions are major drawbacks. It debuted in the U.S.

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EV Info

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The sites were opened to much fanfare between 2017 and 2019 and were owned and operated by a subsidiary of ITM Power, the Aim-quoted electrolyser company. Proponents claim they are quicker to refuel and offer longer range than battery electric vehicles and can be low-carbon so long as the hydrogen is produced cleanly.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

million electrified vehicles (hybrids on up) worldwide in 2017. Since the introduction of its first commercially available electrified powertrain on the Prius in Japan in 1997, Toyota has worked at improving the technology as the basis for its electrification efforts. million units by 2030, as announced in December 2017.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Of course, there are a range of eco-friendly vehicles on the market, but one emerging contender is hydrogen-powered cars. Electrified vehicles (hybrid-electrics) have been commercially available since the late 1990s with the Toyota Prius. First Drive: 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. First Timer: 2021 Toyota Mirai.

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 22, 2022

Toyota, which does publish sales of its PHEV models, reported that the RAV4 Prime — which is the PHEV version of the number 4-selling vehicle in the US since since 2017 — had 2021 sales of 27,707 units. So, we do know the sales numbers for most of the top-selling EVs and a strong sense of the two top-selling Tesla models.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The roomy Model S luxury sedan now starts at about $90,000 with a 100 kWh battery pack and all-wheel drive, offering 405 miles of range. First Drive: 2017 Tesla Model X P100D ; Tesla Continues to Get Mixed Marks ; Flash Drive: Tesla Model 3. Bolts jolts the market with 200+ miles of range and an affordable price.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 6, 2023

First debuting in 2017, the Niro is a key model for Kia as it offers three different propulsion choices, all of which offer excellent fuel economy or all-electric driving range. The second generation 2023 Kia Niro is offered in three models–the all-electric Niro EV, the Niro plug-in hybrid, and the one reviewed here, the Niro hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

the i-MiEV) and extended range electric vehicles; and full electric vehicles—Anderman sees the greatest market opportunity (in terms of the value of batteries sold) in the mini EV and extended range electric vehicle market, with $134 million in battery sales and 8,000 units. By 2015, he suggests, full hybrids (e.g.,

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 11, 2022

He added that the Wrangler PHEV has been embraced by Jeep’s enthusiasts, pulling one-fourth of the model’s sales and even outselling the Toyota Prius for the first quarter of 2021, taking the title for that time as the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the U.S. Road Test: 2017 Jeep Cherokee. Road Test: 2017 Jeep Renegade.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

Collins (2017) Click to enlarge. rise in vehicle miles driven from February 2012 to February 2017 yielded a gasoline demand increase of only 3.8%, the brief found. the old V-8 engine models) with the truck’s 2017 3.5 Collins conducts a range of globally focused commodity market, energy, water and environmental research.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In the 12 months since sharing the forecast below, multiple new crossover/SUV EVs including the Mustang Mach-E, Volvo EC40 Recharge, Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y Standard Range, Nissan Ariya, VW ID.4,

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