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Toyota launches Prius in Japan; forecasts delay in deliveries of the new model

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Prius α S Click to enlarge. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched the Prius α (Prius alpha) in Japan. Derived from the third-generation Prius hybrid, the α offers an interior allowing multiple seat arrangements. Prius α powertrain. Earlier post.). 1,797 cc (2ZR-FXE).

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Toyota Motor Corp. is expecting monthly sales of roughly 10,000 units in the initial year for its all-new Prius hybrid, due to be launched next Monday. Toyota will also launch the new Lexus hybrid during the summer, along with two more new hybrid models this fiscal year.

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Dartmouth professor calls for unlocking geospatial data gathered by autonomous vehicles

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User access to this data proves difficult when they are locked in closed networks controlled by automobile manufacturers. In 2013 and 2015, two security experts remotely hacked into a 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and a Toyota Prius and Ford Escape, respectively, demonstrating the security flaws in vehicles that were not autonomous.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7% Monthly sales of hybrids. year-on-year. from last year.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

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Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

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Green Star Products is not in competition with Toyota or any other major automobile manufacturer because it is targeting a different market. Toyota is presently planning to modify its Prius model to be a plug-in hybrid in the near future.

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