The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
The Toyota Prius was once reviled by most enthusiasts and often the butt of jokes, even in pop culture. Prius drivers were stereotyped as left-lane camping, NPR-listening, Green Party-voting smug virtue-signalers. But it was based in one truth – the Prius might save you a lot of gas but man it was no fun to drive.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
If you want to buy a used Toyota Prius, don''t go shopping for one in Detroit. percent of used cars in metro Detroit get 22.5 The Motor City has the worst fuel economy among used cars, according to a new study by iSeeCars.com, as reported by WardsAuto. The study found that 71.2 mpg or less. Minneapolis-St. percent.'
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. Waters, it turns out, learned a lot during his days in Detroit.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 23, 2009
The plug-in Prius is a separate model from the all new 2010 Prius Hybrid. The fleet models will be part of a test bed for Toyota and future development of the plug-in Prius may at some point lead to a consumer model. The plug-in Prius is expected to launch sometime in 2010.
Green Cars News
JULY 3, 2009
In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Compared to Prius, it is 22 inches shorter in overall length, yet loses less than an inch in overall width. The Prius PHV introduces Toyota’s first generation lithium-ion drive battery.
Charged EVs
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler isn’t like the Chevy Volt or Toyota Prius Prime: It doesn’t run first as an electric vehicle when the battery is fully charged, adding engine power only after the battery depletes. Chrysler’s two Detroit competitors have been fairly forthcoming about the charging behavior of drivers of their plug-in hybrids.
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