Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). This is about a 10% improvement in EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy over the older generation. Nominal pack voltage of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery remains at 201.6

Prius 186

Prius 2010 Toyota Hybrid 186

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. Since the early 90’s, during the early stages of first-generation Prius development, Toyota has been committed to in-house R&D of advanced nickel-metal hydride batteries.

Prius 218

Prius Toyota Concept Hybrid 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. top executive in hybrid and fuel cell vehicle research, said in an interview yesterday. Red Herring ).

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45