Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In the auto industry, it''s generally assumed that as gas prices drop, so do sales of green cars. 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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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 25, 2023

The Toyota Prius has pretty much always been focused solely on fuel economy. If you bought a Prius (or leased one) you likely bought it for fuel economy – or maybe because it was affordable. The redesigned 2023 Toyota Prius is supposed to change all that without sacrificing all that fuel-economy stuff. liters instead of 1.8,

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Prius Toyota Fuel Economy Economy 52

Teslarati

JANUARY 14, 2024

Toyota has had a long history of speaking out against an all-out transition to electric vehicles (EVs), continually pointing to hydrogen technology and continued gas vehicle production as important pieces of the puzzle. Should we not all have enthusiasm for cars as we take on the challenge.” Model 3 costs ~$37.5k

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Toyota Carbon Engine Gas 102

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. So I thought I might throw the question out to Green Car Reports readers. What car should replace our 2006 Prius hybrid?

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Prius Toyota 2006 Buy 111

Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. EV MYTH ONE: EVs catch fire more than petrol cars. So is an EV less flammable than a petrol car?

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Gas-Electric Electric Vehicles Gas Power 98

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Today''s news is all about buyer enthusiasm for green cars. The Tesla Model S tops the annual Consumer Reports customer satisfaction index, owner loyalty is expected to keep 2016 Toyota Prius sales strong in the face of low gas prices, and Californians now buy one plug-in electric car for every two hybrids.

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Prius Toyota Electric Cars Sale 131

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

announced the one-millionth sale of the Toyota Prius in the United States. It is the third million-class milestone for Toyota’s hybrid lineup in the last six months that started with the announcement of worldwide Toyota Prius sales topping two million in October 2010 and overall global Toyota hybrid sales passing three million last month.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The huge annual SEMA show for builders and owners of highly customized cars brings out some truly bizarre creations. Only at SEMA will you see vehicles like the one-of-a-kind PriuSRT8, a Toyota Prius with a gas-guzzling V-8 engine under its hood that effectively turns the hybrid's green credentials on its head.

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Prius Toyota Gas Green 121

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 1, 2024

Big shocker here: Inefficiency is inefficiency, and it doesn’t matter if it comes from a gas or electric powertrain. The GMC Hummer EV SUV ranked high on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) list of “meanest” vehicles for the environment, placing only slightly better than the gas-powered Mercedes-Benz G 550 SUV.

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Hummer GMC Environment Lexus 111

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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Prius Toyota PHEV Range 150

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Startup electric truck-maker Rivian says it plans to follow Tesla's lead in selling cars directly to consumers—mostly. Toyota reveals how the new Prius AWD-e gets great gas mileage. And a new report shows greenhouse gas emissions are back on the rise. All this and.

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Prius Audi Toyota Buy 81

Green Car Reports

MAY 15, 2015

Today, we have video of what could be the next-generation Toyota Prius, a vague update on Tesla's latest tech feature, and why higher gas taxes could be an effective way to save fuel. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla will launch an automatic passing function sometime soon, but exactly when is unknown.

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Prius Tax Toyota Gas 60

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We gave you our picks for worst cars of 2023 earlier today. Again, here are the rules: The vehicle has to be a car/truck/SUV/crossover at least one of us drove during the calendar year, even if only for a few minutes. Trucks, subcompacts, sports cars, and crossovers. Now, predictably, it's time for our picks for the best.

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Cars Prius Toyota Jeep 111

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). Toyota also teamed with Street Image to further modify the Camry Hybrid CNG Show Car for the 2009 SEMA Show. Toyota Prius Aerius and Aemulus. coefficient of drag.

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Camry Hybrid Prius Hybrid Toyota 246

Green Car Reports

MARCH 22, 2020

Long before the Toyota Prius and the GM EV1 were conceived, an U.S. company not otherwise known for making cars showed a most unusual vehicle possibly described as a progenitor of plug-in hybrids. And the car, first shown on the heels of the 1979 oil crisis and simply called the Hybrid, had six wheels.

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EV1 Hybrid Prius Concept 132

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Toyota anticipates that the 2016 Prius ( earlier post ) will deliver fuel economy ratings of 54 MPG city / 50 MPG highway / 52 MPG combined. As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter

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Prius MPG 2016 Toyota 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mitsubishi’s i-MIEV battery electric vehicle took the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 14 th annual environmental ranking. The natural gas Civic had held first place for 8 years running. Honda Civic Natural Gas. Toyota Prius. Emission Standard.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Toyota expects Prius v to account for about 15% (incremental) of conventional Prius sales. The new Prius v ( earlier post )—the first of three coming members of the Prius family joining the original Prius in the US—will go on sale here at the end of next month. Under the hood of the Prius v.

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Prius MPG Sale Toyota 255

Green Car Reports

JUNE 8, 2015

Today, we have EPA gas-mileage ratings for the 2016 Mazda CX-3 crossover, a dynamometer-breaking Tesla Model S P85D electric car, and new deals on the Toyota Prius hybrid in California. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week's news with our Week in Reverse feature and video.

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Mazda Prius 2016 Toyota 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2011

The 2011 Toyota Prius hybrid gets the best gas mileage rating of any car for sale in the U.S. It's rated at 51 mpg city, 48 mpg highway, for a combined rating of 50 mpg--and that's a number no other car can match. market today.

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Prius 2011 Toyota Gas 91

Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2013

The first-generation Toyota Prius hybrid -- launched in the U.S. in 2001 -- was the first five-seat family car to offer hybrid-electric drive and unimaginably high gas mileage. Twelve years after its initial launch, the Prius family has grown to include four distinct models: the Prius.'

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2001 Prius 2003 Toyota 99

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2017

Today, Toyota Prius Prime buyers complain of uncooperative dealers, Honda announces a new dedicated hybrid model for 2018, and California utility Pacific Gas & Electric offers rebates for electric-car use. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Find out why Faraday Future's luxury electric car is called the FF 91.

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Prius Honda Electric Cars Hybrid 60

Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2012

Whenever a new car hits the market, there’s always a website somewhere on the Internet keeping track of how real-world gas mileage differs from the EPA’s official quotes. So it’s no surprise that owners of the 2012 Toyota Prius C have started to keep track of the gas mileage of their car on websites like PriusChat.

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Prius 2012 Gas Toyota 86

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 9, 2012

The 2012 Toyota Prius gets the best EPA-rated gas mileage--50 miles per gallon combined--of any non-plug-in car sold in the U.S. But the Prius hybrid sometimes gets a bad rap.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

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). Engine power.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2012

Believe it or not, the humble Toyota Prius has been on sale in the U.S. While many of these original 2000 Priuses are still giving their owners the same gas milage they did when new, traction battery packs inside early cars are reaching the end of their predicted 10 year, 300,000 mile life. for 12 years.

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Prius 2000 Batteries Battery 159

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After spending four days and covering 440 miles with a new Toyota Prius, we can say that in our first real-world testing, the car delivers on its 50-mpg promise. Our Prius Three test car faced the added challenge of.

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Prius MPG Toyota 2016 60

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2011

2010 TMS passenger car sales were down 9% to 1,009,385 units, while TMS light truck sales rose 14.1% The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever December sales of 15,253 units, up 33% by volume over December 2009. Prius logged 140,928 units sold for the full year, up 0.9% to 754,210 units.

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2010 Prius Toyota Sale 210

Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2014

It''s fair to say most Toyota Prius owners are probably quite happy with their cars. Sure, they aren''t the quickest vehicles on the road, and plug-in cars use even less gas. But they''re quiet, efficient and easy to drive.

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Prius Power Powered Toyota 121

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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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. Moreover, electric cars use regenerative braking that reduces wear and tear compared to traditional brakes. Hybrids and EVs can cost you less.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Lithium Ion Cars Cost Of 84

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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Prius 2016 Las Vegas Toyota 60

Green Car Reports

JULY 16, 2011

The 2011 Toyota Prius hybrid has the highest gas mileage of any car sold in the U.S. It's a practical five-door hatchback with enough interior room to qualify as a mid-size car. Outside times when gas prices spike--when Prius sales go through the roof--you.

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Prius 2011 Toyota MPG 103

Green Car Reports

JUNE 8, 2015

With gas prices still low and the increasingly aged Prius Liftback model still in showrooms, Toyota continues to offer generous incentives for its signature hybrid. As in the previous two months, there are some good deals to be had in June on the Toyota Prius hybrid lineup.

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Prius Toyota California Price 60

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 11, 2023

College Students–Find Your Perfect First Car Wheels To Start Your Studies This article may contain affiliate links. If you want to simplify your college experience, having a reliable and affordable car can help greatly. Continue reading to discover the top four car options for college students.

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Mazda Cars Prius Honda 59

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2010

The Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid is making its China debut at Auto China 2010. Toyota is also showing the FT-CH compact hybrid (Asia debut), the FT-EV II electric vehicle with newly developed motor and lithium-ion battery (China debut), and the FT-86 rear-wheel-drive compact sports car (China debut).

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Prius Plug-in Toyota China 199

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. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today, Audi's CEO says the carmaker's delinquent 3.0-liter

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