Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2013
We project that electric vehicles will save the city $110,000 per year in reduced fuel and maintenance, costs that we would otherwise have to spend on gas-powered vehicles. In 2010, the city converted 15 Toyota Prius hybrids to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 9, 2022
They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. For example, Toyota has claimed that its Prius batteries can cover as much as 300,000 miles before needing to be replaced.
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2016
High emitters occur as a result of breakage, mal-maintenance (performance modifications, rechipping, and/or after-treatment removal), and at end of a vehicle’s useful life. The researchers used the West LA data as a baseline for comparison with the high-mileage fleet measurements. In their study, Bishop et al. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Like the Prius, Toyota designed the Mirai to be immediately recognizable. The Prius analogy. In both the Japan and US introductions of the Mirai, Toyota executives carefully drew a comparison between the launch of the Mirai and the development and launch of the first Prius. We learned this with Prius.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid. Toyota introduced the production Prius Plug-in Hybrid at the Green Drive Expo in Richmond, CA, as the newest member of the expanding Prius Family. With a starting base price of $32,000 (before rebates), the production Prius Plug-in features a 4.4 Click to enlarge. L/100km equivalent and 4.8
Green Car Congress
MARCH 21, 2013
Drive5: this app makes feedback available to any driver, anywhere, and is based on 5 key metrics: real-time MPG, social energy feedback, route comparisons, journey average MPG and an overall performance score. 2012 Toyota Prius model) that can accurately predict fuel economy when fed a drive cycle.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
By measuring each cell’s voltage individually and selected temperature monitoring within the pack “ the monitoring system is smart enough so that it knows when a cell or a group of cells is starting to fall out of the band and it can provide enough warning to have maintenance done on the battery rather than having it fail. ”.
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