article thumbnail

2017 Toyota Prius Prime real-world gas mileage, electric range review

Green Car Reports

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is an automotive enigma. I hopped into a Titanium Glow (think beige) 2017 Prius Prime for a three-day visit to Dallas for the State Fair of Texas.

Prius 95
article thumbnail

0 to 60 in a millisecond

Electric Auto Association

Spencer was actually preaching to the choir, his parents were environmentalists committed to recycling, reducing consumption, eating organically, and driving Prius hybrids. I was in awe when we walked into the Tesla showroom in Dallas,” he continued. People used to approach us in parking lots to convince us to get rid of our Prius.

article thumbnail

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

Green Car Congress

Markets include California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno); Colorado (Denver); Florida (Orlando, Tampa); New York (Albany, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester); Oregon (Eugene, Portland); Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston); Atlanta; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; St. Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC.

Fleet 150
article thumbnail

Toyota unveils RAV4 EV demonstration vehicle; targeting fully-engineered version in 2012 for market

Green Car Congress

from one in Dallas or New York or London or Shanghai. Toyota’s comprehensive technology strategy is a portfolio approach that includes a long-term commitment to hydrogen fuel cells, plug-in hybrids and battery-electrics, all driven by the further proliferation of conventional gas-electric hybrids, like Prius. as its core technology.

2012 312
article thumbnail

Researchers suggest subsidies and policies targeting plug-ins with small battery packs would produce more benefits at lower cost

Green Car Congress

The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid with a 4.4 Issues is a publication of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the University of Texas at Dallas. Current federal policy is weighted toward plug-in with larger battery packs. kWh pack and ~11 miles electric range receives $2,500.

Plug-in 319
article thumbnail

Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

Cars 99