Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Toyota has reduced the MSRP on the 2014 Prius Plug-in Hybrid by more than $2,000, making the starting MSRP $29,990 (excluding dealer preparation and handling, DPH). This price repositioning on the base Prius Plug-in Hybrid is not accompanied by any reduction in vehicle content. kWh Li-ion battery pack.

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Prius Plug-in 2014 Rhode Island 210

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a considerably better car than a few electric-car fans had feared. In fact, with an EPA-rated range of 25 miles (more than projected) and energy efficiency so high—at 124 MPGe—that it matches the BMW i3 with all its whizzy advanced technology, it’s a very viable plug-in hybrid choice.

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Prius Plug-in 2017 Toyota 166

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, unveiled at the 2016 New York International Auto Show in March ( earlier post ), features a larger 8.8 kWh battery pack for twice the electric range of its predecessor, as well as some enhancements to its powertrain, including a Toyota-first dual motor generator drive system. Pricing starts at $27,100.

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Prius Price PHEV Sale 244

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Toyota fully unveiled its fourth-generation Prius in an outdoor event Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The new Prius is lower, longer, and wider. Toyota said it will also introduce an Eco model with a larger improvement. Toyota will showcase the new Prius at the IAA in Frankfurt next week. Click to enlarge.

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Prius Toyota 2016 Las Vegas 150

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

EPA released final fuel economy numbers for the 2020 Toyota Corolla lineup. They include a confirmation of what Toyota had claimed when it introduced the lineup last fall: that the Corolla Hybrid will carry an EPA combined rating of more than 50 mpg. Last week the U.S.

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MPG Toyota Hybrid Prius 130

Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2017

Reduced battery range in cold temperatures, combined with batteries working overtime to heat the cabin, can produce drastic declines in EPA-estimated range figures. The Toyota Prius Prime.

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Prius Plug-in Toyota Plug 141

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

The Prius v. The Prius v is one of three planned regional iterations of the vehicle: Toyota will release the vehicle as the Prius+ in Europe, and as the Prius α in Japan ( earlier post ). Bob Carter: Prius may eventually lead Toyota sales in US. by Jack Rosebro. Click to enlarge.

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Prius Toyota North America MPG 186

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. Final EPA figures pending.) As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring.

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Prius MPG 2016 Toyota 150

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The all-wheel drive version of the Toyota Prius introduced last week at the LA Auto Show earns an astoundingly good EPA fuel economy rating of 50 mpg combined—nearly as good as the 52 mpg earned by much of the Prius lineup (LE, XLE and Limited).

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Prius MPG Toyota Light 82

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The new Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ), which goes on sale in the US this year, is now EPA- certified at 100 miles-per-gallon equivalent (MPGe) combined city and highway, and 108 MPGe in the city. C-MAX Hybrid, available in dealerships this fall, is now EPA-certified at 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway and 47 mpg combined.

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EPA Prius Plug-in Ford 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The Toyota Division’s strong April sales performance in the US (160,493 units for 13.1% The Prius Family vehicles (Prius, Prius v, Prius Plug-in and Prius c) accounted for a total combined sales volume of 25,168 units (15.7%). Notable among the Prius models is the sales pace of the subcompact Prius c.

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Prius Camry Hybrid Sale Toyota 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated the overall range for Ford’s plug-in hybrid C-MAX Energi at 620 miles (998 km). The Toyota Prius plug-in trails the C-MAX Energi by 80 miles at 540 miles of overall range, and the Chevrolet Volt comes in third at 380 miles.

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EPA Miles Range Energy 286

Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2011

Ask Americans about fuel-efficient cars, and many will name the iconic Toyota Prius hybrid, with gas mileage rated by the EPA at a combined 50 miles per gallon. So you'd expect the EPA to rank the Prius as the best midsize car on its list of Most and Least Fuel Efficient Cars, right? It's not there.

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Prius EPA Toyota Hybrid 124

Green Car Reports

APRIL 14, 2017

It hasn't been the greatest of years for the Toyota Prius hybrid, the Japanese carmaker's flagship product. Now Toyota is taking steps to make the.

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Prius Toyota Price Hybrid 103

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Ford’s new C-MAX Hybrid ( earlier post ) sold 3,182 units in October in its first full month of sales, outselling the Prius v’s 2,769 units. Sales of the entire Prius family were 16,774 units, with the sedan accounting for 8,788 of those.) The C-MAX Hybrid is EPA-rated at 47 mpg US city, highway and combined.

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Prius Ford Sale Hybrid 294

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Toyota Motor Sales, Inc. announced that the 2012 Prius Plug-in has been approved for the State of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program ( CVRP ). The 2012 Prius Plug-in also offers consumers eligibility for the State of California’s HOV lane sticker. In hybrid mode, it has an EPA combined mileage rating of 50 mpg.

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Tax Credit Prius Plug-in Rhode Island 231

Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2016

Consumer Reports has confirmed the 52-mpg combined EPA fuel-economy rating of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, although its ratings in city and highway testing differed. Nonetheless, the magazine says the 2016 Prius is the most fuel-efficient car it's ever tested.

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Prius 2016 MPG Honda Insight 60

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

That''s how we found a broad hint that the next version of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid will have a continuous all-electric range of at least 10 miles. Remember that the current car, which the EPA rates at 11 miles of electric range, only offers 6 miles.'

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Prius Plug-in Miles Toyota 140

Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime, the new plug-in hybrid version of the world's best-selling hybrid car, was unveiled this morning at the New York Auto Show. The second plug-in version of the Prius hybrid, it will carry an EPA range rating of 22 miles from the 8.8-kilowatt-hour kilowatt-hour battery pack, according to Toyota.

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Prius Plug-in 2017 Toyota 60

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2009

Toyota has issued an adjustment on the preliminary EPA fuel economy numbers provided during the recent media rollout of the 2010 Prius. Therefore the revised preliminary EPA fuel economy ratings for the new Prius are 51 city/48 highway/50 combined. Earlier post.)

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Fuel Economy Prius 2010 Economy 150

Green Car Reports

JULY 16, 2011

The 2011 Toyota Prius hybrid has the highest gas mileage of any car sold in the U.S. this year: 51 mpg city, 48 mpg highway, for a combined EPA fuel efficiency rating of 50 mpg. 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 Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The 2010 Prius. Toyota also previewed the vehicle this weekend in Los Angeles via its “Prius Connection” program for select early adopters and enthusiast forum participants, attracting potential buyers from across the US and Canada. The 2010 Prius 1.8L The 2010 Prius features a new 1.8-liter Click to enlarge.

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Prius 2010 Toyota Hybrid 186

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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Prius 2017 Toyota Gas-Electric 60

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

With the 2012 Toyota Prius hybrid family now comprising four members, the subcompact Prius C hatchback is the one least like its siblings. The EPA rates it at 50 mpg combined, as it does the larger Prius liftback--but. So does it consume less fuel?

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Prius 2012 Toyota Gas 101

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

DECEMBER 5, 2015

They're both green-car leaders--in the public eye and in EPA energy-efficiency ratings. But the new 2016 Toyota Prius and 2016 Chevrolet Volt take very different approaches to delivering that efficiency. The newest Prius is the latest generation of the world's best-known, and best-selling, hybrid car.

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2016 Prius Volt Chevrolet 60

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Road testing by Consumer Reports has found the fuel economy on the 2013 Fusion Hybrid sedan and new C-Max Hybrid falling far short below Ford (and EPA) triple 47 mpg (5.0 Yes, the disclaimer on EPA fuel-economy labels notes that “your results may differ.” EPA fuel-economy estimates are the result of testing on a dynamometer.

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Fusion EPA Ford MPG 244

Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2012

The 2012 Toyota Prius V would appear to be what fuel-efficient drivers have been craving for many years: a Prius with more interior space for people and stuff, something like a station wagon or a minivan with a hybrid powertrain. Finally, Toyota has delivered.

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Prius 2012 Toyota Minivan 79

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Last week, final EPA fuel-efficiency results were released for the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. Move over, BMW: there's a new efficiency champion in town this year—and you'll have to give back that laurel wreath you've worn since 2014.

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Prius BMW Toyota Energy 60

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2013

Ford’s new Fusion Energi—its second plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and its third plug-in electric vehicle on the market—has an EPA-rated total range of up to 620 miles and an all-electric range of 21 miles. The Fusion Energi has a electric-only speed of 85 mph (137 km/h)—23 mph more than Toyota Prius plug-in.

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Fusion Plug-in EPA Miles 225

Green Car Reports

MARCH 13, 2012

Once again, the 2012 Toyota Prius hybrid wins the laurels for having the highest EPA gas-mileage rating of any gasoline car sold in the U.S. With the expansion of the Prius line into new models for 2012, the classic Prius.

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Prius 2012 Toyota MPG 73

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a far, far better plug-in hybrid than its predecessor. It defaults to electric-only operation, it has 25 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and in electric operation, it is by far the most energy-efficient vehicle you can buy this year in the U.S.

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Prius Buy 2017 Toyota 60

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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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

The Toyota Crown may wear a well-known nameplate, but we haven’t seen it in the U.S. And it’s … well, the 2023 Toyota Crown experience is just a bit different than what the Avalon offered. Full disclosure: Toyota fed us and offered a Yeti coffee mug which I did not take, as well as a notebook that I did take.)

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2011

For that, there's nothing that beats the 2011 Toyota Prius, with its 50-mpg combined EPA rating. But will that Prius hold up? Gas prices are going up, smaller cars are better than ever, and once again, U.S. car buyers are turning their sights toward higher gas mileage.

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Prius Toyota MPG EPA 111

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2015

While it has unveiled the all-new 2016 Prius hybrid twice--once at a glitzy event in Las Vegas, once at the Frankfurt Motor Show--Toyota has been very stingy with technical information about the powertrain that will let the car earn promised EPA combined ratings of 55 mpg or better.

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Las Vegas Prius 2016 Toyota 60

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

By comparison, Fuel Economy is the top priority for Volt, LEAF and Prius Plug-In owners (97%, 94% and 98%, respectively). The 85 kWh battery pack Model S, for example, is EPA-rated at 38 kWh/100 miles consumption. The LEAF, as a contrast, consumes 29 kWh/ 100 miles. The LEAF, as a contrast, consumes 29 kWh/ 100 miles.

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Prius Tesla Volt EPA 354