Green Car Congress
AUGUST 28, 2013
Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. The next Prius will feature improved batteries with higher energy density. —Satoshi Ogiso.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
Most importantly, these vehicles are not representative of the lithium-ion battery-powered next-generation Prius PHVs that will be delivered to lease-fleet customers later this year. This is due to the added weight of a large battery that, once depleted by pure-electric drive, will contribute nothing until it is plugged in and re-charged.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2010
The use of a supercritical fuel charge enables very fast and complete combustion with minimized thermal losses. The TSCi charge is nearly invisible to the eye. The supercritical charge facilitates short ignition delay and fast combustion, with the energy released focused just on pushing the piston down. Source: Transonic.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2011
At the workshop, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Mazda Executive Officer in charge of project planning and development, suggested unofficially that Mazda engineers think they ultimately may be able to approach 60% thermal efficiency with combustion engines for light duty vehicles. Instead, it remains slightly open to allow some exhaust gas to re-enter.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Toyota Optimal Drive showcases a combination of wide-ranging advanced technologies and internal improvement programs designed to optimize the balance of performance and driving enjoyment with fuel economy and low emissions. D-4D 90 unit returns a combined cycle fuel consumption of 3.8 l/100km and 10 g/km. D-4D diesel engine.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
Compared to Prius, it is 22 inches shorter in overall length, yet loses less than an inch in overall width. Within the next 10 to 20 years, we will not only reach peak oil we will enter a period where demand for all liquid fuels will exceed supply. The Prius PHV introduces Toyota’s first generation lithium-ion drive battery.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
We want to help the (automotive) customer optimize the solution,we can work in the mode where we are providing the black box, we go one step further and we look at [the consumer] and their requirements whether it’s acceleration, fuel economy, etc. As the technology gets fixed, the anode is more of an issue related to fast charge.
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