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2024 Toyota HiLux hybrid confirmed: New 48-volt electric system promises to drop diesel fuel use by 10 percent

EV Central

Toyota will launch its first hybrid HiLux in Australia in the first half of 2024, with the brand promising the new 48-volt system will reduce fuel use by 10 percent, and improve the way the HiLux drives both on- and off-road. ” Toyota says the 48-volt system won’t diminish the HiLux’s payload capacity or its 3.5-tonne

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Review: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in reboots Volt formula

Green Car Reports

The 2023 Toyota Prius Prime is a plug-in hybrid version of the conventional 2023 Prius hybrid launched earlier this year. It shares that car’s striking new shape, the one that wowed reviewers and shoppers.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

They knew about hybrids and after a couple of times riding in our Prius, they decided to pull the trigger on two 2006s with 180k km (112k miles). What is it like to drive a hybrid? There is no need for a starter motor nor clutch in Toyota’s hybrid system. But don’t worry if your hybrid battery needs servicing.

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Toyota HiLux facelift makes debut with a new face and hybrid powertrain

Baua Electric

Toyota HiLux facelift pickup truck will be first launched in Australia among all other global markets. The carmaker may bring the new version to India too. --> Toyota HiLux facelift pickup truck will be first launched in Australia among all other global markets. Also Read : Toyota halts deliveries of Fortuner, Innova and Hilux.

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2024 Jeep Compass Hybrid takes aim at Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

EV Central

Off-road brand Jeep has announced its Compass compact SUV is going hybrid only in Australia. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Jeep Compass 4xe and Compass e-Hybrid will take over the local range in the first half of 2024, replacing the existing petrol and diesel powertrains. 2024 Jeep Compass e-Hybrid. The e-Hybrid uses a 1.5-litre

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2024 Toyota LandCruiser Prado finally going green? Brand mulls electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell versions of iconic off-roader

EV Central

The 2024 Toyota LandCruiser Prado will finally welcome a hybrid powertrain (though not in Australia, where for now we will persevere with a 48-volt mild hybrid version of the carryover diesel engine), but that seems to be just the beginning of the brand’s green vision.

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TNGA-based 2019 Toyota Avalon features new hybrid system

Green Car Congress

Toyota unveiled the new fifth-generation Avalon at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Avalon received an all-encompassing makeover by Toyota’s US-based design, engineering, and manufacturing entities at Calty Design Research Inc. Avalon Hybrid continues to be the only full hybrid vehicle in the segment.

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