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Toyota to launch a Prius-like bZ3C electric crossover, but you can’t have it

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The Toyota bZ3C looks like the new Prius, but the electric SUV crossover won’t be available in the US. However, the bZ3C appears to be a slightly bigger crossover SUV. Toyota bZ3C electric crossover SUV (Source: Toyota) The bZ3C was unveiled alongside the bZ3X, an all-electric “family-oriented” SUV.

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2023 Toyota Sequoia Review - A Three-Row Prius?

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Toyota wasn’t the first to market a hybrid car here in the U.S. Despite that, the Prius has become the defining hybrid car of the past two decades or so, with the model name occasionally outshining the marque itself. & Comfort and ride quality aren’t what one might hope for out of a dreadnought-class SUV, either.

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Toyota RAV4 hybrid SUV spotted testing in Delhi. Launch soon?

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Read more Toyota Motor has been spotted testing its RAV4 SUV equipped with its Synergy Hybrid Drive technology which comes mated to regular ICE engines. Image credit: Sabyasachi Dasgupta/HT Auto) Toyota Motor has been spotted testing yet another hybrid SUV on Indian roads. The RAV4 hybrid could be one of its next models.

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Toyota’s new RAV4 plug-in hybrid SUV offers 39 miles AER, 90 MPGe

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seconds—the second quickest acceleration time in the Toyota lineup—the 2021 RAV4 Prime has an estimated 39 miles of all-electric range—the highest AER of any PHEV SUV on the market. The Toyota RAV4 Prime will come to market in summer 2020. In addition to an ability to do 0-60 mph in a projected 5.8

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Prius v first member of expanded family to go on sale in US; 58% more cargo space than original Prius, with 42 mpg combined

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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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2019 Toyota Prius V to shift from wagon to SUV design, but will it have AWD?

Green Car Reports

Whether smaller crossovers or bigger SUVs, utilities have not only ended the market for traditional wagons but are eating significantly into sales of passenger sedans and hatchbacks. With gas prices remaining cheap and all vehicles getting better fuel economy these days, utility vehicles are all the rage among U.S.

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Is Toyota RAV4 Hybrid SUV hurting Prius V wagon sales?

Green Car Reports

The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is the sole mass-market crossover SUV that offers a hybrid powertrain and all-wheel drive. That was a market pioneered by the Ford Escape Hybrid, in 2004, and one that Ford walked away from for 2013. DON'T MISS: 2016.

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