Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

Though widely thought of as the ultimate green car, the 2010 Toyota Prius is facing criticism over just how green it is. The Prius uses a lot of fossil fuels during its hybrid battery development and now critics are calling for Toyota to correct its green statements.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2014

Search giant Google has announced it is to take a bold new step and start building its own electric self-driving cars. Google has been exploring autonomous driving since 2010, but has so far adapted Toyota Prius cars with its own sat-nav, radar, cameras and sensors to make them operate without the[.].

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

GM Could Reportedly Produce 60,000 Plug-in Hybrids in 2010 Source: GreenBiz.com by Jeff Green at Bloomberg OAKLAND, Calif., could reportedly produce up to 60,000 Volt electric cars in 2010 , its first anticipated year on the market. Toyota sold 5,562 Prius models in 2000, when it was on the market for part of the year.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

said Monday that Tennessee is one of the first locations where it will sell its new all-electric car after it arrives in late 2010. and the Chattanooga area is in line for electric refueling infrastructure for the new vehicle, said Mark Perry, director of product planning and strategy for Nissan North America.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 14, 2009

After months of anticipation, Toyota has formally announced the introduction of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid – a plug-in version of the third generation model.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 7, 2011

The Toyota Prius became the best selling car of 2010 in Japan, beating its sibling rival, the Corolla, which had held the top spot for more than 20 years. A growing interest in reducing CO2 emissions and cutting fuel consumption has helped the Prius, the carmaker’s original hybrid model, increase sales over the years since [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Since its invention, the Toyota Prius has been at the centre of a host of technological advances and now a new venture is on the horizon. The 10 Toyota Prius vehicles will join 140 more as part of a demonstration fleet that will arrive in the US in early 2010.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2010

Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available and [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Tuesday 14 December 2010. Last week for example, Toyota, famed for its focus on hybrid drive with vehicles like the Prius, announced the development of a high-throughput DNA [.]. The Green Piece.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The iconic Toyota Prius celebrates its tenth birthday in the US this weekend, as the car celebrates hitting another major international milestone too. This Sunday (the 10th day of the 10th month, 2010), the car marks its 10th anniversary since it first went on sale stateside. First launched in its home country in 1997, the [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 6, 2010

It was a good month for both Toyota and Ford, despite safety concerns surrounding their vehicles, as both reported strong gains in hybrid sales in March 2010 year-on-year. In the case of Toyota, hybrid sales rose by 21.6 per cent by volume to 16,714 units; while Ford enjoyed sales of 3,050 units – an increase of [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 20, 2010

The Honda Civic has beaten the Toyota Prius to claim the title of the greenest car in the US. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released its annual environmental ratings this week, which places the natural gas-powered Civic GX top of the ‘Greenest Vehicles of 2010’ list above the Prius while the Honda Civic [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Based on the third-generation Prius, the 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle made its North American debut yesterday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. When longer distances are needed, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) can revert to charge sustaining mode and operates in the same manner as a regular Prius.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Army in Washington, D.C., and moved to Bisbee, he said.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

N ow that the number one automaker and the number two automaker has made the commitment to building Plug In hybrid / electric vehicles by 2010, another automotive giant is joining the race. Here is the story from the New York Times : Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. It already has the Prius and five other hybrids selling in the U.S.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Tuesday 26 October 2010. Japanese carmakers Honda and Toyota have ruled the roost in the green car sector with the Toyota Prius the world’s best selling hybrid and Honda recently named as the “greenest automaker” by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Green Piece Column.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 13, 2011

It found that the lowest energy consumption chassis of the 2010 fleet was the Toyota Prius; followed by the Suzuki SX4; the [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2009

With the Toyota Prius still providing stiff competition, it appears that Honda may be willing to undercut the price of its own Insight Hybrid car as it bids to land a larger share of the green car market. The Insight itself is already cheaper than Toyota’s Prius, albeit it only achieves 41mpg compared to the Prius’s 50mpg.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2010

Tuesday 29 June 2010. From Toyota’s groundbreaking Prius, to Honda’s wealth of hybrids, Mitsubishi’s innovative i-MiEV and Nissan’s plans to be the first to mass produce an electric car with the LEAF, it seems that the rest [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

is giving one lucky website visitor the chance to win a Toyota Prius. litre Prius hybrid car competition is free to enter by registering with the website and completing a short questionnaire. The closing date is July 31, 2010. Tags: Toyota prius prize win. Prizes website, myoffers.co.uk

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today. Just weeks after announcing production, perhaps, in 2010, the industry's hometown paper lets us know this is no done deal. took an image beating when it backed away from a pledge to put 250,000 hybrids on the road by 2010. Last year, Ford Motor Co.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

The plug-in Prius is a separate model from the all new 2010 Prius Hybrid. The plug-in Prius is a separate model from the all new 2010 Prius Hybrid. The fleet models will be part of a test bed for Toyota and future development of the plug-in Prius may at some point lead to a consumer model.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Tuesday 9 February 2010: The Green Piece Column Anyone who has picked up a newspaper or logged on to a motoring website over the last two weeks can’t have missed the seemingly endless stories about safety concerns surrounding vehicles from some of the leading car manufacturers that have prompted more than eight million cars to be [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 23, 2010

Tuesday 23 March 2010. Tags: The Green Piece Toyota ampera Camry Hybrid prius Vauxhall. The Green Piece Column. With rumours abound about the extra-marital activity of Sandra Bullock’s husband Jesse James it’s fair to say that just two weeks after the event this year’s Oscar ceremony is already a distant memory.

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2010

Toyota has revealed the pricing and specification details of its forthcoming new hybrid model, set to go on sale in the UK from July 1, 2010. The new Auris hybrid will be only the second car to benefit from the carmaker’s HSD (hybrid synergy drive) first featured on the Prius. The new model will be [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Among the vehicles available will be a third-generation Prius hybrid midsize car, the Camry and the Camry Hybrid midsize saloon cars, as well as the RAV4 crossover SUV. Initially, Toyota hopes for combined monthly sales of 500 vehicles, which it will aim to increase to 700 vehicles in 2010.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Lexus has released more details of its new production-ready CT-200h, ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Lexus’ first premium compact hybrid is set to enter production late in 2010 and will go on sale worldwide. The full hybrid model, which features a passing resemblance to sister-brand Toyota’s Prius, will be [.].

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

If all goes as planned, VW is hoping to introduce the technology on vehicles by 2010, that magical year when plug-in electric vehicles being promised by multiple automakers are supposed to hit the world's roads. No word yet on how many of these four cars will actually hit the market in 2010.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2010

After ten years and three generations of the Prius, Toyota has taken takes its latest Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain and fitted it into the mainstream Auris. The new, built-in-Britain Auris Hybrid thus becomes the greenest, most powerful model in the range, and marks the start of Toyota’s plan to deploy HSD technology across its full [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

Among the cars that will be in attendance are the new Toyota Prius, the BMW 116d, the Honda Insight Hybrid, the Citroen C3 Picasso MPV, the Vauxhall Insignia EcoFlex and the Ford Transit Connect and Econetic. Tags: Green cars Latest news fleet cars Greener Company Cars In Action Millbrook Proving Ground.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The Green Piece Column, Tuesday 16 February 2010 Anyone who hadn’t heard of regenerative braking before has surely heard the term now after a host of issues surrounding the hybrid cars produced by both Toyota (see article) and Ford (see article). Tags: Ford Hybrid cars Toyota hybrid prius regenerative braking.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Hundreds of Canadians are in for an electric treat this week as the doors open to the Vancouver EV Conference and Trade Show 2010, set to see a host of electric car firsts for the country. Tags: Electric cars Canada EV conference i miev prius Vancouver.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Initially it’s a lot like driving a Toyota Prius hybrid… until the straightaway, where Dean persuades me to floor it. Nissan will begin taking reservations for the Leaf in the spring of 2010. Tags: Battery Technology Production News Nissan Nissan Leaf. The acceleration is quick — and almost completely silent.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Making their first appearance on the world stage will be the Auris HSD full hybrid; the Prius plug-in hybrid concept; and the Lexus LF-Ch premium compact full hybrid compact. Meanwhile, the new Prius Plug-in Hybrid is scheduled for a field trial in Europe in early 2010 that will see more than 150 units leased to selected customers.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

Toyota is under pressure to get more hybrid and fuel efficient cars on the road, particularly after Honda introduced its Insight hybrid in February and will sell a hybrid version of the Fit compact beginning in April 2010. Tags: Green cars Green credentials Latest news Toyota Japanese rice paddies Toyota Prius.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

Japan lowered taxes on green cars last month in a move that was expected to add around 310,000 vehicles in sales in the financial year to March 2010. Tags: Green cars Latest news green car orders green car sales japan Nissan.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

The news complements the newly launched third-generation Prius with plug-in technology able to extend the electric driving mode almost ten-fold creating an even lower carbon transport solution. The trial begins in London in 2010 and will last for a period up to three years.

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