Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Toyota said that this milestone demonstrates the staying power of a technology that is now emerging as a mainstream solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. Toyota launched the Coaster Hybrid EV in August 1997 and the Prius—the world's first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle―in December of the same year.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Dow explains: Hybrid vehicles like the (non-plug-in) Prius run entirely on gasoline. There is zero energy that enters the car system that is not put there by limited and polluting fossil fuels, of the kind that contributes to millions of deaths globally per year.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 5, 2022

We’re 100% used EVs and hybrids,” said Robert Beas of Beas Auto Sales , noting that he displayed a pre- owned Prius Prime, Mitsubishi Outlander, Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Volt, and Ford C-max plug-in hybrids at the event. Dave Atherton answering questions from Toyota representatives about his DIY modified 2008 Prius.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 1, 2012

Using less fuel and producing less pollution, the oil empire has never been quite the same since. In fact, not that long ago, and right here on earth, a rebel alliance of green-minded folk were attracted to the force of hybrid vehicles. We're not sure the Death Star has quite been destroyed yet, but.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Apparently, those treehugging Prius drivers have been inadvertently mowing down pedestrians in their path from Starbucks to Pilates, so GM is talking to the National Federation for the Blind about how they can add a level of noise pollution to electric cars. Remember when blessed silence was a GOOD thing? Well, not anymore.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

In 1997, the Toyota Prius was released as the world’s first mass-produced hybrid. The pros of going gasless include reduced maintenance costs, lower fuel expense and—most importantly—less pollution. Fewer Traffic Jams, Less Pollution. By Haden Kirkpatrick.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2018

What institution disavowed its own study, cited by the EPA, that claimed older diesels emitted no more pollutants than newer ones with sophisticated exhaust emssion-treatment systems? Which new electric luxury crossover utility beat Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz to the punch in targeting Tesla? This is our look back at the Week In.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 25, 2012

That's great--you'll not only reduce your gas bills, but you'll be polluting less too, and likely have a car that holds its value as gas prices rise. If you're coming from a non-hybrid though, it may take a little time to make the most of your new Prius, Civic Hybrid or similar. Thinking of buying a hybrid?

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Electric Cars are for Girls

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Apparently, those treehugging Prius drivers have been inadvertently mowing down pedestrians in their path from Starbucks to Pilates, so GM is talking to the National Federation for the Blind about how they can add a level of noise pollution to electric cars. Remember when blessed silence was a GOOD thing? Well, not anymore.

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2022

The company practically made hybrids mainstream with the Prius, but it has maintained a conservative stance on electric vehicles since then. If Toyota continues with outspoken negative climate lobbying, it will alarm shareholders as such an approach undermines the inevitable transition away from polluting cars,” Aziz said. .

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The new Toyota Prius is officially on sale in the UK now - and it has already been deemed a hit. Under the terms of the scrappage scheme, motorists have so far given up everything from the Jaguar Sovereign and the Mercedes Benz SL to a Nissan Sunny and a Fiat Tipo to replace them with the new Toyota Prius.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

By contrast, the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid has a very high hybrid value. It emits 44% less global warming pollution than its closest conventional counterpart, the Toyota Matrix, and its hybrid drivetrain costs a little more than $3,000. The Prius scored a 9.8 It comes with $1,600 worth of forced features. out of a possible 10.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2018

Leading car models sold or leased include: Toyota Prius Prime, which accounted for more than 38% of rebates; Chevrolet Bolt EV, which accounted for 12% of rebates; Chevrolet Volt, which accounted for 9% of rebates; Ford Fusion Energi, which accounted for 8% of rebates; and. The Drive Clean Rebate.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2012

In the years since Soviet rule ended in Russia, the number of cars on its roads have steadily increased, driving pollution and congestion to unimaginable levels.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Multiple recent studies have shown that in the real world, plug-in hybrids pollute much more than their labels would indicate – though still less than pure-fossil vehicles – both because they overstate their capabilities in electric-only mode and because people simply don’t plug them in. The problem is… that doesn’t happen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

SeaTac Toyota Prius taxis mean grams of pollutant per kilogram of fuel emissions (●) by model year compared to Toyota Prius model emissions measured on-road at the WLA measurement site (△). Credit: ACS, Bishop et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

Such work declares war not solely on pollution, but also on the traditional (car) industry in an attempt to expose the true economic value of car usage and direct more sustainable consumption choices. Hybrid: Prius (Hybrids perform well on both smog and green ratings). —Zhang Shigang, UNEP China Coordinator. Compact Car: Sunny.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Leading car models sold include the Toyota Prius Prime, which accounted for more than 40% of the rebates, the Chevrolet Bolt EV (12%), Chevrolet Volt (10%), and the Ford Fusion Energi (10%). In total, more than $3 million in rebates were provided to New Yorkers for the purchase or lease of 26 different types of cars.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

PHEVs Are 100% Guilty Of Causing Pollution. Finally, this is the big topic: pollution. The Toyota Prius Prime is a popular PHEV. According to Consumer Reports, PHEV batteries have great reliability because of their durability, despite their priciness. Many environmentalists know about it, and so do BEV fans. Conclusion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Stacked bars show the change in generation cost combined with the median damages by pollutant assuming the 2010 social cost of carbon given by the Office of Management and Budget ($31 in $2010). Small Battery: For this scenario, they modified the base case so that the vehicle fleet is based on the Toyota Plug-in Prius.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

Under some conditions, the battery electric Nissan LEAF can produce higher emissions than a Toyota Prius hybrid. Probability that the Nissan LEAF is lower CO 2 emitting than the Toyota Prius Hybrid by region and charging scheme. They compared these vehicles with the Toyota Prius HEV. Credit: ACS, Tamayao et al. Click to enlarge.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. Cold starts mean more pollution. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The researchers selected representative vehicles in categories reported by the AEO: PHEV10 (Prius PHV); PHEV40 (Chevy Volt); BEV100 (Nissan LEAF), and FFVs. The Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius PHEV follow a similar pattern at lower magnitude. Credit: ACS, Jenn et al. Click to enlarge. —Jenn et al. Alan Jenn, Inês M. 5b02842.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

According to the university’s parking operations manager Doug Porter, an employee who owns two vehicles, such as a Prius and a Hummer, can buy the permit with the Prius registration, get the discount and then move the permit from one car to the other.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Large-capacity PHEVs—sized for 40 or more miles of electric-only travel—are not cost-effective in any scenario, according to the findings, although they could minimize GHG emissions for some drivers and provide potential to shift air pollutant emissions away from population centers.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 19, 2007

the polluting properties of coal - starting with mining and lasting long after burning - and the large amounts of energy required to liquefy it mean that liquid coal produces more than twice the global warming emissions as regular gasoline.driving a Prius on liquid coal makes it as dirty as a Hummer on regular gasoline."

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EV Connect

MAY 10, 2021

As plug-in vehicles become more affordable — with EVs like the Tesla Model 3 retailing for less than $40,000 and the Toyota plug-in Prius with a base MSRP less than $30,000 — these vehicles will become more prevalent across many demographics.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

In the medium-term, hybrid systems, those using internal combustion engines and regenerative electric systems such as the Toyota Prius, offer significant savings and will help the evolution to a purely electric drivetrain. The report identifies a number of myths surrounding low-carbon road transport: “Diesel cars are highly polluting.”

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Teslarati

AUGUST 13, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) , which is charged with protecting the public from the harmful effects of air pollution and developing programs to fight climate change, is among the agencies that are helping push the transition to sustainable transportation. Credit: Tesla Inc. Insights from CA’s Clean Air Protectors.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto. At 20 lbs of carbon emissions per gallon of gasoline burned (US Energy Information Administration estimate), a Prius or Civic would have released about 80 lbs of carbon for this one round trip. Choice is what we want.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. In the Toyota Prius companies like EDrive and Hybrids-Plus have simply developed their own replacement for the OEM battery management subsystems and replaced the battery pack. it is in miles.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Practically every automaker on the planet is being forced to make cars and trucks that pollute less and go farther on a tank of fuel. It already has the Prius and five other hybrids selling in the U.S. A s this story from Business Week states, the rivalry in low carbon cars is heating up. Toyota ( TM ).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

In coordination with local air officials, the California Air Resources Board is initiating a retire-and-replace pilot program in the Greater Los Angeles area and San Joaquin Valley to help people of low income replace old, polluting cars with cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles that also cut greenhouse gas emissions. A plug-in hybrid (e.g.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

In less than three years, a coalition of environmentalists, entrepreneurs and tinkerers has developed a viable strategy to reduce our dependence on oil and relieve pollution in densely populated areas like metropolitan New York. Toyota has already unveiled a prototype Prius that both imports and exports electricity.

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EV Adoption

MAY 8, 2021

And when you combine that with newer cars becoming increasingly more fuel efficient, without building the model, it is possible that the 20 million more and 300 million in total gas-powered VIO in 2030 might actually pollute less and release fewer carbon emissions than the 280 million in operation at the end of 2020.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

Hang your head in shame Dodge SRT-10 - for you are the most polluting car on Britain’s roads. At the other end of the scale, the Toyota Prius lost its crown as the country’s most environmentally friendly car to the Honda Insight which was named as the Green Car of the Year 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

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