Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Toyota will stage the world premiere of three hybrid concepts at the Frankfurt Motor Show: the Auris HSD full hybrid, the Prius plug-in hybrid concept, and the Lexus LF-Ch premium compact full hybrid concept. The Toyota Auris hit the European market place in spring 2007. Since then, it has sold more than 370,000 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Overall, GM reported its highest October sales in the US since 2007, with deliveries up 5% versus a year ago to 195,764 vehicles. Toyota maintained its second place position with 1,889 units sold of the Prius PHV in October. Year-to-date, Toyota has sold 9,623 units of the Prius plug-in hybrid. year-on-year. year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

From 2007 up to the end of the first quarter of this year, almost 100,000 hybrid vehicles have been sold in the UK; the market share of hybrids has almost doubled, from 0.7% Sales of hybrid-electric vehicles in the UK have steadily risen over the past five years, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

But now it's possible to tell what rating 2007 and older models would get using the 2008 standards. So how will the 08 Prius, rumored to get upward of 80 mpg achieve it? Tags: mpg toyota prius plug-in hybrid. The new ratings go into effect beginning with 2008 models, a few of which will soon be on sale.

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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 Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Toyota hit the 1-million mark for cumulative global hybrid sales at the end of May 2007 ( earlier post ), and has since rocketed past 4 million cumulative units. Earlier post.) Cumulative worldwide. hybrid vehicle sales. First generation Insight. Civic Hybrid. Accord Hybrid (North America only). April: 100,000 units. May: 200,000 units.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

2007 Subaru Impreza: Why is this car on my list? Honorable mentions: Toyota Supra manual, Toyota Prius, BMW 330i, Cadillac CT4 Blackwing, Kia EV6 GT, Chevrolet Trax Activ. Toyota Prius: The Prius has always been a car for people who don’t like cars and I’ve never liked them. on his laptop.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000. The first-generation US Prius was a low-volume vehicle (12,000 produced annually). The second-generation Prius launched in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model year. million Prius sold worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2010

After peaking in 2007 at 347,500 units, annual sales of TMC hybrids outside of Japan have declined; in contrast, sales of TMC hybrids in Japan jumped up in 2009, and continue to outpace those results, based in part on the subsidies offered. The Prius has been the top-seller in Japan for the last fourteen months ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2014

Due to the importance of power semiconductors, Toyota has been developing them in-house since launching the first-generation Prius gasoline-electric hybrid in 1997, and has focused on increasing their efficiency. Toyota and Denso achieved the high efficiency SiC transistors through adoption of a trench structure. Source: Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

While the selection of hybrid models in the US has more than doubled since 2007, only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk. As an example, the Honda Civic is the second most cross-shopped vehicle among both Toyota Prius and Honda Insight shoppers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Powertrain components of the Prius PHV. The project involves about 100 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) as well as a dedicated charging infrastructure for the use of public and private partners in Strasbourg and its region. Click to enlarge. Toyota’s main objective is to further investigate the technology and performance of PHVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has cumulatively sold more than 2 million hybrid vehicles since the launch in 1997 in Japan of the Coaster Hybrid EV in August and the Prius in December. On May 31, 2007, the global cumulative sales of TMC’s hybrid vehicles had topped 1 million. thousand units, for a total of 2,016.9 thousand units.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2009

The CR-Z concept car made its world debut at the 40 th Tokyo Motor Show in 2007. The Prius is in second place for the same period in Japan, with 51,410 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Honda Motor Co., The Fit was Japan’s top-selling model from January-June this year, with 65,589 units sold.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 9, 2012

Even though the selection of hybrid models has more than doubled in the USA since 2007; a recent analysis by Polk shows that if Toyota Prius (pictured) owners [.]. It’s not a resounding recommendation for hybrid cars: according to a new industry analysis, only 35 per cent of hybrid car owners would choose a hybrid again.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

The move to a four-wheel drive hybrid sees Toyota return to a concept which has been part of its racing hybrid development since 2007, when the four-wheel drive Supra HV-R became the first hybrid to win an endurance race, the Tokachi 24 Hours. Toyota has already sold more than 6 million hybrid road cars since the launch of the Prius in 1997.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

In the future, the PHV will be the perfect complement to Prius. In partnership with EDF, Toyota has been road-testing a PHV (equipped with a Nickel Metal Hydride battery) in Europe since 2007. The first wave of PHVs will reach Strasbourg in late 2009. Earlier post.).

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 21, 2007

A month or so ago word was Toyota was postponing the new generation Lithium Prius. According to Autos Insider of July 12, 2007 Toyota, which has sold 1 million hybrids worldwide, including 750,000 in the United States, over the last decade, said converting a hybrid risks vehicle fires, and actually increases greenhouse gas emissions.

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Plug-in Toyota Plug Hybrid 100

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

From March 2006 he was engaged in Plug-in Hybrid vehicle planning and development, and, in 2007, became planning and development leader for the Prius Plug-in project. Tanaka joined Toyota in 1987 and was first assigned to the development of automatic transmissions such as the 4-speed AT for the first-generation Yaris.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 12, 2007

Toyota made the car, the Prius, that made plug-in conversions possible, and now they are trying to rein in the desires unleashed. The Senate bill is known as the FREEDOM Act ("Fuel Reduction using Electrons to End Dependence On the Mideast Act of 2007"); the House bill the more prosaic "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007."

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2010

Cumulative sales of Toyota hybrids worldwide have actually reached 2.68million units although sales have declined from their peak in 2007 of 347,500 units outside Japan. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Toyota japan Toyota hybrid cars Toyota hybrid vehicles Toyota Prius. However, [.].

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S. It took about five years for the Prius, which sells for about $22,000, to reach annual sales of 60,000, Bloomberg reported.

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Volt Prius Oakland Alternative Fuels 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

Benchmarking work done by the DOE estimates that PEEM represents 54% of the cost distribution of the MY 2007 Camry electric traction drive system, with the battery accounting for 33% and the generator accounting for 13%. The distribution is also roughly the same for a Gen-II Prius. Integrated systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

Levandowski joined Google in 2007 to launch StreetView—Google Maps with Street View lets you explore places around the world through 360-degree street-level imagery.). We’re not perfect; the technology is nowhere near ready. In 2009, Levandowski used an autonomous vehicle to deliver a pizza through the streets of San Francisco.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

After facing some questionable criticism about its manufacturing processes and how green the Toyota Prius really is, the Japanese manufacturer has hit back with a Press release highlighting its environmentally focused manufacturing. It suggests that the Prius is a standard bearer for clean operations and the use of renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The probability of an exploratory oil well being successful was 20% in 1949 and just 16% in the late 1960s, but by 2007 that figure had risen to 69%; today it’s around 50%, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Currently battery costs for an electric vehicle are about $325 per kWh.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. Earlier post.) SDG&E is a regulated public utility that services San Diego and southern Orange counties.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota uses nickel-metal-hydride batteries for the current Prius hybrid but has decided on lithium-ion batteries for future plug-in models. Orocobre went public in December 2007 and now has a current market capitalization of nearly A$150 million.

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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. The Auris originally hit the European marketplace in spring 2007 and since then has sold more than 370,000 vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Hymotion www.hymotion.com Concord, Ontario, Canada retrofits the Toyota Prius.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

As Roberts' posits, 2007 holds out tremendous promise, the stars are aligned. David Roberts is a staff writer at Grist , an online enviro magazine. He's written a piece in TomPaine.com that deserves attention. Everyone is paying attention to green. But enviros are all over the map. They have no consensus message. It's about the plug, stupid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Penetration rates for the PHEV-10 and the PHEV-40 were compared to a Reference Case that assumes high oil prices and fuel economy standards specified by EISA 2007 (with modest increases after 2020, when those standards level off), as described in the 2008 Hydrogen Report from NRC.

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Toyota claim the new PHV will overcome the obstacles historically associated with electric vehicles such as high battery costs and limited cruising range, by building on the existing benefits of Toyota’s full hybrid technology, as used in Prius. To find out more, read our Prius PHV guide.

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

It surveyed the owners of 360,000 vehicles from 2007-2008 and found that while drivers of hybrids have commuting distances similar to those of conventional vehicle drivers, hybrid drivers often put on more miles after work and during the weekend - an average of 2,000 a year more than non-hybrid car owners.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

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. Due to its limitations, the PRIUS+ is more complex to describe, as, in mixed city and highway driving it is only 50:50 electric/gasoline. In English-system (vs.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. But the Volt could be in a class by itself. Yes, the Volt should be Lutz’s legacy. Estimates vary.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2009

It tested the performance of two 2007 model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids using a Hymotion 5kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. In its most recent study the prototype battery was replaced with a production model battery and the same pool of drivers was used during vehicle evaluation.

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