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Worldwide Prius Cumulative Sales Top 2M Mark; Toyota Reportedly Plans Two New Prius Variants for the US By End of 2012

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Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 2-million mark, with approximately 2,012,000 units sold as of the end of September, according to Toyota. Conversely, North America accounted for 65% of worldwide Prius sales in 2007; 57% in 2008; 36% in 2009; and 26% for Jan-Sep 2010. Click to enlarge.

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

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Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Ewert Energy Systems video (handheld) of driving a Prius PHEV conversion at highway speeds.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

Not the Subaru Justy , not the Toyota Tercel , not the Hyundai Excel and not the Suzuki Swift. If we're talking about realistic Metro competitors here, the base 1992 Ford Festiva actually managed to undercut the price tag on the cheapest possible Metro two-door hatchback that year: $6,911 versus $6,999. It was today's Junkyard Find !

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Enterprise Holdings North American Rental Car Shuttle Bus Fleet to Use B5 or B20

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Enterprise Holdings expects to complete the conversion to all B5 by spring of this year, with at least 50% converted to B20 by the end of next year. Enterprise Holdings is working closely with Toyota to repair all affected vehicles and return them to service as soon as possible. Tags: Brief.

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My Tesla arrives in Los Angeles!

Revenge of the Electric Car

Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of driving a Toyota Rav-4 EV conversion. America’s first ground-up design pure electric sportscar since the EV1 arrives again. Tags: Production Diary Production News Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster. But this week takes me right back to car heaven. I am very very lucky!

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

Plugs and Cars

And I was there representing Plug In America. What's most interesting, however, is how easy (and cheap) it is to do a carbon emission-free 200 mile day in a 100 mile range electric vehicle, my 5 year old Toyota RAV4 EV. Tags: smud carbon emission electric car zero emission vehicle mandate zev mandate RAV4 EV CARB.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

No Australian plans yet, with the company focusing on America first then Europe. Canoo pickup – futuristic electric ute primarily for North America, but it doesn’t stop us dreaming… Caterham Seven – diminutive two-seater sports car has plans to go EV from as early as 2025. Chery has big plans for Australia.