Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Prius α S Click to enlarge. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched the Prius α (Prius alpha) in Japan. Derived from the third-generation Prius hybrid, the α offers an interior allowing multiple seat arrangements. Prius α powertrain. Hybrid system net power: 100 kW (134 hp).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Toyota’s Prius continued its run as the top-selling new car in Japan in September, posting 31,758 units, representing an increase of 341% from September 2008. This marked the Prius’ fifth consecutive month as the number one selling new automobile in Japan, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Toyota’s Prius maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales in November for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Monthly sales of the Prius in Japan since 2007. Combined, the two dedicated hybrids accounted for 13.5%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

The Toyota Prius was the top-selling passenger car (excluding mini-cars and imported cars) in Japan in 2009, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). The Prius has held the number one monthly sales slot since May, and posted a total of 208,876 units in Japan in 2009, representing 5.3%

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Green Car Reports

JULY 24, 2017

There are countless tales of classic cars and trucks receiving new life via parts from a completely different automobile. Whether it's an engine swap, a new platform, or a mix of a few different vehicles, project cars make for some of the greatest stories.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Toyota Prius was the top-seller in Japan for the 14 th month in a row, according to the monthly brand ranking data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Sales of the Prius hit 34,456 units in July, up 24.3% In the US, the Prius posted July sales of 14,102 units, down 26.4%. year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

Toyota’s new Prius was Japan’s top-selling vehicle in May, according to new car sales rankings —excluding minicars with displacements of less than 660 cc—released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Prius sales in Japan by month since January 2007. Data: JADA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Toyota’s Prius was the top-selling car in Japan in June for the second month in a row, with sales of 22,292 units—3.58 times June 2008 results of 6,231 units— according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Honda’s hybrid Insight came in fourth in June with 8,782 units, behind the Honda Fit and the Toyota Vitz.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The Austrian automobile club ARBÖ (Auto-Motor und Radfahrerverbund Österreiche) has awarded the Toyota Mirai with the “2015 Environmental Award”. If we want to secure the future of the automobile as flexible, personal and clean transport for the next 100 years, we need to consider which energy can power our cars tomorrow.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

Honda’s Insight hybrid was Japan’s 10 th -best-selling new car in February, excluding minicars, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. ’s Prius hybrid. The Prius came in 12 th , with its sales falling 20% from a year earlier to 4,524 units.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In 2008, BYD became the first company to sell mass production of plug-in hybrid electrified vehicles (PHEVs). Since Toyota launched the Prius, the world’s first mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), in 1997, the company has become a pioneer of electrified vehicle development with a focus on HEVs.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 5, 2021

Smashing Through the Barriers To Hybrid Cars. Hybrid vehicles are becoming more and more common. The prototypical hybrid–the Toyota Prius. Unfortunately, hybrid cars still have a lot of myths and rumors surrounding them, which sometimes puts people off taking the leap and making the eco-friendlier purchase.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

Hybrids represented 12% of new light-duty vehicle sales—excluding minicars—in Japan in May, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. With a total of 21,601 units sold, this was the first time that the monthly new vehicle share of hybrids topped 10%. By comparison, in the US hybrids represented 2.8%

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2023

The outgoing E 53 generates 429 hp from an inline-6, and we predict the unutilized one to store much more horsepower, perhaps from a 4-cylinder coupled with hybrid era. You’ll to find those tales and extra in lately’s automobile information, proper right here at Motor Authority.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled new advanced engines and transmissions and further evolved hybrid systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Using TNGA, Toyota has been changing the automobile from its very structure, lowering. Click to enlarge. mph) and approximately 20% better fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2009

confirmed plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sporty hybrid model in February 2010 and Fit Hybrid before the end of 2010. 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., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed an automated pulse-and-glide technique using a flywheel energy storage system for on-road vehicles; the technology, which NASA Glenn says can improve fuel economy over existing internal combustion or battery hybrid systems by 40-100%, is available for licensing. and Lohse-Busch, H.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Success doesn’t come much more resounding than this – one out of every 10 new cars sold in Japan during November was a Toyota Prius. The vehicle maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 17, 2023

With factors like dependable fuel efficiency and contemporary technological improvements, there are certain automobile attributes that college students absolutely cannot do without. Top Picks for Fuel Efficiency Hybrid and electric cars like the Toyota Prius or Nissan Leaf are great choices due to their remarkable ability to conserve fuel.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2009

Why the Toyota Prius of course. That’s the verdict of Germany’s VCD Automobile Club’s annual list of the most environmentally friendly vehicles, which only served to highlight Toyota’s dominance in the sector. Honda took the bronze medal place with its Insight Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Once again, the Toyota Prius has found itself at the top of the charts – in September it posted 31,758 units, representing an increase of 341 per cent compared to the same month in the previous year. In fact, the Toyota Prius now accounts for 10.8 per cent of the country’s total car sales for the month.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

Malloy announced the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate Program (CHEAPR). EVs covered by CHEAPR include battery electric (BEV), fuel cell (FCEV), and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles. Vehicles in this category include the Chevy Volt, Ford C-Max Energi and Fusion Energi.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

To the surprise of… well, nobody really… the Toyota Prius was once again the top-selling car in Japan in June marking the second month in a row the vehicle has topped the sales charts in its native country. The Prius sold 22,292 units over the month - that’s 3.58 In June, Prius sales were 71.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Toyota is also introducing the all-new Prius and the Toyota C-HR Concept, a compact hybrid crossover. Toyota’s aim is to add an all-new sense of purpose to the automobile by turning fuel cell vehicles from eco-cars into energy-cars. In addition to the vehicle’s own hydrogen tank, the car can also generate electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

The research also indicates that consumers have relatively low product knowledge of electric-only and electric-hybrid vehicles and see electric technology vehicles as useful for those who do limited driving. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles rose from 15 to 22%. 13% said they were very familiar with clean diesel and 6% with hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2014

As such, the theory regarding fleet manager EV adoption should be updated now that the automobiles are available for sale and revealed consumer behavior (empirical data) can be analyzed. EVs face barriers to adoption because they are a radical environmental technology. Organizations expand their EV fleets for firm-specific reasons.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

Hybrids and EVs May Capture 10% Of Japan New Car Sales in Fiscal 2009 A tally by the Nikkei finds that sales of hybrids and electric vehicles in Japan may exceed 220,000 units and could account for more than 10% of domestic new-car sales in the current fiscal year (excluding mini-vehicles), up from 4.4% Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We at Toyota are already using lithium-ion batteries in hybrids and plug-in hybrids, but it is necessary for us to further improve these lithium-ion batteries. That would be a new step forward in fulfilling the traditional Toyota commitment to contribute to society through quality automobiles.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

That’s really slow for a modern automobile and was made worse by the vehicle’s extremely bland driving dynamics. While arguably less interesting to look at, the Corolla Cross managed to address every one of those issues and opened up the door for customers who might want to option all-wheel drive and a hybrid powertrain.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

For the fourth successive month, the Toyota Prius topped the charts according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. The hybrid car posted 21,669 units sold in August – that’s up 360 per cent compared to the prior year, and represented 12 per cent of total automobile sales in the country for the month.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 4, 2009

No manufacturer of automobiles has more hybrids in its lineup than Toyota. The company makes hybrid vehicles ranging from the budget friendly Toyota Prius on up to the Lexus LS 600h with numerous additional models in between.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The Mirai uses the Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), which features both fuel cell technology and hybrid technology, and includes proprietary Toyota-developed components including the fuel cell (FC) Stack, FC boost converter, and high-pressure hydrogen tanks. Like the Prius, Toyota designed the Mirai to be immediately recognizable.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A disappointing compliance car, the Ford Focus EV, languished while plug-in hybrid versions of the midsize Fusion and small crossover C-Max sold relatively well, until Ford came up with a real plan. BMW charged into the electric car space with two strong, if quirky, contenders—the hot-selling i3 and the i8 plug-in hybrid supercar.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

“The most significant impact that can be made in reducing CO 2 emissions from automobiles in the coming decades is reducing the average weight and engine size of vehicles.” Tags: Climate Change Diesel Electric (Battery) Emissions Engines Fuel Cells Fuels Hybrids Policy. Future of Mobility Roadmap.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The CH stands for compact hybrid as in compact class. Compared to Prius, it is 22 inches shorter in overall length, yet loses less than an inch in overall width. Eight new hybrids.

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