Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When Lotus introduces its 2011 model year Elise lineup at the upcoming Geneva Motorshow, it will include a new entry-level vehicle incorporating a Toyota 1ZR-FAE 1.6-liter L/100km (38 mpg US). L/100km (38 mpg US). The Elise accelerates from 0-60 mph in 6.0 seconds, and has a top speed of 200 km/h (124 mph).

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Engine Fuel Fuel Economy MPH 268

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Toyota has released more detail on the powertrain of the new Lexus CT 200h premium compact dedicated hybrid ( earlier post ); Toyota plans to introduce it to the US market in early 2011. With a total system output of 134 hp (100 kW), the CT 200h will accelerate from 0-60 mph in 9.8 km) at speeds of up to 28 mph (45 km/h).

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Lexus Hybrid MPG Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

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. Like hydrogen fuel cells, battery-electrics will require the creation of infrastructure for re-charging, on the go. Toyota believes these are hurdles that will be cleared. The FT-CH concept.

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Prius Toyota Concept Hybrid 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The company expects to demonstrate that during an eight hour delivery day simulation this plug-in hybrid vehicle can exceed 150 miles while exhibiting an efficiency of over 75 mpg (miles per gallon). Therefore, they have extremely limited range on their small battery packs and are usually only used at very low speeds (below 15 mph).

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Plug-in Green Plug Electric Vehicles 30

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. Paul Guzyk and Daniel Sherwood of 3Prong Power. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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Prius Plug-in Plug Gasoline-Electric 100