Remove tag
article thumbnail

2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

The Toyota Prius was once reviled by most enthusiasts and often the butt of jokes, even in pop culture. Prius drivers were stereotyped as left-lane camping, NPR-listening, Green Party-voting smug virtue-signalers. But it was based in one truth – the Prius might save you a lot of gas but man it was no fun to drive.

Prius 100
article thumbnail

Is the Prius the greenest car of all?

Green Cars News

Why the Toyota Prius of course. According to Gerd Lottsiepen, the spokesman of the German VCD Automobile Club, hybrid cars are proving cheap to run and very quiet. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Toyota germany greenest car Honda Honda Insight Hybrid Toyota iQ Toyota Prius VCD Automobile Club.

Prius 48
article thumbnail

Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. Yet when gas prices tumbled later that year, plans for the Prius plant were shelved.

article thumbnail

EV special III / Opinion / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The parties buying them are all frontrunners within their own context, Minnesma stresses. With very few moving parts, there is little that can break, so maintenance is infrequent and cheap. The same was said about the Prius, which I drove before. Tags: evdriven. And the vehicles function well.

Hybrid 28
article thumbnail

China and the Electric Car | Autos | Smart Spending | Mainstreet

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How to Buy it Cheap Treasury Launches Auto Supply Program Would You Drive GM's PUMA? Tags: evdriven. automakers such as Ford (Stock Quote: F ) and General Motors (Stock Quote: GM ). Consumer Reports: Most Reliable Used Cars Auto Auctions: What You Need to Know Car Lease Up?

Auto 30
article thumbnail

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

An (expected) high price tag. Can these things add up to make a car that people want to buy? It seems like it still may be cheaper to just buy a well used Lotus Elise and modify it yourself. I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. Small size. New technology.

article thumbnail

Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. All rights reserved. " ); Tags: evdriven.