The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While this may not matter to the kind of person interested in buying a top-tier Z from Nissan, it probably will sway a subset of buyers who aren’t married to the model’s heritage.& While everyone likes to praise the Toyota Supra from behind the wheel, the base Nissan Z absolutely trounces the 2.0-liter

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 20, 2010

Toyota's investing in Tesla. Tesla's buying the NUMMI factory. It's also great for Toyota. And give people something other than brake problems to think about when they hear "Toyota." Toyota gets to continue their "everything hybrid" goal without damaging the brand's strategy. Tesla won't oppose any union activity.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2021

The Tesla Model Y has officially joined the Ipswich, Massachusetts Police Department, and its price tag wasn’t all that bad considering the multiple incentives that were applied by local groups. However, many are uninformed and misconceived, still believing electric vehicles are six-figure vehicles reserved for the rich and wealthy.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 30, 2008

As Toyota gets headlines for suggesting it will offer a few fleets a few plug-in hybrids in 3 or 4 years, it does what it can to take the myth-busting RAV4 EV out of private hands. The leaseholder chose not to buy out the lease, and returned the electric car to the dealer. But Toyota refused.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

Automakers “are stepping up marketing activity, urging customers who are still driving old vehicles to buy new ones before the subsidies expire,” says an official at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Toyota Motor Corp. Tags: Brief. The subsidies expire at the end of September. enjoyed a 19.1% Honda Motor Co. Honda Motor Co.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

If you’ve been waiting to buy Kia’s first three-row electric SUV, the perfect opportunity may have just landed. Kia introduces a new $5,000 discount on the 2024 EV9 After opening EV9 orders in November with a $54,900 starting price tag, Kia called its first three-row electric SUV a “wake-up call to the industry.”

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Several schools of thought exist about buying a set of wheels for a teenager or new driver. Now, more than ever, finding an appropriate vehicle that’s actually affordable can be challenging – to put it mildly – given a hyperactive used car market and skyrocketing price tags of even the most horrid machines. So, what to do? “As

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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. to 18,141 units, followed by the Toyota Vitz in third with 15,267 units, up 23.5%. to 18,141 units, followed by the Toyota Vitz in third with 15,267 units, up 23.5%.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 21, 2007

Rainforest Action Network is prodding Toyota to add plugs to their hybrids. Of course, Toyota could do it today with larger NiMH battery packs. I'd wager there is more than one plug-in Prius hidden away at Toyota's skunkworks in Japan. I'd wager there is more than one plug-in Prius hidden away at Toyota's skunkworks in Japan.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GM to the rescue “I attended the LA Auto Show and found that the best EV-buying tips came from Chevrolet,” Fellows recalled. The Bolt needs to be priced at $28,000 so the $7500 tax credit will bring it down to around $21,000, where it’s comparable to the Toyota Corolla.” Buyers should be wary of these dealers,” she added.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek ’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Down from $492, with a regular price tag of $594, this $95 discount – $197 from its MSRP – is the first price cut we’ve seen to kick off the new year. This is $699 off the usual $2,199 price tag.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Toyota is launching a new plan to ensure that its cars aren’t the only things which are as green as possible. The Japanese carmaker has issued a new 8-step environmental strategy to help save energy and reduce emissions across its retail network too, so that you can buy a green car from a green centre. [.].

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

The 24 NiMH batteries in my Toyota RAV4 EV take the car 120 miles without gasoline. Toyota could deliver a plug-in hybrid highlander, get 20 miles all-electric and 75 mpg using NiMH today! We need to be able to buy plug-in hybrids and electric cars now with the technology we have, not he technology we wish we had.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 2, 2007

Reuters reports on an interview with Toyota North American President Jim Press that Toyota Motor Corp. Echoing its American counterparts Ford and GM, Toyota bemoans the unavailability of batteries which will take their plug-ins half as far as their own electric cars could manage just 5 years ago. Prove me wrong, Jim.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Car buyers shouldn’t be forced to buy high-end bells and whistles when fuel economy and reducing emissions are their top priority. By contrast, the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid has a very high hybrid value. Ford, General Motors, Honda and Toyota all sell models with high hybrid value ratings, UCS noted. Tags: Brief.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 22, 2019

When we bought our first electric car in January of 2013, the Toyota Rav4 EV with the Tesla battery and powertrain, we followed Toyota’s advice on the right home charger to buy. Leviton’s partnership with Toyota was over and no new number was offered. But the number was no longer in service.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

It may want to develop green cars, but Toyota’s manufacturing plans could mean the destruction of some of Japan’s famous rice paddies. According to Akihiko Otsuka, the chief engineer of Toyota’s newest Prius, the market keeps changing and shortening the development period for hybrids is important.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Toyota has long been one of the leading carmakers in the world of green cars. The first manufacturer to produce a full production hybrid, in the form of the iconic Prius, Toyota has also made significant advancements in the development of electric, hydrogen and alternative fuel vehicles. TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

The 2024 Kia EV9 fits the form that many American households seek in a family vehicle, made fully electric but without a luxury price tag. That plus leadership in all aspects of charging make it Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. The post Kia EV9: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics. We’ve tested most of those.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Of the more than 3,000 consumers asked if they would consider buying a "grid-connected hybrid," the term used for plug-in hybrids in the survey, only 24 percent said that they would, according to the survey by Synovate Motoresearch. Tags: ethanol plug-in hybrid flex-fuel. Wonder why?

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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. Mirror, mirror on the wall… which is the greenest car of all?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

The role of emotion in buying cars. Would you buy this vehicle? Miller adds “ In the US we’ve had customers talk about the Prius ‘badge of honor’, in Europe the strongest reason for buying a Prius was to make a statement about ‘the effort to do something else. Not exactly a value proposition.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. Keep your old car, or buy an inexpensive used car. The Plug-Ins are coming and you should wait till they get here before buying your next new car. Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. Save your money.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

Toyota and Lowe’s Motor Speedway unveiled an environmentally friendly Toyota Camry Hybrid that will serve as the pace car for the Coca-Cola 600 which takes place on May 24. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Toyota NASCAR pace car Toyota Camry Hybrid. So why has it suddenly embraced hybrid cars?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Former EV1 driver Doug Korthof's 2002 Toyota RAV4-EV. Activists kept a 24/7 watch over the vehicles and offered to buy the EV1s from GM for their residual value. “ documented the EV1 Vigil (Click here to watch segment 4 and segment 9 ). Tags: Production News EV Events Inside Track Who Killed the Electric Car.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. And these advocates have successfully prodded Toyota to dangle a concept PHEV before our eyes. Toyota ought to be pleased with the tone of both stories.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of driving a Toyota Rav-4 EV conversion. Tags: Production Diary Production News Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster. What a beauty. It’s been five years since my last silver all electric sports car, a GM EV1, was infamously destroyed. But this week takes me right back to car heaven.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 27, 2007

A few of us still drive Toyota RAV4 EVs - a truly great car. Many more of our members would like the choice to be available to buy electric and plug-in hybrids cars. Tags: robert sawyer california air resources board zev mandate fuel cell hydrogen. nk City - until they were confiscated by the automakers.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

If helping the environment isn’t reason enough to buy a green car, then consider the positive effects that going green can have on your wallet. Buying a vehicle is one such option he highlights, but there are several measures that can be taken. That’s the verdict of financial expert Martyn Hocking, the editor of Which?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Initially it’s a lot like driving a Toyota Prius hybrid… until the straightaway, where Dean persuades me to floor it. You can’t buy this, or any production all-electric car, in the US today. Tags: Battery Technology Production News Nissan Nissan Leaf. It is completely emissions-free — no carbon.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

And use the $15 million left over to educate Americans on why it is in their personal and the national security interest to buy a plug-in car. My 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV blends regen and friction just fine, thank you. Tags: autobloggreen plug-in hybrid fuel cell hydrogen.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

According to Ron Cogan, founder and editor of the Green Car Journal , the Obama administration is betting heavily on technology and that electric cars are not an exclusive answer to future transportation challenges and consumers will not be willing to buy them at all costs.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Hybrids still represent the largest volume of “green” vehicles including the popular Toyota Prius, Honda Insight and Ford Fusion hybrids. As consumers start to show a renewed interested in buying vehicles, the auto show is. Toyota Camry Hybrid. Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Toyota Prius Hybrid. Porsche Cayenne Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

However, not so encouraging was a statement from Toyota which openly questioned the market viability of the technology (see article ). Why is Toyota questioning plug-in technology? Why is Toyota questioning plug-in technology? Does Toyota have a point? Toyota isn’t alone in its criticism of plug-in technology.

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