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Pay Attention: Toyota Unveils New Tacoma

The Truth About Cars

We may revisit this topic next week to avoid turning this post into a gazillion-word tome rivaling War & Peace; such is the amount of change hurled by Toyota at their best-selling midsize pickup truck. It tag teams an electric motor and 1.87-kWh Toyota is choosing not to offer these trims in some markets.

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Toyota Shows Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG, Two Modified Prius Hybrids at SEMA

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). Toyota also teamed with Street Image to further modify the Camry Hybrid CNG Show Car for the 2009 SEMA Show. Toyota Prius Aerius and Aemulus. Click to enlarge.

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

Green Car Congress

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. The car is no longer limited to 34 miles per hour, all-electric. PICC’s conversion kit, which replaces Toyota’s 1.3-kilowatt

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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

Baua Electric

The world’s leading EV maker, BYD , is taking aim at exotic car manufacturers like Ferrari and Lamborghini with the new Yangwang U9. seconds and a $233,400 (1,680,000 yuan) price tag. The entry-level EVs will take on mass-market automakers like Toyota. Like the U8 SUV, the U9 includes premium features like tank turns.

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Toyota modifies the Prius and Camry Hybrids

Green Cars News

They may be class leaders in their respective segments of the market, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement with both the Toyota Prius and the Camry Hybrid. At the 2009 SEMA Show, Toyota Motor Sales USA partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG).

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Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers

Plugs and Cars

Toyota made the car, the Prius, that made plug-in conversions possible, and now they are trying to rein in the desires unleashed. A123 bought Hymotion and they are producing cars for Google's RechargeIT.org effort. A123 bought Hymotion and they are producing cars for Google's RechargeIT.org effort.

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Plug-in Prius conversion hits 70mph

Green Cars News

Electric cars have to be slow with limited speeds, don’t they? If that’s your theory then you may have to re-evaluate after Ponway, California-based Plug-In Conversions Corp (PICC) completed a software upgrade conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at up to 70mph in a converted Prius.

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