Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2009

Lexus unveiled the first official sketch of a concept car that will be presented at the forthcoming Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). The sketch gives the first indication of the design direction for the concept that seeks to package Lexus strengths in a compact format. Lexus compact concept. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

The new Lexus premium compact hybrid CT 200h ( earlier post ) to be introduced next week at the Geneva Motor Show combines a 1.8-liter Lexus’s first premium compact model, designed and developed with the European market in mind, offers a selectable electric mode, as well as Eco, Normal and Sport driving modes. Tags: Brief.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

A global trend that has also found resonance in India over the past three years is the soaring demand for luxury as well as super-luxury cars and SUVs. Interestingly one out of every four Mercedes-Benz cars sold belongs to the top end luxury segment; which the company categorises as cars with a price tag more than Rs 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2009

has received about 1,500 preorders for its Lexus HS hybrid car ( earlier post ) in Japan, roughly three times more than the firm’s monthly sales target. The car is so popular, in fact, that delivery now takes eight months after placing an order. Given this, some eager customers may switch their existing orders to the Lexus HS.

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Teslarati

APRIL 3, 2024

That’s not bad at all for an automaker that caught headlines in early February for only selling one car in South Korea in January 2024. The Model Y was followed by the BMW 5, which sold 2,259 units, and the Lexus ES, which sold 822 units. Part of the Model Y’s popularity in South Korea may be due to its price.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

To be sure, the Prius is no sports car. liter four-cylinder/electric motor pairing – 194 horsepower now for front-wheel drive models like my test car, and 139 lb-ft of torque for all models – erases the pokiness of the past and brings the car up to date. Then again, a Lexus will cost a lot more.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

2011 Lexus CT 200h. 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. In a switchable EV mode, the new Lexus full hybrid can drive for up to one mile (1.6 Click to enlarge. Engine NVH.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

On International Women’s Day, the Kia EV9 was announced as the “Supreme Winner” of the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) 2024. These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.”

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 7, 2008

Check out my snarky AutoblogGreen.com post on Lexus' greenwashing. Quoting myself, Lexus is taking hybrid hype to the next level, the penthouse.At one time Toyota was content to let the Prius subliminally lower consumers' green expectations from electric cars to hybrids which use gasoline-generated electricity to raise efficiency.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 2, 2024

Mitsubishi began selling cars with its own branding in the United States in late 1982 , introducing three car models and a pickup as 1983 models. Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. The engine is a 3.5-liter liter 6G74 V6, rated at 205 horsepower.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

On International Women’s Day, the Kia EV9 was announced as the “Supreme Winner” of the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) 2024. These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.”

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Push EVs

MAY 8, 2023

The Lexus-brand variant of the BZ4X, called the Lexus RZ, also made its debut in Sweden in April, with a modest 12 units registered. The post April 2023 – BEVs dominated car sales in Sweden first appeared on ?PushEVs. What are your thoughts on Sweden’s EV transition and outlook? PushEVs.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 19, 2009

As Lexus themselves say: “Take the same route but a different journey. Tags: Lexus 450h rx. Welcome to forward living? The new full hybrid RX 450h featuring 299 DIN hp and only 148g/km CO2. Experience the new RX 450h, the most advanced hybrid.&#.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

When the first Hyundai Excels appeared on American streets as 1986 models, bearing shockingly cheap price tags, did anyone imagine that someday there would be a big, ostentatious Hyundai luxury sedan with serious V8 power available here? It happened , and I found one of those machines in a car graveyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few weeks back.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

The new 2011 Lexus CT200h compact hybrid will come with four drive modes – details of which have now been revealed by the luxury car manufacturer. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Lexus EV mode Lexus CT200h Lexus hybrid cars new Lexus CT200h.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2010

It appears Toyota’s recall issues are not yet behind the Japanese manufacturer after Toyota Motor Sales US declared its intention to conduct a voluntary safety recall of up to 17,000 2010 Lexus HS250h hybrid vehicles. The reason for the recall is to address a compliance issue with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 301. It follows on [.].

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

This places the vehicle in competition with rivals such as Bentley and Rolls-Royce , and prices the vehicle significantly higher than luxury sedans from Lexus, BMW, Mercedes , Lucid, and Tesla; Cadillac’s more traditional rivals. Little did we know that the vehicle would be selling for 1.5 times that estimated amount.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 23, 2010

Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus has established a stellar reputation for producing hybrid cars and now it will bring its latest vehicle – the CT200h premium compact – to the US in 2011. The Lexus CT200h will be the first dedicated hybrid vehicle in the premium compact segment and will be revealed to the US public at [.].

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. Moreover, electric cars use regenerative braking that reduces wear and tear compared to traditional brakes. Charging (fuel) is one area where EVs save.

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Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced it is to begin a new recall of vehicles including some models of a Lexus hybrid. The car giant says that around 11,500 vehicles are affected globally by the recall of some of its hybrid Lexus LS 600h model and some of its LS 460 models, to fix a steering [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2009

Not content with soaring sales in its home country and sky high orders for the Lexus Hybrid HS250h, the luxury division of Toyota is now preparing to launch a premium concept car. Well it gives a sneak peek at the design direction of the concept that seems to package Lexus strengths into a compact format. Is your mouth watering?

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Lexus has pimped its range of hybrid vehicles as it heads to the 2010 SEMA auto trade show in Las Vegas this week. The luxury car maker let some of America’s top custom car specialists loose on its hybrid models to give them a whole new look in time for the show, which opens today [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2010

Perhaps Lexus has had enough of criticisms that its environmental efforts make it a pseudo-green carmaker as the Japanese brand reveals a hybrid bicycle concept instead. Tags: Lexus bicycle concept hybrid.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 9, 2009

The Lexus HS250h Hybrid that went on sale in Japan in July has proven so popular that Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc will nearly treble its production by October. The car utilises Lexus’s first four-cylinder gas engine as well as the latest hybrid system. So what makes the HS250h so special?

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

A Taste of 10 Different Cars Along the California Coast. The event, WAJ Media Day 2021, afforded me a chance to experience some exotic and high-end cars that aren’t normally in the sights of Clean Fleet Report. Seventeen manufacturers brought 27 cars for two dozen journalists to drive along Highway 1 and into the adjacent hills.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You might think of Lexus cars as large gas-guzzlers-but not the new CT 200h-which is expected to have emissions from just 96g/km CO2. Tags: Lexus CT 200h diesel hybrid powertrain.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Lexus has revealed the pricing and full specification details of its new sub-100g/km CO2 hybrid-set to be its only car that will qualify for London congestion charge exemption when the new Greener Vehicle Discount rules come into force in January. Tags: Lexus CT 200h hybrid model new price.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Lexus has released more details of its new production-ready CT-200h, ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Lexus’ first premium compact hybrid is set to enter production late in 2010 and will go on sale worldwide. Tags: Lexus CT 200h details hybrid model new reveal.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Luxury carmaker, Lexus is to unveil a new full hybrid model at the forthcoming Geneva motor show. Described as a car [.]. Tags: Lexus CT 200h full geneva hybrid lf-ch.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S. had Tesla badges on them.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2010

(FHI) with carbon fiber for car bodies later this year—the first use of carbon fiber for auto bodies mass-produced in Japan. Toyota reportedly will use carbon fiber for the hood and roof of the Lexus LFA, a luxury sports car to be produced starting in December. Tags: Brief.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2009

Orders for the Lexus HS250h have already surpassed expectations and now the US retail price of the vehicle has been revealed. The fourth hybrid in Lexus’s line-up will carry an MSRP in its standard form of $34,200. In addition, the car boasts Lexus’s first four-cylinder petrol engine alongside its hybrid system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

Toyota currently sells more than 10 hybrids, including dedicated models such as the Prius, Sai and Lexus HS 250h. Toyota plans to boost production of these existing vehicles in addition to launching new hybrid minivans, subcompacts and luxury cars, according to the report. Tags: Brief.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

Hybrid cars should be all about fuel efficiency and miles per gallon shouldn’t they? So it’s understandable that such hope is being pinned on the first high mileage Lexus, and indeed the first hybrid luxury car from any car maker, which is due to arrive in the USA in about six weeks.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2010

is already an integrated producer of certain Lexus models and other large vehicles, mainly for export to North America. liter engines for hybrid cars currently handled at the Kamigo facility. Tags: Brief. Toyota Motor Corp. will introduce a start-to-finish manufacturing system for midsize hybrid vehicles at a Kyushu subsidiary.

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2009

Good news for the forthcoming Lexus HS Hybrid as pre-orders smash the firm’s monthly sales target. In fact sales orders are at such a premium that it now takes eight months for delivery after placing an order which may encourage some customers to consider switching to the Lexus HS. per cent of all RX models in June.

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2009

With UK order books now open for the new Lexus luxury hybrid ahead of deliveries in July, we got our hands on some video footage of the Lexus RX 450h on the road. Let us know your thoughts about the new Lexus RX 450h below. Tags: Lexus Lexus RX 450h rx 450h. Prices start at £41,600 on the road.

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