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Toyota RAV4 Prime, Volvo XC40 Recharge, automated charging: Today's Car News

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The Toyota RAV4 Prime is a finalist for Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021. The Volvo XC40 Recharge is also a nominee for Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021. VW's developing an automated charging setup. Toyota's dragging its feet as the world moves toward electric cars, but its hybrid game is.

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Toyota launches new C-HR with PHEV option

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Toyota launched the new C-HR C-segment SUV in Europe with a choice of four electrified powertrains, including 1.8 The new models benefit from the latest, fifth-generation Toyota technology which delivers a balance of increased power and low emissions. liter hybrid electric Toyota C-HR. liter hybrid electric Toyota C-HR.

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Toyota launches new RAV4 PHEV in Japan

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Toyota has launched the new model RAV4 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) through dealerships in Japan. The new RAV4 PHEV aims to boost the fun-to-drive appeal of RAV4, adopting the newly developed Toyota Hybrid System (THS II). The fifth generation RAV4 was released in April 2019.

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Toyota unveils new Prius; HEVs launching this year, PHEVs in spring 2023

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Toyota unveiled the all-new Prius in a livestream event from Japan, with Series Parallel Hybrid (HEV) models to launch in winter this year and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) models to launch in spring 2023. Toyota Safety Sense, the latest active safety package with advanced and improved functions, is standard on all new Prius grades.

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NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries

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Japan’s NEDO, Sharp Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation plan to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries from late July 2019. Toyota installed this panel on the roof, hood, rear hatch door, and other parts of its Prius PHV and produced a demo car for public road trials.

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New machine learning method from Stanford, with Toyota researchers, could accelerate battery development for EVs

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Here we develop and demonstrate a machine learning methodology to efficiently optimize a parameter space specifying the current and voltage profiles of six-step, ten-minute fast-charging protocols for maximizing battery cycle life, which can alleviate range anxiety for electric-vehicle users. The new research sought to optimize this process.

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Toyota licenses WiTricity IP for wireless charging of its plug-in vehicles

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Toyota Motor Corporation has licensed the intellectual property (IP) of WiTricity, an MIT spin-off commercializing an approach to “mid-range” wireless charging (distances from a centimeter to several meters, earlier post ).

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