Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

(TMS) announced that New York City will join the company’s US Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration program. Five new Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles (PHVs) will be used on city streets as part of Toyota’s partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2011

The new Toyota Prius α hybrid vehicle features automotive interiors made of DuPont Sorona EP polymer, a high-performance, renewably sourced thermoplastic resin. Toyota launched the Prius α in Japan in May 2011. and Howa Plastics Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Following the program’s success, the SwRI team is collaborating with regulatory and commercial organizations to commercialize the new tools. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The Panasonic Group will supply the lithium-ion batteries for Toyota Motor Corporation’s Prius Plug-in Hybrid. Li-ion cell for Prius PHV. Earlier post.) This will be the first time for the Panasonic Group to supply its lithium-ion batteries for a mass production plug-in hybrid vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

The prototype uses the Toyota Prius—which is currently sold and becoming popular in Brazil—as a base model. Toyota will collect various data through real-world road testing in Brazil going forward and evaluate the Hybrid FFV system’s reliability, durability, and powertrain performance, with an eye toward commercialization.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Toyota also aims to commercialize all-solid-state batteries. We feel that having identified an issue has brought us one step closer to commercialization. To the latter point, Maeda said that according to Toyota’s calculations, the CO 2 reduction effect of three HEVs is almost equal to that of one BEV. —Masahiko Maeda.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 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. times higher in comparison with the commercial model Prius PHV (equipped with a solar charging system). The rated power generation output of the demo car is approximately 860 W.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) This is planned to increase in the future.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2020

What started with the Prius has now hit 15 million. Chicago has made a move that requires more charge points to be installed in large-scale residential and commercial development. Hyundai hybrids tackle battery downsizing with a novel approach. And Chicago is requiring more EV charge points. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2009

For the test drive, the company modified a Toyota Prius using commercially available components. cells compared with the chemistries of selected commercial batteries. Commercial ETVM. The company had closed a $12M Series A round in April. Earlier post.). cell; and LMNS/LiTiO to form a 3.2V Characteristics of the ETV 3.2V

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Toyota and Lexus are introducing three more hybrids to their European line-ups: the Toyota C-HR Hybrid, the new generation Prius Plug-In Hybrid and the Lexus LC 500h coupe. Toyota Motor Europe started commercializing hybrids in 2000 with the first generation Prius. —Karl Schlicht. To date, 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

plans to begin commercial production in 2012 of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). In June, Toyota announced that it will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

The 2015 date for fuel cell vehicles reinforced remarks made in June by vice president Masatami Takimoto about commercialization prospects.( That compares to 33% for an EV (with gas-fired power generation producing the electricity); 34% for a Prius-like hybrid; and 19% for a conventional gasoline internal combustion engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2011

In Japan, TMC launched the Coaster Hybrid EV in August 1997 and the Prius in December. Sales of the Prius began in North America, Europe and elsewhere in 2000. Next came the second-generation Prius in 2003 and the expanded use of TMC’s hybrid system on such vehicles as minivans, SUVs, rear-wheel-drive sedans and hatchbacks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and the Chinese government-affiliated China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) have agreed agreement to conduct joint verification tests of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid"in Tianjin. The vehicle is scheduled for commercial launch at the start of 2012.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Toyota’s Prius C is back in other world markets—sort of. DHL is going light with electric commercial vehicles. Electric long-haul trucks like the upcoming Tesla Semi might not have operating-cost advantages over diesel, a new analysis suggests. And 800V systems might be closer to the mass market than previously suggested.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The Toyota Prius may be the most popular hybrid model of the many Toyota sells. But the company''s largest hybrid vehicle weighs more than six new 2014 Prius Liftbacks when it''s fully loaded. Its gross.'

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

E advisors, to expand and accelerate commercialization efforts underway from NEXTCAR I. SwRI demonstrated a more than 20% improvement in energy consumption in real-world driving conditions through this combination of vehicle dynamics and advanced powertrain control algorithms including eco-routing, eco-driving and power-split optimization.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

—Manoj Karwa, Senior Director of EVSE Programs for Leviton’s Commercial and Industrial Business Unit. Leviton is the Toyota-approved electric vehicle supply equipment provider for RAV4 EV and Prius Plug-in Level 2 (240V) charging needs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Through activities such as launching the Prius, the world’s first mass production hybrid vehicle (HV), in 1997, and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV) in 2014, Toyota has a record of taking on difficult challenges with varying degrees of success in its effort to realize a sustainable mobility society.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Currently, the trials are monitoring 51 commercial charge points, 720 publicly-accessible charging points and 31 residential charge points, which will increase over the coming months. UK Power Networks already has 75 Toyota Prius hybrid electric cars, plus about 1,100 mainly diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The FCEV line-up will be expanded for both passenger and commercial vehicles in the 2020s. Toyota has been actively developing next-generation solid-state batteries and aims to commercialize the technology by the early 2020s. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Toyota also will bring to market in 2012 the Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle, which combines an extended all-electric range for shorter commutes with a conventional hybrid synergy drive for longer trips. Leviton’s support includes program management of a certified installation team and an extensive customer service center.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

This wide bandgap inverter product resulted in a smaller, lighter, higher power density and more efficient system in comparison to Toyota’s present Prius inverter design implementing silicon technology. Our SiC inverter is the first traction drive optimized for wide bandgap devices that utilizes a commercially available SiC power module.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Prius has been the top-seller in Japan for the last fourteen months ( earlier post ). In December of the same year, TMC launched the Toyota Prius—the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. Currently, nine TMC-produced hybrid passenger vehicle models and three hybrid commercial vehicle models are sold in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has cumulatively sold more than 2 million hybrid vehicles since the launch in 1997 in Japan of the Coaster Hybrid EV in August and the Prius in December. As of 31 August 2009, cumulative sales of TMC hybrid passenger vehicles reached 2,014 thousand units and sales of commercial hybrid vehicles reached 2.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Additionally, an energy management system that combines solar power generation with storage batteries made by recycling used batteries from Prius hybrid vehicles has been put into operation. This project represents the first operational start within a commercial environment. kW have been installed.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Powertrain components of the Prius PHV. The project involves about 100 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) as well as a dedicated charging infrastructure for the use of public and private partners in Strasbourg and its region. Click to enlarge. CO 2 emissions in the European homologation combined cycle are 59 g/km. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

In addition to commercial sites, where chargers were frequently used during last year’s program, the scope of this year’s tests will be expanded to include hotels and nearby tourist sites in response to EV and PHV user feedback. Additional coin-operated chargers (¥100 / US$1.02

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2011

Modern hybrid-electric vehicles were first commercialized by Toyota, with its 1997 Prius (sold in the U.S. But many concepts, development vehicles, one-offs, and other technology experiments preceded that first Prius. The history of the auto industry is littered with the carcasses of the cars and companies that didn't make it.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

For passenger cars, the team paired the Jeta TDI with the Jetta 5C and 4C; the Prius with the Camry sedan (an imperfect pairing); the Hybrid Civic with the Civic; and the Mercedes-Benz E320 diesel with the E350. For trucks, they used the Silverado 2500HD, RAM 2500 and Ford F250 diesel and gasoline versions. Elisabeth A. Gilmore and Lester B.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s rollout of electrified vehicles began in December 2010 with the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric—a small commercial van built in collaboration with Azure Dynamics. Earlier post.). When C-MAX Hybrid launches, Ford becomes North America’s largest maker of hybrid transmissions.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 19, 2009

Car club company, Streetcar is to be the first in the UK to begin hiring out a plug-in Prius. The news follows the launch of a new initiative that will see some of London’s largest fleet operators work with City Hall to accelerate the rollout of electric commercial vehicles. an hour, the Guardian reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The research project iZEUS is developing concepts and practical examples for the integration of electromobility in private and urban commercial transport. These will ultimately include up to 30 vans (Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL) and some 90 electric cars (smart ed, Opel Ampera and Toyota Prius) for private transport.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

EnergyCS had earlier developed one of the first commercial plug-in hybrid conversion kits for the Prius. CODA Holdings, a California-based developer of electric vehicles, EV propulsion systems and stationary energy storage applications, has acquired EnergyCS, a leading developer of battery management systems (BMS). Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently. Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It is the only device in the world with a proven track record that is currently commercially deployed in the V2X wireless SoC market. In October 2015, Renesas launched the R-Car W1R, which conforms to Japan’s wireless communications standards, and is adopted in the ITS Connect1 V2V and V2I communications system.

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