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News in brief: Prius production under way in China

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Though it is established as Japan’s leading green car, production of the Toyota Prius is now heading to China. The Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Company, which is a joint vehicle production company with China FAW Group Corporation, has started production of the vehicle at its Changchun Plant.

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Toyota delivers first UK fleet Prius Plug-in

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Toyota hosted a special vehicle hand-over for one of the first Plug-in Prius models delivered to a UK customer. Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation Honorary Chairman, personally presented the keys to the car to one of the brand’s biggest fleet customers, Electricity North West.

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Small is cool for the Toyota Prius C

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The new Toyota Prius C, as well as the Toyota Camry, will boast a smaller than ever exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler. Developed by the DENSO Corporation, the EGR cooler is 30 per cent smaller than the smallest currently on the market, with DENSO hoping to offer the product worldwide to assist carmakers with their [.].

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Toyota to lease plug-in Prius

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The plug-in version of the third-generation Toyota Prius will be open to leasing at the end of this year in Japan. Around 200 versions of the vehicle, equipped with a lithium-ion battery, will be made available and designated to government ministries, local governments and corporations. Action plans will be developed over the summer.

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Japanese carmaker reveals electric car secrets

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Think electric cars and Japan and your thoughts might turn to the Nissan LEAF, the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid or maybe the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. However, there is a new addition to this impressive line-up of electric cars from the land of the rising sun. The SIM-Drive Corporation has revealed its lat[.].

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UK pricing revealed for new Prius

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Is the new Toyota Prius the most eagerly anticipated vehicle of 2009? The Prius T3 will set its buyers back £18,370; the T4 costs £19,990; and the T Spirit can be bought for £21,210. The new Prius boasts of improved performance and total economy.

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Does Toyota’s Prius+ MPV add up?

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Earlier this year, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it had shifted four million hybrid models worldwide [link]. Fair enough, it’s only taken them fifteen years,” the cynics may well quip. What may be more impressive is that Toyota expects to hit the five million mark before the end of 2012. That’d require selling one million [.].

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