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Toyota Will Only Sell Hybrid Corollas In Europe And Japan

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Gasoline-only variants have been eliminated to make room for more hybrids, which Toyota believes will help it adhere to increasingly strict emissions regulations. Japan has officially discontinued all Corolla models on the home market that dont utilize some level of electrification.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. This criteria only left the Prius in play.

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2019 Prius offered with new electric all-wheel drive system

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Toyota is offering a new electric all-wheel drive system (AWD-e) on the facelifted 2019 Prius. Toyota projects fuel economy of 52 mpg city / 48 mpg highway / 50 mpg combined for the AWD-e model, and estimates that the AWD-e model—which is debuting at the LA Auto Show—could account for as much as 25% of annual US Prius sales.

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Prius c hybrid goes on sale in US with entry MSRP of $18,950; new transaxle, motor technology

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The new transaxle in the Prius c features a new cooling system; overall this new hybrid unit with its 2 motor system is now approaching the same weight as single motor competitive systems and is maintaining a competitive size profile, according to Toyota. The Prius Family will have a big hand in defining Toyota’s future.

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Worldwide Prius sales top 3-million mark; Prius family sales at 3.4 million

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that as of the end of June, worldwide cumulative sales of the Prius gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (generations I, II and III) passed the 3-million mark. Total global Prius nameplate sales (the expanded Prius family) are at 3.436 million units. TMC launched the Prius in 1997.

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Toyota targeting thermal efficiency of more than 45% for next-generation gasoline engines for hybrids

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The engine used in the first- and second-generation Prius (the 1.5L unit in the third-generation Prius (2ZR-FXE) has a thermal efficiency of about 38%. The engine used in the first- and second-generation Prius (the 1.5L unit in the third-generation Prius (2ZR-FXE) has a thermal efficiency of about 38%. no alternator).

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Toyota wraps up 3-year Strasbourg Prius PHV demo project; average 46% reduction in fuel consumption compared to gasoline ICE vehicles

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The partners revealed the final conclusions collected from this large-scale demonstration, in which approximately 70 units of the Prius PHV were provided to Strasbourg. Up to 61% of CO 2 emissions can be reduced compared to conventional gasoline cars of similar size. times the number of Prius sold in a full year when launched in 2000.

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