Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Highland Electric Transportation, a provider of turnkey fleet solutions delivering the latest in zero-emission technologies to school districts and fleet managers, has raised $253 million to accelerate its growth. Highland reduces the complexity of going electric by providing customers a full-service solution of electric vehicles that are owned, powered, and maintained by the company. Highland benefits from government initiatives that accelerate fleet electrification.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 27, 2021

Toyota has launched the seven-seat Highlander SUV in the UK to expand its growing hybrid SUV line-up

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Hybrid SUV Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The mid-size Toyota Highlander Hybrid remains one of the few vehicles on the market that offers a large SUV experience, while getting reasonable fuel economy for its size. For the 2013 model, Toyota has added a new trim to the general Highlander line and makes its previously optional Entune Multimedia System standard across all trims. To start, the Highlander Hybrid is a four-wheel drive SUV that seats seven in three rows of seats. Toyota Highlander

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

Toyota introduced the next-generation three-row 2020 Highlander SUV at the New York International Auto Show. Arriving in Toyota dealerships in winter, the Highlander gasoline model will arrive in December 2019 and the Highlander Hybrid will make its way to customers in February 2020. Just as the first RAV4 launched the compact crossover SUV segment 22 years ago, the original Highlander redefined the midsize family SUV when it arrived in 2001.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2019

Facing its first three-row hybrid rival, the 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid that bowed Thursday at the 2019 New York auto show boasting one big number: 34 mpg combined, according to the automaker’s estimates. That’s 10 mpg higher than early estimates for the 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid. MORE: Toyota shores up against electric-car threat

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Hybrid SUV Blog

JULY 31, 2013

For years, the Toyota Highlander Hybrid has been the go-to hybrid crossover for well-heeled suburbanites who were too embarrassed to drive a minivan. Looking to improve the marketshare of its uber-efficent family wagon, Toyota unveiled a completely redesigned 2014 Toyota Highlander Hybrid at this year’s New York Auto Show. Set to go on sale sometime in late 2013 or early 2014, the new Highlander was designed to be “a mid-size SUV with No Sacrifice”. Toyota Highlander

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Toyota appears to be focusing its hybrid sales toward SUVs and larger vehicles; and if you consider big family vehicles like the Highlander, capable of carrying up to eight, there’s a lot of efficiency to be gained in going hybrid. Over the past week, results posted by the EPA have confirmed exactly how significant that gain is.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2019

When the 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid goes on sale next year, its EPA fuel-economy estimates may match most versions of the Corolla compact sedan. And it has room for eight passengers. To figure out just how Toyota eked out a manufacturer-estimated 34 mpg combined (an EPA number anticipated but not yet confirmed by the agency), Green Car Reports

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Hybrid SUV Blog

JANUARY 24, 2010

The 2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is a large SUV that makes use of the company’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system in order to return fuel economy numbers that are more often associated with family sedans rather than heavy trucks. The Highlander’s combination of enormous interior room and respectable fuel mileage make it a popular choice amongst families on the go. The ‘10 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is unchanged from last year, still available in two trim levels (Base and Limited).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 13, 2011

Unlike dedicated hybrids without a comparable gas-only version, the 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid carries its gasoline-electric powertrain in a body that looks just like the conventional Highlander mid-size crossover utility vehicle. It’s a family-friendly hybrid utility vehicle, spacious and well-equipped, though hardly a car for the

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Hybrid SUV Blog

APRIL 15, 2011

Modest changes give the 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid a slightly different look, better fuel economy, more horsepower, and some additional standard features. The seven-passenger 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid delivers an estimated 28 mpg. The additional horsepower makes the 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid quicker. The 2011 Highlander comes in two trim levels: Base and Limited. The 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid has an MSRP starting at $37,490. >

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2019

And now with the upcoming 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid it’s essentially doing that. Toyota has for a long time teased the idea of making its hybrid powertrain a modestly priced option on mainstream models, on virtually the entire model line, rather than having specialized Hybrid models. Today Toyota revealed pricing for the 2020 model, and

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Hybrid SUV Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

2012 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Review. The Toyota Highlander got a mid-cycle makeover last year (2011) that included changes to its front-end look such as a new hood, grill, headlights, and chrome accented black rocker panels. In addition, the hybrid Highlander now comes equipped with Toyota’s more powerful 280-hp, 3.5-liter V6 engine (a 10 horsepower increase). The 2012 Hybrid Highlander is available in two well-equipped trim levels – Base and Limited.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2019

the Toyota Highlander is looking like a bargain. The Toyota Highlander Hybrid starts under $40,000. In China, EV automaker Xpeng’s owners will be able to access Nio’s underused charging and battery-services network. Globally, Cadillac will go mostly electric by 2030. And here in the U.S., This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Today in Car News

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2016

The refreshed Toyota 2017 Highlander mid-size sport utility vehicle will feature a new Direct Shift 8-speed (8AT automatic transmission), as well as two new grades for the hybrid version of the model. The Highlander Hybrid adds two new grades, (LE and XLE) to its existing lineup of Limited and Platinum models for a total of four. All Highlander Hybrid models will continue to be all-wheel drive (AWD).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid remains the only three-row hybrid crossover utility vehicle sold in the U.S. We had a chance to spend half an hour in a new 2017 Highlander Hybrid during last. today. And for the 2017 model year, it's gotten some mild updates. a power increase, and a critical feature for family vehicles: a total of five USB ports. hybrid SUV Test drive Third-Row Seats Seven-seater SUV

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 17, 2019

At the 2019 New York International Auto Show, Toyota unveiled a new, more efficient Highlander Hybrid. Genesis unveiled a tiny electric coupe. In Shanghai, Chinese startup automaker Nio released a concept version of its next model, the ET Preview sedan. And our latest Twitter poll asks what GM should do with the Volt name now that it no longer

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid tops the efficiency scales if you can’t plug in. Towing an EV1 with an E-Tron helps deliver a reality check on towing. California’s permitting process for charging stations still lags. And electric vehicles are much cleaner than they were less than a decade ago. This and more, here at Green Car. Today in Car News

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

A 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid mid-size SUV arrives later this year and a Sorento Plug-In Hybrid joins the lineup next year as a 2022 model. On Tuesday, Kia releases specs for both.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2013

A brand new generation of the Toyota Highlander crossover made its debut at the 2013 New York Auto Show this morning, and with it came a new version of the popular Highlander Hybrid. The new Highlander is bigger and bolder than the model it replaces, now looking much more like a full-blown SUV than a crossover, though at the same time it promises

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Both the Highlander and Highlander Hybrid vehicles have received a significant revision ahead of a 2011 re-launch. The 2011 Highlander Hybrid has an estimated fuel economy of 28mpg city and 28mpg [.]. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota new Toyota Highlander new Toyota Highlander Hybrid Toyota Highlander Toyota Highlander Hybrid

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

AutoBlogGreen has the details on the '08 Highlander, and it includes an EV mode! Toyota could deliver a plug-in hybrid highlander, get 20 miles all-electric and 75 mpg using NiMH today! Tags: highlander hybrid electric cars plug-in hybrid fuel cell toyota Lithium NiMH Now you will be able to move the car across the street for street cleaning days without using gasoline.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2019

We sat down with the chief engineer of the new 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid to learn how it reaches fuel-economy estimates similar to the compact Corolla. Tesla CEO Elon Musk reaches a new settlement with the SEC to avoid contempt charges. Some new infrastructure could help boost wind power in California. And New York puts its public. solar wind energy

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Hybrid SUV Blog

APRIL 15, 2011

Modest changes give the 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid a slightly different look, better fuel economy, more horsepower, and some additional standard features. The seven-passenger 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid delivers an estimated 28 mpg. The additional horsepower makes the 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid quicker. The 2011 Highlander comes in two trim levels: Base and Limited. The 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid has an MSRP starting at $37,490. >

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Green Cars News

MAY 12, 2020

Toyota will launch the seven-seat Highlander SUV in the UK next year to expand its growing hybrid SUV line-up

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Toyota announced yesterday that it would conduct a voluntary recall of 133,000 Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX400h crossover utility vehicles. The affected vehicles cover model years 2006 through 2010 for the Highlander, and 2006 through 2008 for the RX. Both vehicles share a platform and use the same powertrain. The recall will fix transistors in

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

One involves approximately 133,000 MY 2006-2010 Highlander Hybrid and MY 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h vehicles. In the involved Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX 400h vehicles, transistors within the hybrid system’s inverter assembly can experience heat damage due to variations in characteristics of the transistors’ parallel circuits. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., will conduct two voluntary safety recalls.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Toyota will increase production of the Highlander mid-size SUV in late 2013 at the company’s Princeton, Ind. The company will invest about $400 million to support global demand for the Highlander, which will no longer be built in Japan by late 2013. Toyota builds Highlander in China for that market only. Annual Highlander production volume is expected to increase by approximately 50,000 units at TMMI.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2016

Today, Toyota announces the refreshed 2017 Highlander Hybrid and a new Prius hybrid variant for the 2016 New York Auto Show, and we look at when electric-car tax credits expire. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Nissan Leaf is withdrawn from New Zealand, and electric-car sales there plummet as a result. The refreshed 2017 Toyota. Today in Car News

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2016

Debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show, the 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid gets some styling and mechanical changes, as well as a reshuffling of trim levels. While the new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid has received much attention recently, the Japanese firm's larger hybrid crossover is now getting a mid-cycle update as well. The hybrid model gets a new. New York Auto Show Third-Row Seats Seven-seater SUV

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Buy a gasoline 2012 Toyota Highlander crossover in the U.S., Opt for the more fuel efficient 2012 Toyota Highlander Hybrid model, and your car will have been made a third of the way around the world in Japan. and the chances are it will have been made at Toyota’s Princetown factory in Indiana. Not for much longer, says Toyota Motor North

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Toyota has significantly revised its Highlander and Highlander Hybrid crossover sport utility vehicles for 2011. Among the changes, the Highlander Hybrid debuts a new, more powerful 3.5-liter V6 for 2011, replacing the previous 3.3-liter V6, while also improving fuel economy. The 2011 Highlander Hybrid receives EPA estimated fuel economy ratings of 28 mpg city and 28 mpg highway (8.4 Conventional engine Highlander.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

> Highlands EnviroFuels, LLC has signed a letter of intent to become a Gevo licensee to produce renewable isobutanol, using syrup from sugar cane and sweet sorghum as feedstock. Highlands will build a commercial-scale “Brazilian-style” syrup mill in Highlands County, Florida, which would have a production capacity of approximately 200,000 metric tons of fermentable sugar per year. — Bradley Krohn, President of Highlands.

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Hybrid SUV Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

If you are in the market for a brand spankin’ new hybrid SUV with the ability to haul all your friends, your toys and still not spend a fortune at the pump, the 2009 Toyota Highlander hybrid is a great pick. Priced from $34,700 to $41,020, this sister to the conventionally fueled Highlander doesn’t vary much in terms of style and options from its counterpart. When comparing a gas-only Highlander to a hybrid version, the main difference lies under the hood.

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Hybrid SUV Blog

MAY 27, 2009

Head To Head: 2009 Ford Escape hybrid vs 2009 Toyota Highlander hybrid. In comparison, the price out the door for a 2009 hybrid Toyota Highlander really depends on how many options or which package you select. Essentially, the base Highlander starts where the Escape leaves off. Expect to pay just under $35k for an entry level hybrid Highlander (all wheel drive is your only choice) and more than $40,000 for the Limited version.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

On February 15, the NHTSA opened an investigation into 32 complaints of engine stalling in 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid sport-utility vehicles. While Toyota clearly hopes the worst of its recall problems are behind it, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a new investigation into an older Toyota vehicle. Of those, 21

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2012

BP last week announced it was canceling plans to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Highlands County, Florida and refocusing its US biofuels strategy on research and development as well as licensing its biofuels technology. The Highlands project (formerly known as Vercipia Biofuels, earlier post ) was targeted to be the first commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel plant using dedicated energy grass.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2011

The affected models are the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and the Lexus RX 400h, which share an understructure and Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive system. Toyota said today it will begin a voluntary safety recall that covers about 82,000 hybrid sport utility vehicles sold in the U.S. during 2006 and 2007. Lexus will recall roughly 36,700 RX 400h

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2012

If you need to carry up to seven people at once, and you're quite horrified by the mileage ratings on most of the three-row vehicles that are truly up to the task, we have the vehicle for you: the 2012 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. With EPA ratings of 28 mpg city, 28 highway, it's the highest-mileage three-row vehicle, based on Combined

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2009

held a line-off ceremony today for the Highlander SUV, produced on GTMC’s new production line at its plant in Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The China-produced Highlander has a 2009 sales target of 20,000 vehicles; the new line will eventually produce 160,000 units per year. For GTMC, production of the Highlander marks its third vehicle series, following the Camry, which went into production in May 2006, and the Yaris, which GTMC first produced in May 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

TMS) will conduct a voluntary safety recall involving approximately 45,500 Highlander Hybrid and 36,700 Lexus RX 400h vehicles sold in the US. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. No other Toyota or Lexus vehicles are involved. The Intelligent Power Module (IPM) located inside the Hybrid System Inverter contains a control board with transistors.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Chip technology has steadily increased the resolution and lowered the cost of digital cameras

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Under the agreement, Highland and its project partners, including Thomas Built Buses, Proterra, and Annapolis-based American Bus, will electrify all five of MCPS’ bus depots, supplying the electric school buses and charging infrastructure along with services including managed charging.

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