Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., will debut the subcompact Prius c ( earlier post ) next January at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Positioned as an entry into the Prius Family, the Prius c will offer fuel economy better than 50 mpg US (4.7 Prius Family Specifications. Prius Plug-in.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS),USA, Inc., announced the one-millionth sale of the Toyota Prius in the United States. Since the Prius went on sale eleven years ago not a year has gone by when it hasn’t been the number one selling hybrid vehicle in the US. billion in fuel costs, and 12.4 million tons of CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Toyota anticipates that the 2016 Prius ( earlier post ) will deliver fuel economy ratings of 54 MPG city / 50 MPG highway / 52 MPG combined. As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2013

Toyota Motor Sales, USA will conduct a voluntary safety recall involving approximately 87,000 model year 2010 Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h vehicles. The involved vehicles are equipped with a brake pressure accumulator that may develop a fatigue crack on an internal part due to vibration.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. TMS) announced that New York City will join the company’s US Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration program. As part of the demonstration program, two Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles will be handed over to the NYCDOT and three to the Port Authority to be used in their fleets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2011

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) reported a decrease in December sales year-on-year on a raw volume basis of 5.5%. The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever December sales of 15,253 units, up 33% by volume over December 2009. Prius logged 140,928 units sold for the full year, up 0.9% to 754,210 units.

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2010 Prius Toyota Sale 210

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. SwRI engineers used internal funding to deploy the eco-driving technology in a mobile driver advisory app that runs on regular smart phones or tablets. Earlier post.).

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Connect Connected Fuel Fort Worth 418

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Drivesolar.org has compiled a list of the 42 different plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle models on display at the Frankfurt International Motor Show as well as their location on the exhibit floor as a convenience for visitors. Tesla is also displaying its battery pack, for a 43 rd entry.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Some previous Prius plug-in conversion kits allowed motorists to go as fast as 52 miles per hour using a “forced stealth” mode. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

Drawing from a 2012 BMW patent application showing one embodiment of a proposed method to increase the efficiency of an electric motor. The 50 kg electric motor powering the BMW i3 generates a maximum output of 125 kW for a specific power (SP) of 2.5 Source: BMW patent application Nº 2012/0267977. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2016

On the eve of the 2016 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Toyota announced that it will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the Corolla and Levin—two mass-market models, both of which have conventional hybrid variants—in China during 2018. Later, the establishment of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has developed a vehicle-to_home (V2H) system for the mutual sharing of power between plug-in vehicles—plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs)—and homes. when running the engine in the Prius PHV as a generator. Energy management with the V2H system. Click to enlarge.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The word “hybrid” is of Greek origin and means “having two sources” As the name implies, a hybrid car gets its power from two different sources, so it has more than one drive system: an electric motor and an internal combustion engine. That depends mainly on the specific driving situation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Honda Motor Co. First, Honda will further develop its lightweight and compact one-motor hybrid system (IMA) with the aim of achieving leading fuel economy among all hybrid vehicles. Honda is also developing a new more powerful two-motor hybrid system for mid-size vehicles. Electric driving is supported by a 6.7 Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 1, 2023

engine which tag teams an electric motor and 15.5-kWh Combined fuel economy is an official 29 miles per gallon, which isn’t exactly Prius territory but neither is the power output of the Tonale. With that minor rant out of the way, we’ll remind you that the Tonale is powered by a 1.3L ft of torque.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Unlike exhaust-driven turbochargers, electric superchargers are driven by an electric motor. This technology, which leverages a switched reluctance motor with very low inertia, responds much more quickly than a conventional turbocharger. version of the vehicle but with fuel economy and CO 2 emissions approaching those of a Prius.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in collaboration with its customer service IT company, Toyota Media Service Corporation, has developed a tool to support easy home-based charging of the Prius PHV plug-in hybrid vehicle, due for launch next year, and electric vehicles (EVs). Toyota’s H2V units. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 24, 2023

But the mass market was confused; these new cars had an additional battery to provide electricity to an electric motor. During coasting or braking, the electric motor that drives the wheels is electrically operated in reverse and acts as a generator.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Plug-in Plug Recharge 83

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in cooperation with Duke Energy and non-profit industry initiative Energy Systems Network (ESN), will participate in a joint smart-grid pilot project in Indiana, the United States. and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. are also to participate in the project.

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Indiana Grid Toyota Charging 244

Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Jakarta – PT Toyota-Astra Motor (TAM) officially handed over 143 units of battery electric vehicles to the government to support the G20 Summit held in Bali on November 15-16. The 143 electric cars consist of 41 units of Toyota bZ4X and 102 units of Lexus UX 300e.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

Fluid paths have also been changed to flow transmission oil over the vehicle’s drive motor, increasing its efficiency. Improvements in recent years have included the optimization of oil catch tanks at the top of the transaxles to channel splashed fluid to various internal components. Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed an automated pulse-and-glide technique using a flywheel energy storage system for on-road vehicles; the technology, which NASA Glenn says can improve fuel economy over existing internal combustion or battery hybrid systems by 40-100%, is available for licensing.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2010

The G series name is based on the G associated with classic Toyota sports models like the Toyota 2000GT and the Celica GT-Four, and may include G versions of hybrids such as the Prius, or the GRMN sports hybrid concept shown at Tokyo’s Auto Salon, one of the world’s largest customized car shows. Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 Prius G Sports Concept.

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Conversion Toyota Hybrid Prius 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Six months after revealing the LF-Ch compact concept hybrid at the Frankfurt show, Toyota will unveil the new Lexus CT 200h compact hybrid at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Toyota showed the Toyota FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 17, 2023

News: 2025 Volkswagen ID7 Midsize Electric Sedan Flagship for the VW EV Juggernaut Volkswagen is making another step in its transition to an all-electric line-up with the introduction of its midsize sedan, the 2025 ID7, this week at the New York International Auto Show. The ID7 continues the company’s numerical progression.

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Europe China SUV Clean 86

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. —Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President/CEO.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) unveiled the FT-Bh (Future Toyota B-segment Hybrid), a lightweight, next-generation small gasoline-electric hybrid concept car at the 82nd Geneva International Motor Show. —Didier Leroy , President and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe. Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in Hybrid Toyota MPG 317

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda’s roadmap to the ideal internal combustion engine. the step-by-step introduction of electrification to SKYACTIV internal combustion engines: stop-start, followed by regenerative braking, followed by electric motor drive technologies. Energy balance in an internal combustion engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. From March 2006 he was engaged in Plug-in Hybrid vehicle planning and development, and, in 2007, became planning and development leader for the Prius Plug-in project.

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2015 Toyota Fuel Market 274

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

California uses the EMFAC (EMission FACtors) emissions model; the rest of the US uses the EPA MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator) model. SeaTac Toyota Prius taxis mean grams of pollutant per kilogram of fuel emissions (●) by model year compared to Toyota Prius model emissions measured on-road at the WLA measurement site (△).

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Emissions Fleet Light Taxi 150

Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We investigated some of the most common questions and concerns about the dangers of owning and driving an EV and how they compare to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) in terms of safety. Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV). Don’t worry about dodging puddles in your Prius!

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

SUV EVs are taking the market by storm as models appear throughout the diverse market, walking away with accolades as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 did with Motor Trend’s SUV of the Year award. Our testers had similar (best in class) feelings about the new 2023 Toyota Prius and the 2022 BMW i4 M50. The Clean Fleet Report Report Card.

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F-150 Las Vegas Ford Clean 86

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Toyota has become a new international auto partner for the Germany-based Clean Energy Partnership (CEP). Tadashi Arashima, President and CEO Toyota Motor Europe. Toyota is showcasing its EV (electric vehicle), plug-in hybrid vehicles, battery design and hydrogen fuel cell hybrid technologies at the Geneva motor show.

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Green car technology is expected to take the ‘International Engine of the Year’ awards by storm this year. Last year’s winner, BMW, renowned for its Efficient Dynamics technology and for its range of class-leading green cars, has a fight on its hands to achieve a record-breaking fifth consecutive International Engine of the Year title.

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International Green Engine 2009 39

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled new advanced engines and transmissions and further evolved hybrid systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Toyota has named its new line of internal-combustion power plants “Dynamic Force Engines”. Dynamic Force Engines. Advancement of Toyota Hybrid System II (THS-II).

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