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2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV: 42 mile EV range/600 total miles! A smash hit!

Current EV

By John Coulter, CURRENT EV CMO In its new Prime, Toyota offers a RAV4 green version that employs a hybrid drivetrain relying on a gas engine and electric motors that draw power from a plug and regenerative braking. That makes the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime the crown jewel of the brand’s SUV lineup.”. Time will tell.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

Green Cars News

The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1 st August 2009. If Apple made a car, it would probably be the third generation Prius”. Counter-intuitively, the new Prius uses a new four-cylinder, 1.8-litre

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Is the Prius the greenest car of all?

Green Cars News

Why the Toyota Prius of course. That’s the verdict of Germany’s VCD Automobile Club’s annual list of the most environmentally friendly vehicles, which only served to highlight Toyota’s dominance in the sector. Mirror, mirror on the wall… which is the greenest car of all?

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

In an age of over-stimulation, it doesn’t take much for a consumer to develop a rather daunting list of conscious and sub-conscious concerns about purchasing a hybrid. ” Why is the Prius a success? Second, the Prius has a high quality of execution. You can move from a BMW 3 series into a Prius and be proud.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Reflecting back just a few years, this list is amazing. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics.

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Australia begins plug-in hybrid vehicle trials

Green Cars News

Add Australia to the list of countries keen to be at the forefront of plug-in hybrid technology. Engineers from CSIRO modified Toyota Prius vehicles, removing the OEM battery pack and instead installing a larger 6kWh, 30Ah NiMH battery pack with five times the capacity of the original.

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Greenest and least green cars in the UK revealed

Green Cars News

At the other end of the scale, the Toyota Prius lost its crown as the country’s most environmentally friendly car to the Honda Insight which was named as the Green Car of the Year 2009. The greenest cars in the UK however, include the Toyota iQ VVT-I at 99g/km; the Toyota Yaris 1.4 City - best: Toyota iQ 1.0