Teslas Have Cheapest 10-Year Maintenance Costs: Consumer Reports
InsideEVs
APRIL 24, 2024
Tesla beats out Toyota on estimated maintenance and repair costs, according to a new study.
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InsideEVs
APRIL 24, 2024
Tesla beats out Toyota on estimated maintenance and repair costs, according to a new study.
Teslarati
APRIL 22, 2024
Tesla’s 10-year maintenance and repair costs are the most affordable in the automotive industry, as shown in a new data analysis publicized last week. “If you are considering a luxury model, it may be wise to purchase one from a domestic brand that may have lower maintenance and repair costs,” Elek added.
Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2018
Toyota Motor Corporation, with Toyota City, will start Japan’s first verification testing for road maintenance inspections using vehicle data obtained from connected cars, beginning 1 August. The roles of each party participating in the verification testing will be as follows: Toyota City. Toyota Motor.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2022
Toyota’s second-generation Mirai, a premium rear-wheel drive fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with coupe-like design, is offering Toyota Teammate advanced driver assistance technology for model year 2022. Toyota Teammate, available on the 2022 Mirai Limited grade, provides two functions: Advanced Drive and Advanced Park.
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2023
Komatsu and Toyota Motor launched a joint project to develop an Autonomous Light Vehicle (ALV) that will run on Komatsu’s Autonomous Haulage System (AHS). In light of those circumstances and in an effort to solve those issues quickly, Komatsu and Toyota have joined together to accelerate autonomy in mines.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 23, 2024
As part of its 2023 Annual Auto Surveys, Consumer Reports asked owners how much they paid out of pocket for maintenance costs like oil changes over the previous 12 months. Teslas are less expensive to maintain than other car brands, including some with strong reputations for reliability, according to Consumer Reports.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 16, 2020
Tokuyama Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have commenced verification tests, using by-product hydrogen, of a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) installed in the Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 26, 2022
CerebrumX Lab, an AI-driven automotive data services & management platform ( earlier post ), is partnering with Toyota to provide real-time insights aimed at making connected fleet operations safer and cost-effective.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2020
Toyota Motor Corporation and Amazon Web Services, Inc. In expanding Toyota’s relationship with AWS, Shigeki Tomoyama, Chief Information & Security Officer and Chief Production Officer at Toyota Motor Corporation, said, “ Connectivity drives all of the processes of development, production, sales and service in the automotive business.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) equipped in the Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). The FC generator has been installed within the Honsha plant grounds in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, and verification tests have now commenced.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2020
Toyota is collaborating with Joby Aviation (Joby), an aerospace company that is developing and commercializing all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to enable the deployment of fast, quiet and affordable air transportation services. —Toyota Motor Corporation President and CEO Akio Toyoda. Joby’s eVTOL.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) is introducing “total-care service,” a pioneering set of mobility services specially designed for ride-hailing companies. Through this Total-care Service, ride-hailing companies can provide their driver-partners with more cost-efficient and timely maintenance services.
The Truth About Cars
JUNE 11, 2024
Today we're going with a pretty clean 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser. Recent maintenance includes key fluid changes, a new battery, and new spark plugs. This one seems to be pretty stock, with only the kind of minor imperfections that come with age. It's got a six-speed manual transmission and has about 143,000 miles on it.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 15, 2021
All vehicles require some form of maintenance. That said, drivers will typically spend less on long-term maintenance than they would for an internal combustion engine (ICE) car over time. So, just how expensive is EV maintenance overall? Average Maintenance Costs. Preventive Maintenance Tips for Your EV.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 10, 2024
Piggybacking off our earlier match between the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 , this week’s throw-down will be between the 2024 Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. Toyota takes a different approach by hybridizing its VVT-i, offering better overall fuel efficiency and perhaps longevity. On the Hondas you start with a 2.0-liter,
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2023
Edmonton International Airport (YEG) and Toyota Canada are partnering to bring 100 Mirai fuel cell vehicles to Alberta. In future years Letenda will build a hydrogen-centerd maintenance and parts distribution center to serve western Canada, located at YEG.
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2019
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) concluded an agreement with Didi Chuxing (DiDi) to expand collaboration in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in China. As part of this agreement, Toyota will invest US$600 million in DiDi and a joint venture, which the two companies will establish with GAC Toyota Motor Co.,
The Driven EV News
APRIL 27, 2023
While many think that EVs are still too expensive, factoring in fuel and maintenance costs over the vehicle's lifetime changes the economics of car ownership. The post Tesla Model 3 total cost of ownership similar to Toyota Corolla over 5 years appeared first on The Driven.
Baua Electric
APRIL 23, 2024
As part of its 2023 Annual Auto Surveys, Consumer Reports asked owners how much they paid out of pocket for maintenance costs like oil changes over the previous 12 months. Researchers then compared… The post Study: Tesla leads with lowest ownership cost, beats Toyota appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.
The Truth About Cars
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Interestingly, the Toyota website suggests the LC 70 will be available through a subscription service called Kinto. The outfit apparently includes insurance, tax, maintenance, and the like; signing up can be done online or at a Toyota dealership. & [Images: Toyota] Become a& TTAC insider.
The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Today's UCOTD is a special 2012 Toyota FJ Cruiser. The owner has done some maintenance such as replacing the battery, cabin air filter, the spark plugs, and fluids and oil, including a coolant flush. It's a Trail Teams Special Edition. This one has a six-speed manual and has about 146,500 miles on the odometer.
The Truth About Cars
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
For Toyota, the problem was slightly more dire, as the issue shut down production at no fewer than fourteen different facilities – basically all its operations in Japan. Calling it a “malfunction in our production order system” which happened at the end of last month, regular maintenance work apparently created the snafu.
EV Central
MARCH 15, 2024
There’s fashionably late, and then there’s whatever the hell you call Toyota’s mega-tardy arrival to Australia’s EV party. 2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD price and equipment The top-spec bZ4X lists at $77,990, which makes it marginally cheaper than the Tesla Model Y Long Range, which lists at $78,400.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Autonomous driving software company Aurora has entered a long-term, global, and strategic collaboration with Toyota and Denso, one of the largest global manufacturers and tier-one automotive suppliers, respectively, to build and globally deploy self-driving cars at scale.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 10, 2022
This joint study will run through March 2026 and is a collaboration project with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Toyota Tsusho America Inc., Hino, Toyota-Tsusho and Mitsui’s technology of choice for this project is advanced hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks. Mitsui E&S Machinery Co. and PACECO CORP, along with Hino.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 7, 2019
Toyota Motor Corporation has launched its updated Sora Fuel Cell Electrified Vehicle bus (FCEV bus) with improvements to its preventive safety performance. Specifically, Toyota has improved the Sora’s preventive safety performance through the use of ITS functions (ITS: Intelligent Transport Systems).
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
But for many drivers, the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid might indeed be the light and refreshing mixer they need. The Corolla Cross Hybrid is yet another extension of the Prius concept across the Toyota lineup. I kinda dig the stripes on the leatherette (Toyota calls it SofTex) seating. This is not a car for drivers.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is partnering with Launch Mobility, a developer of shared mobility solutions, to develop a product that will make previously leased vehicles available for short-term rentals to rideshare drivers. access to the TFS field teams to market test a new solution.
Green Car Congress
MAY 3, 2018
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is constructing a closed-course test facility to develop automated vehicle technology. By constructing a course for ourselves, we can design it around our unique testing needs and rapidly advance capabilities, especially with Toyota Guardian automated vehicle mode [ earlier post ].
The Truth About Cars
MAY 30, 2023
On Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corp. Meanwhile, Hino Motors has been wholly owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Meanwhile, Hino Motors has been wholly owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Now, Fuso and parent Daimler Truck have signed a memorandum of understanding with Hino and parent Toyota.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Hydrogen Sensor Laboratory was used recently in a partnership with KPA Services, LLC (KPA), at the request of Toyota Motors to validate hydrogen sensors for incorporation into their system to adapt vehicle repair facilities for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 8, 2023
Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid 40+ MPG Small SUV Starting Under $30,000 Another notch in Toyota’s hybrid belt The Toyota Corolla is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world and Toyota is the largest seller of hybrid vehicles in the world. To keep those lofty perches, sitting still will not do.
The Truth About Cars
JULY 27, 2023
This 2002 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner TRD has more than 283K miles on the clock, it's 21 years old, and the price is $15,000. Today's UCOTD is, uh, interesting. This two-wheel-drive truck has a lot of aftermarket parts.
The Truth About Cars
APRIL 22, 2024
With the average vehicle now older than ever before and fewer people capable of spending the kind of money required to purchase a brand-new automobile, maintenance has become even more relevant. A dud from a company offering below-average maintenance costs may very well outpace the typical vehicle from a brand that’s known for pricey upkeep.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2018
At CES in Las Vegas, Toyota Motor introduced the autonomous electric e-Palette Concept Vehicle, which is designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications. Toyota remains committed to making ever better cars. DiDi, Mazda and Uber will also join as technology partners. e-Palette Concept Vehicle.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2018
Toyota Motor Corporation has concluded an agreement with Grab Holdings Inc. Grab) to strengthen their existing partnership and expand the collaboration between Toyota and Grab in Southeast Asia to drive further advances in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) across the region. In March this year, it acquired Uber Technologies Inc.’s
Green Car Congress
MARCH 31, 2017
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed Japan’s first leisure craft with a parallel hybrid system. Toyota will conduct a feasibility study of hybrid boats from July 2018 to March 2021 in Tokyo. Specifically, Toyota will loan the hybrid “PONAM-28V” model to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government with no charge.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 26, 2018
In Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chita City, Toyota City, Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries have launched the Chita City and Toyota City Renewable Energy-use Low-carbon Hydrogen Project.
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The Toyota Crown has been around since 1955 in Japan, and was the first Toyota model exported to the United States in 1957, where it was sold until 1960. Sixty-three years later and in its 16th generation, the Crown has returned to the United States as a crossover, or as Toyota calls it, a “lifted sedan.” All models get a 12.3-inch
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
After an 18-month delay, Toyota finally launched its first electric car, the bZ4X, in Australia. Toyota looks to defend its title as the best-selling car brand in the country as EV leaders like Tesla are gaining market share. Toyota launched the bZ4X electric SUV, its first EV in Australia, starting at $66,000 (plus on-road costs).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2017
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Toyota Financial Services Corporation (TFS), Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (Aioi) and Grab, Inc. —Shigeki Tomoyama, Senior Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation and President of the Connected Company. This project will now be extended to Southeast Asia for the first time. Earlier post.).
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 5, 2023
Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime PHEV Plug-in Hybrid Technology in an All-New Package Toyota is taking the lead suggesting how you should drive a plug-in hybrid. Toyota invited the automotive media to Carlsbad, California, in late March for the first drives of what turns-out to be a significantly improved Prius Prime.
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 8, 2022
Toyota has added another model to its ever increasing stable of electrified vehicles with the all-new 2023 Sequoia now exclusively hybrid powered. Fuel economy numbers have not been announced, but the same gasoline-hybrid power plant in the Toyota Tundra pickup gets 20 mpg city/24 highway/22 combined. All-New, All Hybrid.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2014
Morgan Auto Conference in New York, Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales (USA) Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations said that the company in spending an average of more than $1 million an hour this year on R&D. Carter noted that Toyota has reduced the cost of the fuel cell powertrain by 95% , and is confident it can reduce the cost further.
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