article thumbnail

New Toyota Yaris brings expanded hybrid line-up, enhanced safety and digital user experience

Green Car Congress

Toyota announced a series of improvements and enhancements to strengthen its Yaris Hybrid hatchback range, increasing the market appeal of a model range that has proved an outstanding success for the brand. Toyota is introducing additional and enhanced safety features to further enhance the Yaris’ safety leadership with the new Yaris.

Toyota 434
article thumbnail

Toyota shows an electric van the length of a Mini Cooper

Green Car Reports

The 2023 Tokyo auto show is chock full of new concept cars and production models, but perhaps none as novel as the Toyota Kayoibako concept. Fittingly, the word Japanese word "kayoibako" refers to shipping. The Kayoibako is an electric van that, at about 157 inches long and on a 110.2-inch

Toyota 178
article thumbnail

Toyota confirms fuel-cell, plug-in hybrid versions of Crown

Green Car Reports

The Toyota Crown lineup is due to expand with hydrogen fuel-cell and plug-in hybrid powertrains, as well as multiple body styles, Toyota confirmed Wednesday—although it hasn't yet confirmed what is coming to the U.S. for the 2023 model year with hybrid powertrains and a raised-sedan body style Toyota now refers.

Plug-in 167
article thumbnail

2023 Toyota Prius: Prime PHEV aims for 50% more electric miles

Green Car Reports

Toyota on Wednesday introduced a new generation of its iconic Prius that’s quicker, more efficient, and better-equipped—plus a new version of the Prius Prime plug-in hybrid that does all that and gets a big electric range boost. Toyota peppered the introduction of the new Prius and Prius Prime with references to sportiness.

Prius 167
article thumbnail

Report: Toyota Boosts Wages Ahead of UAW Ratification Votes

The Truth About Cars

While the United Automobile Workers (UAW) are preparing to vote on contract proposals offered by Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, non-union Toyota is increasing hourly wages. Based on reporting from Automotive News , it even looks like Toyota may have been bench-marking the new union contracts. The raise amounts to a 9.2

Toyota 119
article thumbnail

Toyota & Honda partner on fuel cell bus mobile power generation system to supply electricity in disasters

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda R&D Co., To address this issue, Toyota and Honda will bring technologies together to create a mobile power generation/output system and conduct demonstration testing of delivering electricity to people. normal time and time of emergency.

Honda 397
article thumbnail

Toyota Lunar Cruiser could take hydrogen fuel-cell tech to the moon

Green Car Reports

In 2019, Toyota and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced plans for a hydrogen fuel-cell lunar rover, to launch later in the decade. Now the vehicle has a name—Toyota Lunar Cruiser. The Lunar.

Toyota 183