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Toyota and Subaru to Sell Electric Cars
The electric vehicles market will start to vary from next year. While Subaru promises a four seated electric vehicle, Toyota confirmed for the first time the plans that put to sale an electric vehicle before 2010.
Haynes Releases Toyota Prius Repair Handbook
Now, in the times of hybrid cars that nobody knows how to repair, they are also trying to make a name by releasing a Toyota Prius repair handbook. Even if you’re a rookie in car repairs, or an advanced mechanic (or electrician), you can learn how to fix the very complicated hybrid car.
Toyota Prius Converted to Run on Ethanol
Recently inspired by public demand and by the conversions made by third party companies to make it a plug-in hybrid, Toyota seriously intends to equip their cars with various fueling systems, so you can charge the batteries at night.
Toyota Prius Will Have Solar Panels by Next Year
Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it will introduce an air conditioning system based on solar energy to the new Prius models next year. General Motors (GM), on the other hand, will launch the small environment-friendly Chevrolet Beat.
Toyota’s “1/x” Hybrid Car Concept
The Japanese from Toyota want to make something that’s never been done before. They want to conceive a vehicle that has 1/3 the weight of a Prius, and 1/2 of its consumption. Let’s not talk about the carbon dioxide emissions.
Toyota says “no” to Diesel hybrids
Katsuaki Watanabe, Toyota’s president, said in a speech held at the Geneva Motor Show that their company will not produce diesel hybrids in the near future, even if the competition does. For example, VW has in plan to produce its Golf Diesel Hybrid. Similar examples are offered by Mercedes Benz and BMW.
At the Detroit Auto [...]
Still Insufficient Power for the Plug-In Prius
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a “plug-in” hybrid car based on its popular Prius model on Wednesday, saying it would test the fuel-saving vehicle on public roads — a first for the industry.
But the world’s biggest automaker said the car, called the Toyota Plug-in HV, was not fit for commercialisation since it uses low-energy [...]
Toyota Denies Battery Issues on Their Next Prius
A Toyota official said recently the Li-Ion battery of the next generation Prius is not a problem in the company’s process of developing the new vehicle. Although Sony had experienced troubles with over-heated Li-Ion batteries, Toyota says it’s not the case in the Prius battery. The silence around this subject is because they want to [...]
