Posts Tagged prius

Toyota to Launch 2012 Facelifted Prius in Europe

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on January 16, 2012

Toyota’s flagship hybrid, Prius, has received a new facelift at the beginning of 2012. What has once been world’s first commercially-available hybrid car now received new multimedia systems, but the performance figures stay the same. The front bumper has been revised, the air intake is now bigger, and the headlights feature daylight-visible LEDs. The rear [...]

Toyota Undergoing Hybrid Coolant System Repairs on 650,000 Priuses Worldwide

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on November 30, 2010

After the floor mats that have been trapping accelerators, or the faulty gas pedals, defective braking systems and stalling engines, now the automaker has to perform repairs to the pumps that cool the hybrid system.

Toyota's Hybrid Cars Attacked By New Pollution Figures: Scoring Higher Than Average

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry, Hybrid vehicles on October 21, 2010

The Toyota Prius has been one of the most driven cars by Hollywood movie stars and green lovers. Even I would love to drive one, and I’m not much of star myself. The advertisements of low CO2 emissions and low fuel consumption are tempting enough to take you to the showroom and buy one.

Prius Breaks Silence With Add-On Noise Generator for Pedestrian Safety

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on August 24, 2010

I had been glad to hear that you couldn’t hear Priuses as they passed by. I even stopped my engine once (I have a diesel) to hear the electric motor’s humming – it sounded differently than others, something I had never experienced before. That was in 2007.

GM Cancels the 53mpg Hybrid Chevrolet and Proceeds to PHEVs

Posted by Cristi in Car industry on December 22, 2009

Even though electric vehicles seem to be the future, some car manufacturers do not rush into changing to green, alternative energy sources. There is some incertitude when it comes to changing so fast from fossil fuels and some automakers just take their time to see what is best for the market.

Prius Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) Present at Tokyo Motor Show

Posted by Cristi in Electric Vehicles, Hybrid vehicles on October 18, 2009

A long time ago, Toyota Motor Corporation has started its green thinking trend with hybrid cars which revolutionized fuel consumption. Now they found a way to combine electric vehicles with hybrid ones and they presented their concept just days before the Tokyo Motor Show.

Remarkable Lifetime Results for EV Batteries

Posted by Cristi in Energy Storage on June 10, 2009

Scientists from Southern California Edison (SCE) have developed an tested for two and a half years a lithium-ion battery sub-pack with very encouraging results. The battery tested survived 180,000miles with no significant deterioration.

In My Prius: Funny Hip-Hop Video About Toyota's Car

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles, Video on May 27, 2009

It’s time for some fun once in a while on The Green Optimistic. I wish I could do that a habit and, once a week, present some funny environmentally-related video. If there are lots of them, I’ll even make a category.

Toyota Preparing to Launch a Cheap Hybrid Vehicle

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on March 27, 2009

Toyota has announced that plans to develop a cheaper hybrid vehicle, a competitor for the Insight model which just entered the U.S. market. Toyota officials have revealed that their hybrid will be developed on the current Yaris platform.

BMW's New 116D (Diesel) as Efficient as Today's Hybrids

Posted by Florin in Efficient engines, Hybrid vehicles on January 29, 2009

German vehicle constructor BMW is trying to show us that it can produce not only fast, luxury and fuel-greedy vehicles, but also very fuel-efficient cars.

BMW’s 1 series is offering the greenest diesel experience from BMW. The 2 liters four-cylinder diesel…

Toyota Planning to Release a Full Electric Car

Posted by Florin in Electric Vehicles on January 13, 2009

I was wondering what else is Toyota doing for a complete environmentally friendly car. And there was the FT-EV concept.

Prius PHEV Testing Started on French Roads

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on September 13, 2008

They are testing their Toyota PHEVs with the help of their employees in a real urban environment. They have already built a charger infrastructure and a method for charging the users’ pockets, incorporated in the vehicle’s software.

Prius vs BMW M3 vs MPG at Top Gear: Who Wins?

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles, Video on September 11, 2008

I really didn’t like what Top Gear guys did the last time to a Prius, but this time I think they have a point (partially). They’re going to race a Toyota Prius (1.5L)versus a BMW M3 (4L). Of course the BMW will win the competition… but wait… not the speed competition. The BMW will get 19mpg and the Prius only 17mpg. Why is that? Does it prove that the Prius is more gas-guzzler than the BMW? No.

"Civilized" People Setting Priuses on Fire – Whose Fault is It After All?

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on September 6, 2008

I don’t know why people do that, but it seems like lately there are more and more vandalism acts on Priuses. For example, as Edmunds.com writes, a woman’s Prius has been hit several times with a hammer. Stone age-like acts, really…

Haynes Releases Toyota Prius Repair Handbook

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on August 11, 2008

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.

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