Toyota Motor Company Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:04:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tesla Motors Pushing for Side-View Mirror Elimination https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-pushing-side-view-mirror-elimination-20140402/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-pushing-side-view-mirror-elimination-20140402/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:34:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46802 Aerodynamics play a big role in fuel economy and, in electric vehicles like those built by Tesla Motors, range, which is why side-view mirrors are such a drag, literally. By law, every vehicle in the US needs to have these side-view mirrors, but at every car show, we see a concept car without side mirrors, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-pushing-side-view-mirror-elimination-20140402/feed/ 0 46802 Toyota TE-S800 Roadster is a Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle, But… https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-te-s800-roadster-plug-hybrid-vehicle-20140205/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-te-s800-roadster-plug-hybrid-vehicle-20140205/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:21:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45670 What do Toyota hybrid vehicle engineers do in their spare time? Do they even have spare time? There are a couple times a year that I really wish I’d taken that BMW Powertrains job, but even if I had, I’m sure my lack of appropriate credentials would have kept me out of the prototyping department. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-te-s800-roadster-plug-hybrid-vehicle-20140205/feed/ 0 45670 Future Toyota Plug-Ins Will Feature WiTricity Wireless Charging https://www.greenoptimistic.com/future-toyota-plug-ins-will-feature-witricity-wireless-charging-20131209/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/future-toyota-plug-ins-will-feature-witricity-wireless-charging-20131209/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:26:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44312 For a number of years, Toyota Motor Company has been investigating and developing wireless charging for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Since 2011, Toyota has invested heavily in the research being done by WiTricity, which has been developing wireless charging options for plug-in vehicles. The technology itself was invented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/future-toyota-plug-ins-will-feature-witricity-wireless-charging-20131209/feed/ 0 44312 Toyota Sees Hybrid Vehicles as the Path Forward https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-hybrid-vehicles-path-forward-20131004/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-hybrid-vehicles-path-forward-20131004/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:37:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42241 Electric vehicles, such as the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf, may indeed be the future of automotive transportation, but hybrid vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius and Chevy Volt, may be the stepping-stone that consumers and manufacturers need to make it to a pure-electric future. Pure electric vehicles, of course, have limited emissions, limited […]

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