Toyota Plug-in Prius

Report: Toyota to mass-produce plug-in hybrids by 2012

Posted: Jul 06, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Toyota

Toyota Motor Corp, which is preparing to deploy over 500 new-generation plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) by 2010 for testing-purposes, said that it plans to start mass producing PHVs in 2012. According to a report by Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Toyota plans to produce 20,000 to 30,000 PHVs during the first full-year of production.
The report said [...]

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Toyota questions price and durability of plug-in hybrids

Posted: May 23, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Toyota

Even though as President Barack Obama pitches for 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015, Toyota says that consumer demand for such vehicles is limited by the price, recharge time and battery durability.
Toyota estimates that plug-in hybrids may account for 50,000 units a year and could be as little as 3,500. [...]

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Toyota to lease 150 plug-in Prius prototypes in the UK, coming to U.S. in 2010

Posted: May 14, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Toyota

Toyota announced today that it will lease over 150 units of its next-generation plug-in hybrid vehicle to a selected few customers across Europe, continuing its three-year program. Toyota said that is preparing to deploy over 500 new generation PHVs in Europe, Japan and the U.S. by 2010.
The new PHVs, which are based on the Toyota Prius, [...]

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Plug-in Toyota Prius coming in 2010, prototype averaging 65 mpg

Posted: Feb 02, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Toyota

The upcoming Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid has been averaging 65 mpg in combined gasoline and electric-mod testing according to Bill Reinert, Toyota Motor Sales USA’s national alternative-fuel vehicle manager.
“That is real-world driving,” Reinert told Automotive News. “I ask my guys to drive them as you drive your normal Prius.”
The 2010 Toyota Prius, with its parallel hybrid [...]

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Toyota to launch 10 new hybrid models by 2010, 500 plug-in Priuses to be leased late 2009

Posted: Jan 12, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Toyota

During the unveiling of the 2010 Prius at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota said that although BEVs and small-vehicles like the iQ will be a key component to the company’s sustainable mobility strategy, the conventional gas-electric hybrid will be Toyota’s long-term core powertrain technology focus. Toyota plans on selling more than one-million gas-electric hybrids [...]

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Toyota plug-in hybrid Prius now testing in the UK

Posted: Sep 10, 2008

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Toyota

Toyota’s plug-in Prius hybrid has been testing in Japan for some time now. However, Toyota announced today that it is teaming up with EDF Energy to run tests of the plug-in Prius in the UK as well.
Toyota employees will be driving around and testing the plug-in Prius on UK roads for a full year. Last we heard [...]