Toyota announced today that it has sold a total of 4 million hybrids around the world through April 2012. That’s pretty outstanding in the grand scheme of things. The Japanese automaker said that hybrid vehicles accounted for 15 percent of its global sales so far in 2012. The company currently sells 18 hybrid vehicles in [...]
About a month ago, Toyota started selling the Prius Plug-in Hybrid without much advertising – however, the power of the Prius-brand came through for Toyota and helped it surpass sales over the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt. In April (2012), Nissan sold only 370 units of the LEAF while Chevrolet sold 1,462 units of [...]
Toyota’s Chevrolet Volt competitor is here! The Japanese automaker today officially introduced the new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which will hit dealerships in 14 launch states beginning this October through Toyota’s Online Order System at www.toyota.com. Deliveries of the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid strat in Spring 2012. The launch states include California, Oregon, Washington, [...]
Toyota has announced that its new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid has been approved for the State of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP) and that buyers of the car will be able to ride solo in California’s carpool lane. “Designed to promote the use of Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) and related clean vehicle technologies, the CVRP [...]
The 2012 Detroit Auto Show will be one heck of a large show. Toyota has just dropped a teaser of what it calls the NS4 Concept car. Toyota says that the study is said to preview ‘an advanced plug-in hybrid concept’ and… well, that’s really about it. The Toyota NS4 Concept will make its debut [...]
The Prius PHV, Toyota’s first plug-in hybrid, will be available for order in Japan as of January 30, after its debut that hit just before this week’s Tokyo Motor Show. Sales for the Prius Plug-in Hybrid are projected to reach 60,000 per year, with the bulk of these sales in Japan, anticipated around 35,000 – [...]
While many sports car enthusiasts may be happy to hear this, treehuggers may shed a tear or two. Sales of the top-selling hybrid since 1997 – the Toyota Prius – have declined 9.4 percent through Oct. 2011 from a year ago. Worry not though nature lovers. Toyota says that sales of the Prius will rebound [...]
Toyota, the leader in the hybrid game, is now looking to takeover the hydrogen fuel-cell market. The Japanese automaker said that it is planning global sales of a few thousand fuel-cell vehicles by 2015 and that number will be limited due to the fueling architecture and the high price of the vehicles. “We could expect [...]
Over the past couple years, GM attempted to reinvent the wheel with the Volt in the same way that Toyota reinvented the wheel when developing the second generation Prius: has it paid off? Now that there is a Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, how does it stack up against the Chevrolet Volt in cost per mile? [...]
Hyundai is no stranger to stealing headlines and market share from its Japanese rivals. According to a report by Auto Motor und Sport, Hyundai is getting ready to launch a competitor to the upcoming Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which will hit markets sometime next year. The Hyundai plug-in hybrid will be based on the new [...]
