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 [...]
Toyota’s Prius Family, otherwise known as Toyota Prii, is getting larger and larger with the new Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid and the Toyota Prius V joining the standard Toyota Prius in the Japanese automaker’s lineup. In the middle of 2012 the Toyota Prius C will also join the rest of the family. To advertise its [...]
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’s executive vice president of R&D and engineering, Takeshi Uchiyamada, is anticipating that 20 percent of global vehicle sales will be extended-range plug-in hybrids by 2020. Hybrid sales in Japan are already at 20 percent, however most other developing areas are below 10 percent, or just hitting that mark. The market share for Toyota’s hybrids [...]
What do we have here? You’re looking at the first teaser (and probably the last) of the new 2012 Toyota Avensis sedan prior to its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show on Sept. 13. From the looks of it, the Avensis is receiving a nice makeover – a makeover that’s long due since 2008. [...]
