Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Toyota unveiled the new Prius Prime plug-in hybrid (PHEV) at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. Toyota expects the Prius Prime’s manufacturer-estimated 120 or above MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) to be the highest MPGe rating of any current plug-in hybrid. Toyota also expects the Prius Prime, equipped with an 8.8

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The main thing to understand about the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid is that it's not an "electric car" as many people use the term. Yes, it plugs in to any electric socket to recharge the 5.2-kilowatt-hour And, yes, its Hybrid Synergy Drive system uses electric torque, either by itself or along with the gasoline engine, to.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

As Toyota learned with the introduction of the Prius and its efforts on the 2002 RAV4 EV, O’Brien said, it is difficult to force technology adoption by consumers. We can draw on our Prius experience to understand how on consumers adopt new technology, products and the length of time required to achieve mass market acceptance.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

According to the Maritz Automotive Research Group, which conducted the research based on a telephone survey of 1,207 licensed American drivers 18 years of age or older, top of mind consumer awareness about the electric-only vehicle category outpaces gasoline-electric hybrids. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles rose from 15 to 22%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

If repurchase behavior among the high-volume audience of Toyota Prius owners isn’t factored in, hybrid loyalty drops to less than 25%. Online cross-shopping data from Edmunds.com indicates that consumers are doing their due diligence to compare hybrids with similar gasoline-powered vehicles. Hybrid vehicles represent 2.4%

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The Least Expensive Plug-in Hybrid in America Smart owners will quickly learn how to maximize the driving range and efficiency of the 2024 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid vehicle or PHEV. With the Prius Prime PHEV there is no such thing as range anxiety, so take that off your list for not wanting to buy an electrified car.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2023

Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime PHEV Plug-in Hybrid Technology in an All-New Package Toyota is taking the lead suggesting how you should drive a plug-in hybrid. The all-new 2023 Prius Prime gets two less miles per gallon in hybrid mode than the 2022 model, but the all-electric driving range has increased substantially.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 24, 2023

When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links. Just occasionally fill up the gas tank and drive away.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2009

Motorists will have the chance to drive a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius and a Honda Insight Hybrid as well as conventional gasoline cars including a BMW 318 and a Mini Cooper. Other vehicles include a VW Caddy Maxi van and a Toyota Verso people carrier.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S. The car, expected to run 40 miles without recharging, will cost less than $30,000. "If Toyota sold 5,562 Prius models in 2000, when it was on the market for part of the year.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 6, 2025

What they got wrong was assuming that all of those vehicles would run on battery power alone, with gasoline-electric hybrid technology bound for the technological scrap heap. Those numbers are a disappointment to automakers and regulators, who have looked to PHEVs as a bridge technology between gasoline vehicles and pure EVs.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 21, 2006

In addition to increasing to 14 the gasoline-electric hybrid models it offers, Toyota said, it plans to offer more fuel-efficient gasoline engines and to offer its first engines that can burn mixtures of ethanol and gas. company that builds prototype plug-in models of the Prius. Become a Partner today.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

The average new car sold in the United States last year got 22 miles to the gallon, compared with 55 miles per gallon for the Toyota Prius. gasoline use by an additional 20 per cent, for a total reduction of 70 per cent. costs the equivalent of 50 cents a gallon of gasoline. This could cut U.S. more Become a Partner today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

Fay says that the company is planning to sell the full complement of 2,600 RAV EVs in California, plus 30,000 Prius plug-in hybrids and to introduce iQ EV urban car sharing programs to achieve ZEV compliance. The system recovers the energy and converts it to electrical energy, which recharges the battery and extends driving range.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

In an interview Monday, Mr. Ghosn said Nissan decided to accelerate development of battery-powered vehicles because of high gasoline prices and environmental concerns, not just because of the need to meet stricter fuel-economy standards. It already has the Prius and five other hybrids selling in the U.S. Toyota ( TM ). Honda ( HMC ).

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And hybrid electric vehicles do not need to be recharged; the batteries are automatically charged as the vehicle is driven through processes such as braking. Common examples of hybrid cars are: the Honda Accord Hybrid, the Lexus RX 450h and the Toyota Prius. Gasoline engine allows for road trips. EVs – Electric Vehicles.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. While you are working, the battery is also recharging. But I can’t help thinking that this technology will make the current crop of hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape look like Ford Excursions. It runs down.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids. The research will include a focus on domestic recharging behavior over a 12-month period. Toyota intends to lease the vehicles to existing Toyota Prius fleet customers including a mix of public bodies and private companies.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

During a presentation of Volkswagen's new electric car program entitled "Fleet Test: Electric Drive Vehicles," Winterkorn explained that TwinDrive can power a vehicle solely on electricity for up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) and can be plugged into to existing power outlets for recharging.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Research on hydrogen vehicles dipped until the 1990s when European countries announced plans for more hydrogen-centered car power, such as the 2005-07 bi-fuel BMW 7-Series with a V12 engine that ran on either compressed hydrogen or gasoline. Hydrogen is more flammable than gasoline, electric or natural gas vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Around the same time, General Motors will introduce the Chevrolet Volt, a vehicle able to go 40 miles on electricity before its small gasoline engine kicks in. In Berkeley, a town known for its environmental sensibility, one out of five cars sold today is a hybrid Prius. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. Battery-powered cars may be the wave of the future, but costs are high; the recharging infrastructure isn’t there, and hefty government subsidies are needed to make electric vehicles competitive. Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

liter turbocharged gasoline engine. The system, with a total of 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, is EPA city and highway combined rated at 23 mpg with the gasoline engine only. hours to fully recharge the battery. The Grand Cherokee 4xe, pronounced (Four-By-E) is powered by two electric motors and a 2.0-liter

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The result is class-best mileage of 131 mpge, or the electric equivalent of one gallon of gasoline. Peter Rawlinson, Lucid CEO/CTO The Air might have eked out even more miles by adopting the kind of frugal-yet-flabby tires found on, say, a Toyota Prius. And home charging is healthier for the battery, anyway."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive: The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The Volt runs on an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack, but also has an onboard gasoline-powered charging system to help extend the cars range when a charging station isnt available. We dont have the electric infrastructure on the highway to recharge cars."

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The e-motor also provides regenerative braking to recharge the battery, and there’s an integrated 33 kW (44 hp) starter-generator as well. The e-Save button also toggles to invoke Battery Charge, which recharges the pack using engine power. It’s sandwiched between a 2.0-liter Over five days, we put 276 miles on our test Wrangler 4xe.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

See below: "EVJerry" Asher brought the "Spirit of DC" Plug-In Toyota Prius to visit the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association (LVEVA) on Monday, November 24th. Jerry also demonstrated additional open source CANView software menus on the Prius touch screen display panel that added enhanced instrumentation to the vehicle.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2024

They have an engine and, typically, a much larger battery than hybrids, good for covering the commute without using gasoline but affording the long driving range of a fuel tank. in a number of years is a California-only affair and it doesn’t have a gasoline engine under the hood. Instead, a 92.2-kw

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 5, 2021

The prototypical hybrid–the Toyota Prius. They run on two sources of power, using gasoline and electricity. Gas is the primary fuel; the batteries recharge as the vehicle moves and brakes, but the electric power is an auxiliary motive source, so the car will need less fuel. Flash Drive: 2019 Toyota Prius Hybrid.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 11, 2009

Asher drives a modified Toyota Prius nicknamed the Spirit of DC and in the back this hybrid has an extra battery boost. Whenever Asher stops at a destination, he just plugs into household electricity to recharge the batteries. "It It costs pennies to use electricity versus dollars for gasoline."

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 11, 2009

Asher drives a modified Toyota Prius nicknamed the Spirit of DC and in the back this hybrid has an extra battery boost. Whenever Asher stops at a destination, he just plugs into household electricity to recharge the batteries. "It It costs pennies to use electricity versus dollars for gasoline."

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Drive Electric NZ

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The high voltage systems pose little to no risk of electric shock, either while driving or recharging. Don’t worry about dodging puddles in your Prius! The simple presence of gasoline in an ICE makes them principally more dangerous. THE BOTTOM LINE. EV MYTH THREE: I can’t get my EV wet. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 27, 2009

Asher’s been touring the United States for nearly a year in his plug-in Toyota Prius hybrid [electric vehicle]. Plug-in hybrids use the same technology as current hybrids, but have a more powerful battery that can be recharged via a standard electrical outlet. We don’t have to wait.” You could just say, ‘take me to Los Angeles.’

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JULY 29, 2009

EAA Board of Director member Jerry Asher joined the caravan and provided support with the “Spirit of DC” Plug-in Toyota Prius hybrid. Six other electric cars joined the Tesla Roadster and “Spirit of DC” Plug-in Toyota Prius as part of the exhibition. At the end of the EV Fiesta, the couple departed for the Rampart Casino for lunch.

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