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Toyota provides update on status of green car technology, future plans; 21 new hybrid models, new gasoline and diesel engines, transmissions, EV and fuel cell stack

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In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) outlined the progress of development of its green technologies as well as its vehicle deployment plans through 2015. TMC plans to launch 21 new hybrid vehicles models—consisting of additional (new) models and fully redesigned existing models—from now until the end of 2015.

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Ford doubles electric drive market share in US from 2012 to 2013; surging with plug-in hybrids

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Ford’s changing share of the hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, battery-electric vehicle segments and total ED market in the US in 2012 and YTD 2013. share of the conventional hybrid market in the US (434,645 total units sold, according to EDTA, with Ford accounting for 32,660). Data: EDTA, Ford Motor. Click to enlarge.

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Worldwide Prius Cumulative Sales Top 2M Mark; Toyota Reportedly Plans Two New Prius Variants for the US By End of 2012

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Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 2-million mark, with approximately 2,012,000 units sold as of the end of September, according to Toyota. The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to dealers briefed on the plans, Toyota will introduce two new variants of the Prius hybrid in the US by the end of 2012.

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China iCET releases 2014 Green Car China report ranking mainstream cars by green and health impacts

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Only hybrids performed very well on both the green rating and the smog index. China’s Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) recently released its 2014 Green Car China Annual Report , an evaluation of mainstream vehicles on sale in China by their lifecycle impacts and their health impacts. Green rating.

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Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy: 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid

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For 2014, our fourth annual Green Car Reports'' Best Car To Buy award goes to the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. And that''s Toyota Prius liftback territory, in a mid-size sedan.'

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Hybrid & Hydrogen, Or Electric? Toyota, Nissan Battle Over Future Green-Car Tech

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Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan have always done things a little differently. Toyota, on the other hand, believes hybrid cars and fuel cells are the way forward.' But when it comes to company strategies for meeting future transportation needs, each firm''s approach couldn''t be more different.

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Toyota Crown Hybrid Max debuts, NHTSA nixes EV sounds, state charging proposals: Today’s Car News

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And the Toyota Crown Hybrid Max takes a bow. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota has reconstituted its largest sedan, the Avalon, into the Crown by raising. The federal government has put the kibosh on the possibility of some fun sounds to alert pedestrians.

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