Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Toyota unveiled the all-new Prius in a livestream event from Japan, with Series Parallel Hybrid (HEV) models to launch in winter this year and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) models to launch in spring 2023. Following Japan, the new Prius will be launched in North America, Europe, and other countries around the world. Plug-in Hybrid System (2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Ford’s new C-MAX Hybrid ( earlier post ) sold 3,182 units in October in its first full month of sales, outselling the Prius v’s 2,769 units. Sales of the entire Prius family were 16,774 units, with the sedan accounting for 8,788 of those.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. The next Prius will feature improved batteries with higher energy density. —Satoshi Ogiso.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Odds are when you first saw the latest 2024 Toyota Prius hybrid that started arriving earlier in the year, you not only saw a great-looking car but felt a little bit of nostalgia. That’s because the latest Toyota Prius looks like it’s a descendant of the Prius that made the biggest waves in automotive history—the.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, unveiled at the 2016 New York International Auto Show in March ( earlier post ), features a larger 8.8 In hybrid mode, the Prius Prime exceeds all competitors’ fuel economy ratings with EPA-estimated 55 city/53 highway/54 combined MPG. The engine features a very high compression ratio of 13.0:1,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

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 Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Like the Prius, Toyota designed the Mirai to be immediately recognizable. The Prius analogy. In both the Japan and US introductions of the Mirai, Toyota executives carefully drew a comparison between the launch of the Mirai and the development and launch of the first Prius. Our first major task.launch a new Prius, a new hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The blue bar represents the running cumulative total, the green bar the hybrid sales for each year. The Prius family with all its variants accounts for 67.8% Toyota launched the “Coaster Hybrid EV” in August 1997 and the “Prius” in December of the same year. TMC cumulative hybrid sales by year. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2016

The Prius family still accounts for the majority of sales: 5.691 million units, or 63% of the total global cumulative number. Prius: 3.733 million; Prius α, Prius v, Prius +: 0.634 million; Aqua, Prius c: 1.249 million; Prius PHV: 0.075 million). Data: Toyota. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2021

The Toyota Prius may have popularized hybrid cars, but it was by no means the first hybrid to reach production. This 1916 Owen Magnetic predates the Prius by about 80 years. It's now part of Jay Leno's massive car collection, and was featured on a recent episode of his Jay Leno's Garage YouTube show.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2024

Prius owners need to keep those doors locked. It’s a variety pack of Toyota news today, here at Green Car Reports. The 2025 Toyota Camry goes all-hybrid and does that matters to Camry shoppers a little bit better. And is the U.S.-made made three-row Toyota electric SUV a Highlander EV?

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2023

If you choose to lease, the Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid might cost significantly less to drive than the Prius hybrid—depending on where you live and which incentives Toyota might be factoring in.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Throw away what you think you know about the Toyota Prius, the ur-hybrid that was briefly Silicon Valley’s most tech-forward car before it was supplanted by Tesla and other electric cars. The 2023 Toyota Prius, which goes on sale early next year, is a stunner.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Of the 10 Top Picks for 2021 revealed by Consumer Reports on Thursday, four are Green Choices that reflect a newfound attention to that idea: the Toyota Prius, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Camry, and Tesla Model 3. Using less fuel is better for your budget, but it’s not necessarily better for the environment or for tailpipe emissions.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 25, 2022. Just ahead of the recent debut of the next-generation 2023 Toyota Prius, we drove an. How can you see where future fast-chargers will be located?

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2025

The 2025 Toyota Prius continues unchanged except for a new Nightshade grade and a small price increase. The base Prius LE grade now costs $29,485 including the mandatory $1,135 destination charge—$400 more than the comparable 2024 model. The cost of the Prius XLE positioned just above it increases by the same amount, to $32,930.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The all-new 2023 Prius is slated to arrive in US dealerships in January. Toyota unveiled the all-new Prius in Japan in November, with Series Parallel Hybrid (HEV) models to launch in winter this year and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) models to launch in spring 2023. The 5 th -generation powertrain of the 2023 Prius features a larger 2.0L

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Toyota Prius Prime changes its name to the Prius Plug-In Hybrid for the 2025 model year, but it's still the same fuel-efficient hatchback. Toyota is nixing the Prime badge from both the Prius and RAV4 plug-in hybrids in a move to recast them as interchangeable with plug-in hybrids from other automakers.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2024

Toyota on Wednesday announced a recall of 2023 and 2024 Prius hybrid and Prius Prime plug-in hybrid models due to a potential fault with the cars' electronic rear door latches. In the approximately 55,000 vehicles recalled in the U.S., water can enter and short circuit these door latches, according to a Toyota press release.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And we look at the Prius Prime as one of the year’s best. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Porsche and Audi are issuing recall letters for most of their plug-in vehicles, but it’s not for the vehicles themselves. Hydrogen rules aim to reel in the dirtier side of the hydrogen economy.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Prius lineup did get a Prius AWD-e all-wheel-drive version and a much better Prius Prime plug-in hybrid in its current and outgoing version, but it remains a pared-down family, with the Prius C and Prius V long gone. The hybrid-vehicle landscape is changing quickly.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Toyota on Wednesday introduced a new generation of its iconic Prius that’s quicker, more efficient, and better-equipped—plus a new version of the Prius Prime plug-in hybrid that does all that and gets a big electric range boost.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The 2023 Toyota Prius is the fifth generation of the world’s best-known hybrid vehicle. Since it first went on sale in Japan in 1997, the Prius has epitomized high fuel efficiency and the advanced technology of hybrid-electric powertrains.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2022

From the Nissan Leaf to the Lucid Air, with the Toyota Prius, Chevy Volt, and Tesla Model 3 among the many formative models in between, our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy winners each year have offered not just what we think you should buy, but a glimpse of the future.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A new generation of the Toyota Prius is at last in cue and ready for a debut this Wednesday, Nov. The 2023 Toyota Prius will mark the first full redesign for this efficiency icon since the arrival of the very energy-efficient Tesla Model 3. The last time the Prius was fully redesigned was for the 2016 model year.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And we drive the 2023 Toyota Prius and bring you some of its backstory. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Today we bring you a first drive of the redesigned, fifth-generation Toyota Prius. Lucid will be getting Panasonic batteries, some U.S.-made. How does it look this good, and why now?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

The V2H system is to start testing, using Prius PHVs, at the end of 2012 in approximately ten households as part of the Toyota City Low-Carbon Verification Project (Toyota City Project) that began in April 2010. when running the engine in the Prius PHV as a generator. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2021

Remember when the Toyota Prius was truly a halo vehicle? Especially in the late aughts, the Prius met that definition in the best possible way. The humble, socially conscious image booster was popular among very, very wealthy Americans—the types who might otherwise have Porsches in the garage.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2023

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 5, 2023. In a review of the 2023 Toyota Prius, with some closer scrutiny paid in daily driving situations, we found the latest. What is the most common trade-in for a Tesla Model 3?

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 18, 2022. Toyota teased its redesigned 2023 Prius, which. Which Model S rival beats it in driving range with a smaller battery pack?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2024

When it's time to replace their cars, many Toyota Prius owners choose another of the hybrids, according used-car retailer CarMax. More than 38% of CarMax customers who own a Prius purchase another one, according to the company. That makes the Prius the model with the highest loyalty in CarMax's inventory.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A Toyota Prius might be good enough for emergency home power backup. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We show you where future fast-charging routes are going. Tesla fans in LA need to check out a wide-ranging exhibit on the brand. And what’s this about a Toyota Tacoma EV? A survey.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Toyota has teased what is probably an all-wheel-drive Prius, slated for introduction at the Los Angeles auto show late this month. In studying the picture the company teased, with a Prius churning through the snow, it’s hard to come to another conclusion.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2023

Does the 2023 Toyota Prius Prime reboot the formula pioneered by the Chevy Volt for the better? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We drove the 2023 Toyota Prius Prime, which goes. How do the aero-focused VW ID.7 7 and plush Mercedes EQE SUV drive?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. For heavy-duty trucks, making a full stop at a red light and re-engaging the engine when the light turns green is a significant source of fuel consumption. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2019

Along with its battery partners NIDO and Sharp, Toyota is experimenting with a new Prius Prime in Japan (called the Prius PHV there), equipped with 860 watts of solar panels on the roof, hood, and rear.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2023

And why does the Prius Prime cost less to lease? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid costs less to lease than the Prius hybrid—even though the Prime has a higher sticker price. The courts aren’t done with Dieselgate. That’s because.

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