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Toyota Plans to Boost Sienna Output to Meet Increased Demand

The Truth About Cars

Minivans are nowhere near as popular as SUVs, with buyers looking for family-friendly vehicles, but Toyota has seen an uptick in sales of Sienna this year. The automaker recently told Automotive News that it plans to boost production to meet increased demand for the hybrid-only minivan.

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Forbidden Fruit: Toyota Esquire Hybrid Luxury Minivan

Green Car Reports

Car enthusiasts often pine after vehicles sold in other markets, but this "forbidden" fruit rarely comes in the form of a minivan. The new Toyota Esquire is certainly not like any minivan sold in the U.S., MORE: Chrysler Confirms Plug-In Hybrid Minivan, Big SUV In 2016 And Later.'

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Toyota confirms second 3-row electric SUV for US production

Baua Electric

Toyota announced on Thursday that it plans to build a new three-row battery-electric SUV in Princeton, Indiana, with a corresponding $1.4 billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV. That would help Toyota reach what it called a 1.5-million-EV

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2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid minivan costs at least $41,895

Baua Electric

Gas-electric Kia Carnival debuts for 2025 Powertrain delivers a net 242 hp Three levels of brake regeneration are controlled by shift paddles Kia on Monday announced prices for the new hybrid version of its Carnival minivan. The Carnival Hybrid joins two other hybrid minivan entires in the U.S. inch touchscreen and 12.3-inch

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Toyota debating when to end pure gas-car sales in US

Baua Electric

Toyota knows the end is coming for pure gas-powered cars Electrified models accounted for 46% of Toyota’s U.S. market,” Gill Pratt, Toyota’s chief scientist, said in an interview with Bloomberg. Nearly every model in Toyota’s U.S. The only all-electric models Toyota sells in the U.S.

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Toyota hybrids thrive amid global sales slump over safety scandals and recalls

Baua Electric

By: Bloomberg | Updated on: 27 Sep 2024, 11:15 AM Sales of Toyota Motor Corp. fell again after declines in Japan and China put an end to a short-lived recovery, while production was disrupted by domestic scandals and recalls abroad. --> Sales of Toyota Motor Corp. REUTERS) Toyota Motor Corp.’s and Hino Motors Ltd., trillion ($8.3

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Review: 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz tags nostalgia, re-ups minivans

Baua Electric

And if you’ve done plenty of drive time in full-size, truck-based vans and minivans alike, it’s a driving experience that’s clearly in the minivan zone. In parking lots, the same thing goes, within the reality that it’s every bit as long as some three-row SUVs. Remember when minivans made a design statement?

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