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Tuesday, Jan 6
All new cars in California now carry smog, global warming scores
Since the beginning of the year, all 2009 model year vehicles (and anything newer, once they're available) sold in California will be sporting a new sticker. No, not the kind that makes your car worth $4,000 more but the kind that describes the vehicle's global warming and smog scores. Just...
Sunday, Jan 4
Mahindra hopes micro hybrids make a dent in Indian sales
Letting engines idle away needlessly while a vehicle is at rest is a practice that's definitely on its way out. Some refer to the technology that ends this behavior automatically as stop/start, while others prefer the term micro hybrid. Whatever the case, the underlining technology is th...
Friday, Jan 2
Michigan engineering professor installs HyMotion PHEV kit in his Prius
Hopefully, Patten will also explain to people the limitations of such conversions. Unlike the Chevy Volt, say, the electric drive system in the Prius is not designed to provide full range electric operation. Anyone who has tried driving current hybrids in electric mode will be fully awar...
Thursday, Jan 1
Toyota: if you need them, Prius replacement batteries are "no big deal"
As the first batch of Priuses sold in the United States reach their get ready to turn eight in 2009, the battery replacement issue is going to pop up more and more. We noted back in September that Toyota had dropped the price of a new pack a few hundred dollars to $2,299 for model years 2001-2003...
Monday, Dec 29
Detroit Preview: Lexus HS250h spied testing
Filed under: Hybrid, Lexus, Detroit Auto Show, Spy ShotsWe're anxiously awaiting the debut of the Lexus HS250h dedicated hybrid model at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show, but we can at least tide ourselves over with a few spy shots of the sedan being tested in all of its camo'd glory. As we can...
Friday, Dec 26
VIDEO: Blue guys check out the 2010 Toyota Prius
We'll be getting our first in-person look at the 2010 Toyota Prius in a couple of weeks at the Detroit Auto Show, but the Blue Man Group has already checked it out. In a new teaser video, the cliche trio leaves the Vegas stage to spend some time with the new headlight washers, the steering wheel...
Monday, Apr 7
Go Green Car and Van Rental adds eight Prius hybrids
Go Green Car and Van Rental, Britain's first green car hire company based at Crewe, Cheshire, has taken possession of eight new Toyota Prius hybrid cars boosting their fleet of super environmentally friendly vehicles to 12. ...
Saturday, Dec 1
2008 Prius price up slightly, Camry hybrid and Yaris also up.
Toyota announced the new price for the 2008 Prius hybrid yesterday, and the long and short of it is that it's slightly more expensive than before. $150 more, to be exact. This is a change of 0.7 percent. Other Toyota models also got a ...
Sunday, Sep 16
5,000 miles on a gram of fuel
Jeremy is not all positive in the article. In the same article where he praises recent discoveries in fuel cells, he writes the Prius is "designed only to assuage the guilt of people whose opinions come from a man so hopeless he couldn't even beat George Bush to the White House." Jeremy also wr...
