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Toyota sells 4m hybrids worldwide
Toyota and Lexus have shifted 4,000,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide since sales of the very first Prius began at the end of 2000. This latest sales milestone – achieved on April 30, 2012 – comes just 14 months since surpassing the 3m mark in February 2011. Before May, Europe had snapped up 423,000, with 94,000 of [...]
Toyota launches new Pixis Epoch vehicle
It is the second passenger mini-vehicle that the company has released on its home turf – and now Toyota is hoping the new Pixis Epoch (pictured) can gain a lion’s share of the Japanese mini-car market. The petrol powered vehicle boasts fuel economy of 70.6mpg and CO2 emissions at a meagre 77g/km and is set [...]
Toyota Prius family dominates hybrid car sales
Japanese automaker Toyota enjoyed a surge in US sales during April – and it was its hybrid cars that led the way. During the month it enjoyed a 13.1 per cent increase in sales compared to the same period in the previous year; with the release of its hybrid cars being the key to its [...]
Toyota unveils all-new RAV4 electric vehicle
It is arguably the leader in the green car sector already, and now Toyota has introduced a brand new version of its RAV4 Electric Vehicle (pictured). As part of the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium it revealed the brand-new battery electric SUV with a 41.8kWh lithium-ion battery pack with a range of 100miles – it [...]
Pod Point becomes Toyota’s approved supplier
Electric charging points provider Pod Point has become the approved supplier of charging solutions for Toyota dealers across the EU. The announcement comes as the Japanese car brand prepares to launch its first plug-in car; a rechargeable version of its iconic Prius hybrid. The Prius Plug-In arrives in the UK this July, priced from £27,895 [...]
Toyota boosts thermal efficiency
Japanese carmaker Toyota has found a way to boost engine thermal efficiency – by cooling the upper part of the cylinder line on the exhaust side and therefore improving anti-knock quality. Presenting a paper at the SAE 2012 World Congress (logo, pictured), Toyota explained that in theory a higher compression ratio coupled with leaner combustion [...]
Toyota to debut new RAV4 electric vehicle
The Electric Vehicle Symposium, which is due to kick off in Los Angeles on May 7, will be the setting for Toyota to reveal the new RAV4 electric vehicle. It will follow on from the second generation of the Toyota RAV4 EV (pictured), which was first unveiled back at the Los Angeles Motor Show in [...]
Hybrids set for new highs as Toyota extends range
Hybrids have proven themselves to be anything other than a technical novelty, says Toyota, as the car maker points to the steady rise in hybrid sales over the past five years; of which its own models have accounted for 75 per cent in the UK. Since 2007, up to the end of the first quarter [...]
Toyota debuts hybrid car at Auto China 2012
The Auto China 2012 event was the setting for Toyota to introduce a brand new hybrid car – known as Yundong Shuangqing (pictured left). As you might expect from the name, the vehicle won’t be making its way to Europe or North America any time soon – it’s a China-only concept hybrid car that boasts [...]
Is the Toyota Prius Plug-in a game changer?
So, it’s finally here: the hybrid Toyota Prius that will now do what people have expected the Prius to do all along. Available to order now, the Prius Plug-in arrive in showrooms on 9 July, to give extended electric running of nearly 15 miles instead of 15 seconds without the whining petrol engine kicking in [...]
