Toyota Subscribe

REPORT: Toyota Supra HV-R GT hybrid coming to LeMans

Toyota's pulled out of F1, but that doesn't mean the company has lost its will to win with cutting edge tech. Rumors suggest it's dusting off the underpinnings of the Hybrid Supra HV-R it used to win the Tokkachi 24-Hour race two years ago, and staring at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a glint in its eye. The Supra HV-R used a 473-horsepower V8 that gets help from regenerative braking, a quick-charging capacitor, and three additional electric motors: two in the front wheels, one in the back of the car. Toyota would need to upgrade the ... Read more →

Irv Miller, Toyota's top U.S. environmental exec, and 2 others to retire Sam Abuelsamid

Over the last several years, Irv Miller has been one of our main sources of answers about Toyota's environmental policies. Not for much longer. Miller has been group vice president of environmental ...

REPORT: Toyota to supply Mazda with hybrid components, new model coming in 2013 Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun daily newspaper, Mazda has reached an agreement with Toyota that will strengthen its ability to produce fuel efficient automobiles. Under the deal, Toyota will ...

Aston Martin shows off completed Cygnet, Euro sales planned for 2010 Sam Abuelsamid

Earlier this year, we saw photos of Aston Martin designers working on a clay-covered Toyota iQ in the studio and applying typical Aston styling queues to it. Creating a leather clad urban commuter ...

A little piece of history: Toyota's first hybrid [w/VIDEO] Xavier Navarro

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Toyota_s_First_Hybrid_Built_in_1977_and_Gets_73_MPG_VIDEO'; Now that Toyota has announced it will bring a new hybrid concept vehicle to the Detroit Auto Show, ...

What does the Prius PHEV mileage really mean on the JC08 cycle? 6 days ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since we started getting government estimates of fuel economy for new vehicles back in the 1970s, the first thing people noticed was that the numbers rarely reflected reality. The problem is that efficiency is highly dependent on the duty cycle and driver's behavior. However, in order to ...

Detroit Preview: Toyota to debut new hybrid concept vehicle 7 days ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota, the Undisputed Heavyweight Hybrid Champion of the World, has just announced that it will unveil a new hybrid concept vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show next month. Beyond that, details are decidedly scarce. As a dedicated hybrid, this apparently won't be a hybridized version of a current ...

Toyota officially launches plug-in Prius program, retail sales in 2011 7 days ago on Autoblog Green

In Japan today, Toyota officially launched its Prius Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) lease program. Over the next six months, Toyota will be building and deploying 600 examples of the plug-in Prius for testing, primarily in Japan, the United States and Europe. The Japanese market will get 230 units, with ...

Toyota to unveil compact car concept at New Delhi show 10 days ago on Autoblog Green

Details are decidedly scarce – which, judging by the company in question, is surely by design – but Toyota has announced that it will be unveiling a new compact concept car at the 10th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi on January 5. And ... that's about all we have on the ...

VIDEO: Toyota commercials ensure long line of happy Prius customers 10 days ago on Autoblog Green

There's no question that Toyota's recent advertising campaign for the Prius has its followers and its detractors. While it's the haters that seem to be most vocal (imagine that!), Toyota's "Harmony" spot topped Nielsen's Top 10 Most-Liked New Ads list back in May, and the "MPG" commercial came ...

Featured
Breaking
Popular

View all

Tip of the Day

Guide to Common Green Acronymns