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Toyota to launch battery electric vehicle in 2012, fuel cell in 2015

Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota brand, came to Detroit on Monday to have lunch with some local media. Among the topics of discussion at the gathering were Toyota's plans for zero emissions vehicles. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Toyota_To_Launch_Battery_Electric_Vehicles_In_2012'; Since last January, Toyota has shown two different plug-in battery powered concepts, the FT-EV and the FT-EV II, both of which were small city cars. Carter confirmed that Toyota would introduce a battery electric car in ... Read more →

Where Toyota is today on pure electrics, plug-in hybrids and the like Sebastian Blanco

We've heard from people who know that, behind the scenes, Toyota is moving quickly on the path to bring plug-in hybrid vehicles to market. Publicly, though, the company is taking a slow, ...

Enginer claims to have $2,000, 2kWh plug-in Prius conversion kit ready Sebastian Blanco

We'll start with the numbers: $1,995 will get you a 2 kWh plug-in battery pack for your second-generation Toyota Prius; $2,995 will get you a 4 kWh pack (the installation feel and the $95 delivery ...

Toyota to lease 200 PHEV Priuses in Japan starting in late 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

They won't look like the second-generation Prius plug-in pictured above, but Toyota has announced the first of its non-European leasing programs for its new PHEV (see here). Starting late this year ...

Toyota questions demand for plug-ins, cost, range, durability concerns Sam Abuelsamid

We all know that there is a hardcore group of you out there chanting the mantra of "No plug, no sale!" Okay, well, at least a few of you. The problem is that, like commenters on the internet, the ...

SAE 2009: Toyota plug-in Prius (and 3rd-gen Prius) update 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

To get a little bit of clarification on the reported 12-mile EV-only range that the plug-in Prius is achieving in current testing, we spoke with Toyota Prius vehicle specialist Stephanie Wohlgamuth, who is working at the Toyota booth here at the SAE World Congress. Wohlgamuth said that the number ...

REPORT: 2010 Prius PHEV to feature 12-mile-plus EV range 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun in Japan, Toyota's upcoming plug-in Prius will have a range of a little over 12 miles (20 kilometers) on electric power only. That's significantly less than the EV range that's planned for PHEV competitors like the Chevy Volt, but it also means the PHEV Prius ...

Toyota plugs in 100 Priuses in Strasbourg, France 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

EDF, the French utility company that is also testing the smart ED, will expand its partnership with Toyota to test the plug-in Prius. Since September, the two companies have been putting the PHEV Priuses through their paces in London and and have been doing the same in Paris since 2007. They ...

Disappointing results - just 51 mpg - for converted PHEV Priuses in Seattle 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nearly a year ago the city of Seattle started a field test of 14 Toyota Priuses converted to plug-in hybrid capability. At the time, the expectation was that the cars would top 100 mpg overall and 150 mpg in urban driving. The problem is that these PHEVs, like all other hybrids, are particularly ...

Toyota VP says no Prius Plug-In MPG is available yet 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's Vice President of communications Irv Miller has published a post on the company blog refuting a recent report that the small fleet of plug-in Priuses is averaging 65 mpg. The small group of converted PHEV Priuses that currently exist in the U.S. are mostly being used for demonstration ...

Toyota: Plug-in Prius returning 65 mpg in testing 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to Toyota, its plug-in Prius hybrids are averaging 65 miles per gallon in real world testing. This is an improvement of 15 mpg over the recently-unveiled 2010 Prius. The secret to the big fuel mileage increase is a battery with the capacity to store much more energy than the unit in the ...

Plug-in Prius converters 3Prong Power offer 10 miles of EV power for $7,000 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Even if not everyone likes the Prius conversion aftermarket results, it can't be a bad thing that there is one more team out there willing to add batteries and a plug to your Prius, right? The WSJ recently profiled Daniel Sherwood and Paul Guzyk of Berkeley's 3Prong Power Inc., which will upgrade ...

Consumer Reports tests plug-in Prius conversion, finds it lacking 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

While the main storyline for Consumer Reports' February issue revolves around the new Hyundai Genesis and its toppling of the mighty Lexus ES350 as the mag's top-rated entry-level luxury sedan, another tidbit of information regarding next month's rag caught our attention. Apparently, CR purchased a ...

Jungle Motors now selling Prius PHEVs in Orange County 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite Toyota's reluctance to release plug-in hybrid versions of its popular Prius hatchback, there are a number of companies that are willing to sell you a retrofitted model. Add another to the list, as Jungle Motors in Orange County, California, which has been converting Porsche 911s and ...

eBay Find of the Day: plug-in Prius with A123 Hymotion kit installed charity auction 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Want a 2009 Prius with a plug? It's available now, to the lucky winner of this auction on eBay. This particular vehicle was modded by the Green Car Company out in Bellevue, Washington and features A123's Hymotion plug-in hybrid kit already installed. That kit doesn't come cheap and this price of ...

Popular Mechanics tries out the A123/Hymotion PHEV Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At least a few dozen people around the country have now done one-off conversions of hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape to transform them into plug-in vehicles. For those who may not have the hardware hacker gene in their DNA, the first commercially available plug-in conversion kit is now ...

Toyota believes strongly in the viability of PHEVs...for some applications 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since the debut of the Chevy Volt concept in January 2007, some people have been wondering about Toyota's attitude toward plug-in vehicles. This situation was not helped by some negative comments by Toyota executives in fall 2007 denigrating the concept of a extended range EV. Toyota has since ...

Toyota unhappy with current PHEV legislation 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Now is the time that automakers can get in touch with the Feds and let them know what they have in store for the U.S. market. General Motors has taken the unusual approach of being extremely transparent with the development of its Volt, which is either an extended-range electric-vehicle or a PHEV, ...

Fleet tests of plug-in Prius moved up to early 2009, no retail timetable yet 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota President, Katsuaki Watanabe this week announced that the start of fleet testing for plug-in capable Priuses had been moved up by a year. At this year's Detroit Auto Show, Watanabe announced that several hundred Priuses with the ability to be plugged in would be delivered to government and ...

Plug-In Supply launches new Prius PHEV kit for $4995 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Plug-In Supply has just released its new $4995 kit which converts your 2004-2008 Prius into a Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle (PHEV). Because the system is based on the Cal Cars reference design and uses lead-acid batteries as opposed to the more expensive lithium or nickel-based batteries, this new kit is ...

Argonne Lab tests EnerDel-equipped plug-in Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

EnerDel's lithium-titanate battery has been independently tested by the Center for Transportation Research of the Illinois-based Argonne National Laboratory. For the tests, a stock Toyota Prius had its nickel metal hydride battery pack replaced with a new 1kWh lithium ion unit from EnerDel. No ...

Toyota reiterates caution on lithium ion batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors is forging ahead with lithium ion battery development for both the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt. Meanwhile Toyota's executive vice president for R&D, Kazuo Okamoto is insisting (subs req'd) that they are still too hazardous for automotive use. Toyota is still ...

VIDEO Toyota's plug-in Prius test drive in Japan 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From DigInfo, we get our first video glimpse of the new plug-in Prius that Toyoto is testing in Japan. DigInfo went to the Toyota New Powertrain Conference and brought back a short report. There aren't any new facts (all that's known about the car is in the links below), but we at least can now see ...

Specs of the plug-in Prius Toyota is testing in Japan 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I'm just going to assume you've heard that Toyota is testing a plug-in Prius on public roads in Japan. If this has slipped by you, check out the links below. Otherwise, you know that the PHEV uses the standard nickel metal hydride batteries, not new and fancy lithium ion batteries. So, what does the ...

One guy, a plug-in Prius and hypermiling (video, lots of video) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a peek into what makes this whole share-everything/Web 2.0 thing pretty cool: we can ride along with one guy, somewhere in Seattle (username davem5321 on YouTube), who is cranking out 1000+ miles from one tank of gas in his Prius. Granted, it's a modified plug-in Prius, but you can ...

A123Systems buys out Hymotion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hot on the heels of A123Systems announcing that they would start selling plug-in hybrid conversion kits that are developed with Hymotion, A123 is now buying Hymotion outright. Hymotion developed and fabricates battery packs that can be installed in the spare tire well of a Toyota Prius. The battery ...

Next-Gen Prius to get lithium ion battery and 113 mpg 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoExpress magazine in the UK has a report in this week's issue about the next generation Toyota Prius. They are reporting that the new Prius will be switching from nickel metal hydride batteries to lithium ion batteries that have greater capacity in an even smaller size. With the smaller package, ...


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