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Fisker: Leonardo DiCaprio's Prius inspired the Karma

Ever wonder what it is that sparks the mind of an entrepreneur? After all, lots of people have big imaginations and great ideas, but only a relatively small number of them actually follow through, create a company and design a product. Of course, we can add Henrik Fisker to that list of entrepreneurs, and we're definitely looking forward to seeing what else springs from his fertile mind. So, back to the original question. In the case of Henrik Fisker, the inspiration for the Karma extended-range electric car came from none other than ... Read more →

Rumormill: Toyota to launch Prius coupe, MPV Jeremy Korzeniewski

This isn't the first time we've heard rumblings of a possible sporty two-door Prius coupe from Toyota, but the rumor that just won't die is once again being trumpeted by Autocar in the UK. The ...

Tokyo 2009: Toyota Prius claims Japan Car of the Year title Drew Phillips

For the past 30 years, Japan has declared a car of the year, an award given to newly-released or redesigned vehicles released from November 1st of the previous year to October 1st of the current ...

Feds release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, Prius still most miserly Jeremy Korzeniewski

Quick – what's the most fuel efficient car currently for sale in America? Did you guess the Toyota Prius? If so, give yourself a cookie, you're right. According to the U.S. Environmental ...

Bientôt Electrique Association offers plug-in kit for the Prius Xavier Navarro

The French pro-EV association, Bientôt Electrique (which means "electric soon") is offering a kit, guaranteed for two-years, that converts a regular Toyota Prius into a plug-in hybrid. The ...

BMW X6 and Honda Crosstour: The shape of things to come? 24 days ago on Autoblog Green

According to Wired, a trend is emerging from the design studios of some of the world's top automakers, and it may be spreading like wildfire as you read this. We're talking about cars like the recently-unveiled BMW X6, Honda Crosstour and Audi A5 Sportback. Squint a bit and its not too hard to ...

Toyota Prius sales backlogged until May 2010 in Japan 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's successful launch of the 2010 Prius hybrid doesn't appear to be losing any momentum in Japan. According to the Japanese Automobile Dealers Association, the automaker moved a total of 31,758 Prius hybrids last month, making September the fifth straight month that the fuel-sipper was the ...

Consumer Reports: 2010 Toyota Prius still most fuel efficient car in America 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

When Toyota redesigned the popular Prius hybrid for the 2010 model year, the Japanese automaker claimed it had made the car a bit larger, improved its performance and decreased its fuel consumption. A number of first drives and road tests seemed to prove that Toyota had indeed hit the target on ...

Without Cash for Clunkers in September, Prius sales hold steady 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Without the government-assisted sales boost of Cash for Clunkers, auto sales overall were down in September, but it wasn't as bad as all that. For the world's most iconic hybrid – the Toyota Prius – September sales went from 10,873 in 2008 to 10,984 in 2009, a change of -3.0 percent ...

Attention 2004-2009 Prius owners: Remove your floor mats 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

As part of the 3.8 million vehicle recall that was recently announced, Toyota and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration are advising owners of all 2004 to 2009 Prius hybrids to remove their driver's side floor mat immediately and not replace it with another brand until further ...

Toyota Prius gets tuned - on the outside - by Tommi Kaira 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Without actually, you know, tuning anything on the powertrain of the 2010 Toyota Prius, Japanese tuning company Tommi Kaira has unveiled its version of the third-generation iconic hybrid. The efficient sleekness of the original front end has been replaced by a new front lip spoiler and air ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid can't get any greener 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

One day children, will be taken to a Museum of Momentous Moments, and there among artist's impressions of the missing link and the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs will be an example of the first Toyota Prius. The placard next to it will declare that it is the car that turned green... ...

REPORT: Toyota looking to apply Prius name to other hybrid vehicles, but not as a sub-brand 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago, we wondered just how steep the hill of customer acceptance is for a new technology like the Volt is. The question was how well the Chevy Volt and the Voltec powertrain could compete with the established Prius brand? Toyota, for its part, apparently thinks it's worth spreading the Prius ...

VIDEO: Forgone conclusion? 2010 Prius quicker than 2009 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

By now, you've probably read a number of reviews and first drives of the 2010 Toyota Prius, hopefully including our own. If that's the case, you've undoubtedly read that the updated model has a larger engine with more horsepower than the car it replaces. So, the obvious question would have to ...

Frankfurt Preview: More on Toyota's new lithium-ion Plug-in Prius 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's new-generation plug-in hybrid Prius will be shown for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, and now we've got some new images and details. As expected, the PHEV Prius will be equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack. The hybrid synergy drive system has been upgraded for ...

REPORT: China pondering hoarding precious metal exports used in hybrids and EVs by banning exportation 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever hear of neodymium? How about dysprosium or yttrium? Thulium or lutetium? These are just some of the metals that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is considering either banning for export or at least severely limiting the amount that it will let leave the country. These ...

REPORT: Upcoming Toyota Prius Coupe to get Italian design 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Adding additional fuel to the ongoing speculation that Toyota will produce a sporty coupe version of its world-beating Prius hybrid hatchback is a new report from Japan's Best Car Magazine (via 4 Wheels News) that suggests the new model could be topped with a tailored sheetmetal suit courtesy of a ...

As a green brand, will the Volt be able to compete with Prius? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Those of us who follow the green car world on a daily basis could ramble on for an hour, at least, on the differences between the Chevy Volt and the Toyota Prius. They're not really in the same category, if you know what an ER-EV is. But for the general public, the two cars are probably best ...

Where Toyota is today on pure electrics, plug-in hybrids and the like 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

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, methodical and sometimes skeptical approach to cars with cords. After all, they just spent years teaching us ...

Toyota's "Harmony Floralscapes" bloom along LA, SF highways 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's TV ads for the 2010 Prius feature a world of flowers blooming whenever the iconic hybrid drives by. This visual message is now available in the physical world thanks to a living ad designed by Greenroad Media. Toyota is installing flowerbeds in the shape of the Prius along busy Los ...

Enginer claims to have $2,000, 2kWh plug-in Prius conversion kit ready 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 charge are extra). For your two or three grand, you can reach "the holy grail of achieving 100 ...

REPORT: Battery bottleneck holding up Prius sales 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has a major hit on its hands in the form of the redesigned 2010 Prius. While that's surely great news for the brand (which is otherwise posting huge sales declines along with nearly every other automaker in the world) it's also reportedly exposing the availability of batteries as the ...

Prius takes out town's electricity, driver flees 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Think all Prius drivers are goody two-shoes? Let this story from Ellington, Connecticut reshape your stereotypes. Sometime last night at around 1 a.m., someone managed to crash their Prius into a utility pole on Route 286. The pole was knocked over and the power went out at over 100 homes. The ...

REPORT: 115 Plug-in Priuses fail to crack 50 mpg average in year-long test 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Consumer Reports tested out the Hymotion L5 plug-in Toyota Prius conversion earlier this year, they weren't overwhelmed with the results. Sure, the mileage they observed was boosted to about 67 mpg over the first 35 miles of the drive, but that didn't match the claims of 100 mpg (or more) that ...

One More Time: There's a Toyota Prius wait list? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Auto sales are down – that's not exactly a surprise to anyone anymore. But Toyota has revived a little something from last summer called a wait list – for people who are interested in buying a new 2010 Prius. According to a story in The New York Times, Toyota is running its Prius ...

Surprise, Prius so popular Toyota will increase production rate to 500,000 a year 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Either Toyota intentionally downplayed initial numbers or the sluggish economy is not affecting Prius sales as much as the company feared. Whatever the reason, Toyota apparently realized it wasn't building enough Priuses and will increase production to meet demand. When Toyota introduced the ...

Review: 2010 Toyota Prius a miser with new moves 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

When car buyers think of hybrids, the name that most often springs to mind is the Toyota Prius since it was the first really practical hybrid to come to market and has sold more than any other examples. Yes, of course, the original Honda Insight beat the Prius to market in the U.S. by about six ...

New Prius goes on sale today in Japan, Toyota claims 80,000 pre-orders 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, we heard a report that Toyota had received 75,000 pre-orders for the new third-generation Prius. Today, the day that the new iconic hybrid goes on sale in its home country, Toyota says that the number is actually 80,000. Not bad for a new car in this time of economic questions. ...

British army receives 50 Toyota Priuses for service 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

What's the perfect military vehilcle? Humvees? The original Mini Moke? Nope. The British army has leased 50 Toyota Priuses for the White Fleet, the Army's 6,600 non-deployable administrative fleet of cars for administrative uses - did you think they would install a canon on top of it? The cars ...

Officially, official: Toyota will lease 150 plug-in Priuses in Europe starting in late 2009 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

We heard in March that Toyota would bring 100 plug-in Priuses to Strasbourg, France. The company has now spelled out more of its European PHEV Prius roll-out plans, and the highlight is a total of 500 new-generation plug-in Priuses in operation in Europe, Japan and the US by 2010. In Europe, ...

Report: Toyota received 75,000 Prius pre-orders 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, all those flowers and talk of "harmony" in the first new Prius ad are working. According to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Toyota has received 75,000 orders or the 2010 Prius. Toyota is not confirming the number, which was mentioned in Automotive News (subs req'd). The Prius goes on ...

SURVEY SAYS: 88% of Americans believe hybrid leadership is crucial to U.S. - Do you? 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

We Americans want hybrid leadership. We want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Trouble is, most of us aren't willing to pay for it. Johnson Controls surveyed 2,309 adults on all matters hybrid, and it found that 84% of Americans believe the government should support the advancement of hybrid ...

Toyota uses flowers and technology to advertise the 2010 Prius 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Long dead are automotive advertising campaigns that focus solely on the technical aspects of cars. Advertising now focuses in on sensations, feelings, abstract concepts and that "special something" that makes a particular vehicle stand out. Toyota's campaign to launch the 2010 Prius in the States ...

Toyota cranking up Prius production to meet early demand in Japan 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, the Honda Insight isn't the only new hybrid stimulating strong early demand in Japan. Toyota is responding to over 40,000 orders received in the first three weeks of April for the 2010 Prius by increasing production rates. Toyota had originally forecast about 300,000 sales for 2009, ...

2010 Prius starts at $21,000; one with everything* costs $32,500 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has just announced the official prices for the five (!) trim levels for the new Prius that will go on sale in late May. The bare-bones version (which must be pretty bare, since Toyota isn't saying yet what's included) will be just $21,000. On the other end of the spectrum, the top trim ...

REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The well-publicized battle for hybrid sales supremacy between Honda and Toyota has taken yet another intriguing turn. According to the Nikkei newspaper in Japan, Toyota is expecting to take 40,000 preorders in Japan for its new 2010 Prius hybrid ahead of its official debut in May. For the sake ...

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