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Report: Revived Toyota MR2 hybrid could challenge Honda CR-Z

Honda may not have the hybrid sports coupe market to itself for long if a report out of Japan has any merit. One of Japan's top car magazines, Best Car, is reporting that Toyota is planning to bring forth a hybrid sports car in the near future as a direct challenger to the new Honda. Unlike the front wheel drive Honda, the renderings produced by the magazine indicate that the sporting hybrid would be mid-engined like the now discontinued MR2. Such a layout would would imply the likelihood of a significantly higher performance level than ... Read more →

REPORT: Toyota Prius wagon, SUV in the works Sebastian Blanco

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Toyota_Prius_SUV_Available_Next_Year'; Exactly how the Prius name navigates the shift from defining the world's most famous hybrid to it's own sub-brand – ...

Toyota's long hybrid patent fight with Paice continues in court Sebastian Blanco

Toyota's legal battle to over making and selling the Hybrid Synergy Drive has a long history. Toyota has fought with both Solomon Technologies and Paice LLC over the gasoline-electric technology. ...

REPORT: Toyota plans to trim trucks, focus on hybrids, improve quality Jeremy Korzeniewski

Stick with what you know. That seems to be Toyota's new mantra going forward, as the Japanese automaker has reportedly diverted its attention away from large trucks like the largely unsuccessful ...

Ford may pass Honda as second best hybrid seller in U.S. Jeremy Korzeniewski

There's no doubt about which automaker leads the hybrid vehicle race. Toyota – and particularly the Japanese automaker's Prius hybrid hatchback – outsells all other manufacturers ...

Toyota readies a HS250h version for the Japanese market 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

2009 Lexus HS 250h - Click above for high-res image gallery According to Japanese site Corism, Toyota is preparing a rebadged version of the Lexus HS 250h for its home market. The model, called the Toyota SAI, should slot nicely between the Prius and the Crown hybrid. The main difference ...

Toyota tops 2 million hybrid sales worldwide 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the 12 years since the original Prius went on sale, Toyota has sold over two million hybrid vehicles worldwide. Over that time, Toyota has now moved on to the third generation of the iconic Prius and added an array of hybrid drive models to both the Toyota and Lexus lines. Lexus is getting ...

REPORT: Toyota to ask Japanese government to extend green car incentives 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

It comes as little surprise that Toyota would want the Japanese government to extend its current series of green car incentives past their scheduled ending date of March, 2010. After all, the automaker has seen sales of its latest hybrids skyrocket in its home market, and much of that success ...

REPORT: Upcoming Toyota Prius Coupe to get Italian design 3 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 ...

Report: Toyota could go to Sanyo for lithium ion batteries 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

For the first time, Toyota may be looking beyond Panasonic EV Energy Company for batteries for its hybrid vehicles. The automaker is reportedly planning to buy lithium ion batteries from Sanyo for upcoming hybrids beginning in 2011. High demand in Japan and elsewhere for its hybrid models is ...

REPORT: Toyota to build Yaris-based hybrid in France, go on sale in Japan in 2011 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's got hybrids on the brain. Asahi (via Reuters) is reporting that the Japanese automaker, already the undisputed market leader in the fuel-saving hybrid vehicle market, is planning to launch a new compact hybrid to be based on the next-gen Yaris platform and to be put on sale in Japan ...

Toyota division doubles hybrid component production capacity 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the new Lexus HS250h beginning to hit the streets in the coming months, Toyota's ever-expanding hybrid lineup will need parts. Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. is stepping up to supply bits that include the motor/generators and transmissions. The new factory launched last year with a single ...

REPORT: Toyota hopes to boost profits by licensing hybrid technology 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Over the last ten years or so, Toyota has amassed a wide-ranging assortment of more than 2,000 patents related to its proprietary Hybrid Synergy Drive. That's an impressive figure to be sure, and it's also a possible source of income as more and more automakers follow Toyota's lead by ...

Toyota will continue focusing on "clean halo" hybrids, not EVs or diesels 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's not terribly surprising that Toyota – the automaker often credited for creating the first modern mainstream hybrid automobile – would seek to continue establishing its marketplace dominance in hybrid automobiles. The Prius alone has sold well over a million units since its ...

Toyota not working on diesel hybrid 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's no doubt that the Toyota Prius is the most well-known green car in the world, a fact that's as often attributed to the car's distinctive styling as it is to the car's impressive fuel efficiency. The latest 2010 model pushes that efficiency to a new level with a combined 50 mpg rating ...

Toyota announces world's first diesel-electric hybrid forklift 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

There are some who believe that the Holy Grail of fuel-saving technology could potentially be diesel-electric hybrids, and the idea certainly isn't without merit. After all, diesel engines are inherently more efficient than their gasoline-swilling siblings, so there's the potential for even higher ...

REPORT: Toyota to give hybrid technology to GM? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to a report in Japan's Daily Yomiuri newspaper, Toyota is willing to give General Motors access to its hybrid technology, free of charge. Why in the world would they do that, you ask? Apparently, Toyota doesn't want to see the crucial American market weaken any further and would benefit ...

Honda, Toyota make $3,100 profit on each hybrid sold 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The whole Insight/Prius price war thing has been settled. We know that the cheapest 2010 Toyota Prius will be $21,750 and the lowest-cost 2010 Honda Insight will be $20,470. Hybrid buyers win because of the competitive price drops, but it turns out that both automakers are also winners. According ...

Enter the rumormill: Prius minivan on the works? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Many reports forecast that hybrid powertrains will be present in all car segments in the coming years. But not much has been said about using hybrid powertrains in minivans (a few things here and there, but that's it). Since soccer moms (and dads!) could surely use savings at the pump, a rumor on ...

Could Toyota base new low-cost hybrid on Auris platform? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's been lots of internet chatter over the last few weeks surrounding rumors in Japan that Toyota is hard at work developing a new low-cost hybrid model that would use Prius technology but be priced to match the new Honda Insight. It's no secret that the Insight's big claim to fame is its ...

Toyota to Ford: 100,000 hybrids? That's cute. We've sold a million in the U.S. 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, Ford announced it had built its 100,000th hybrid SUV. Today, Toyota coyly released a statement that outshines the Blue Oval 10-to-1. Toyota Motor Sales has now sold more than one million Toyota and Lexus hybrids in the U.S. and dominates 75 percent of the hybrid market here. TMS has ...

Toyota: Market wants hybrids, not sportscars 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

If the automaker's presence at the last couple of Auto Shows (see Detroit, Chicago) wasn't enough to clue us in, Toyota Division General Manager Bob Carter has spelled out the Japanese giant's future product portfolio to Automotive News, saying, "Personally, I would love to have a sporty car, ...

Toyota, Honda hybrid sales drop in 2008; 5 FCX Clarity models sold 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've already taken a look at the 2,555 hybrids that GM sold in December and the 14,439 hybrid vehicles it sold in 2008, but what about the other major automakers? Not every automaker reports their sales the same way (most don't break out hybrid numbers, for example), but we can still compare ...

Rumors of a hybrid Le Mans racer from Toyota pop back up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been hearing since the beginning of the year that Toyota may be considering entering the historic Le Mans 24 Hour race with a hybrid racer, possibly with a high-tech capacitor-based energy storage system. It's no secret that the Japanese giant is the undisputed leader in hybrid cars for the ...

Toyota cuts spending, increases hybrid development 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Even mighty Toyota isn't immune to the downturn in sales in the United States due to the horrible current economic climate and credit crisis. Revenue is down nearly 70 percent for the Japanese giant, a situation that it is anything but familiar with. So, Toyota has created a team headed by its ...

Toyota announces plans for new NiMH battery plant 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota today released further details about one of its new battery plants in Japan. The plant, to be operated by Panasonic EV Energy (the joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic), is planned to be constructed in Taiwa-cho, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi Prefecture north of Tokyo. The $290 million plant is ...

All future Toyota hybrids to share a similar "I'm a hybrid!" design 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When you see a Toyota Prius, you instantly recognize the fact that the car is a hybrid right? Sure, because they all are. What about the Camry Hybrid? Unless you know just where to look for the unique badging, you wouldn't know a hybrid model from the standard model. Toyota would like to change ...

Toyota VP: we'll sell nothing but hybrids by 2020 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hmmm, now I'm curious. According to the International Herald Tribune, Masatami Takimoto, Toyota's executive vice president in charge of powertrain development, said that he expected hybrids will power "100 percent" of Toyota's vehicles by 2020. Now, technically, a hybrid can be a lot of things, but ...

Toyota will give you a 50th Anniversary Edition Camry Hybrid for $31,680 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you want a 2007 Camry Hybrid 50th Anniversary Edition, it will be yours - oh, yes, it will - for $31,680. This limited edition hybrid is meant to celebrate Toyota's 50 years of business in the United States. Only 3,000 of these special editions will be made at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in ...

Toyota looking for 40% increase in hybrid sales this year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last year, Toyota's hybrid sales increased by thirty-three percent and this year the company is aiming for forty percent, with total worldwide sales of 430,000 vehicles. Toyota is also planning to increase production of the Prius by forty percent to 280,000 annually. It will be interesting to watch ...

Detroit Auto Show: Does the Toyota FT-HS look better than the Lexus concepts? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's FT-HS hybrid "21st Century sports car" didn't make quite the splash on AutoblogGreen the way the Chevy Volt or the Ford Airstream did. But we, of course covered is as did the UK media crew from Newspress. They just put together a little write-up on three upcoming Toyota and Lexus vehicles ...

Detroit Auto Show: More details on the Toyota FT-HS concept hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Jeremy mentioned Toyota's new hybrid sports car concept vehicle, the FT-HS, the other day, but now Toyota has sent out a press release (read it after the jump) with a few more precious details on this 21st Century sports car. The Toyota FT-HS concept will officially debuts this weekend at the ...

Toyota plans a midsize hybrid-only model with a 2.5 or 3 liter engine 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota already offers a hybrid midsize model, the Camry hybrid. Additionally, they have hybrid versions of other popular model lines, such as the Highlander and various Lexus models. However, the Prius remains the single hybrid-only model in their U.S. lineup. This may be about the change. The ...

Toyota's European vision for 2010: lots more clean cars 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

2010 is shaping up to be a big year for Toyota. Company officials have previously announced that they would start selling a diesel hybrid that year, and now the Nihon Keizai Shimbun has reported that 2010 is the year Toyota wants 50 percent of its new car sales to be either fuel-efficient diesels or ...

Toyota begins hybrid Camry production in United States 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has been building Camrys for the US market in Georgetown, Kentucky for 20 years now and the plant has produced about 6.7 million vehicles. Since the first Camrys rolled off the line, Toyota has added production of the Avalon and Solara and over the years has also built other Camry ...

UK company has got the hots for the Prius 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Engineers working for Hallmark Fire, an independent fire systems companies in the UK, have given praise to the Prius vehicles in their fleet of service vehicles. While the environmental benefits of the hybrids have not escaped the notice of the company's customers, the engineers – who service ...


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