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Japan's Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reports that Toyota's hybrid production plans for 2011 may fall well short of the company's targeted one million units. The report, drawing information from an unidentified source who is ...

Last week, we noted that sales of the Toyota Prius had dropped sharply in July, falling some 30 percent from the reported numbers of a year ago, yet Toyota was pleased with the results. While it seemed rather odd that Toyota was ...

Back in August of 1997, Toyota launched its Coaster Hybrid EV minibus, the company's first hybrid vehicle. Though the Coaster Hybrid is not a common name, it was the vehicle that started the hybrid revolution at Toyota. Just ...

Just moments after we published our earlier report about today's scheduled hearing between Toyota and Alex Severinsky at the International Trade Commission, we got word that the parties have settled. The parties haven't released any ...

By 2020, Toyota plans to offer a hybrid model in every car category across the board. Many of the upcoming hybrids will utilize the Prius' tried-and-true hybrid setup. The company is reluctant to develop an entirely new hybrid system ...

If you'd like to know what it's like to be on top in the hybrid segment of the automotive industry, just ask Toyota. The company has held the top spot for eons and it certainly doesn't look like Toyota will relinquish the honor in ...

Toyota Motor Manufacturing held a line-off ceremony as production of the Auris Hybrid kicked off in the UK. Toyota plans to produce 30,000 Auris Hybrids annually, making it the first European-made, mass-produced hybrid ever. Sales of the Auris Hybrid will begin on July 1st and Toyota anticipates ...

We often talk about the the polarizing exterior design of some hybrids and upcoming electric vehicles as a negative attribute which could hamper their sales success. But the look-at-me design of the best-selling Toyota Prius may ...

It's not all that often that Toyota products have the fun-to-drive qualities found in vehicles from other brands. Actually, it's rare that a Toyota product is noted for attributes such as handling prowess or communicative ...

Toyota has, once again, failed to shake the long-looming hybrid patent infringement case brought forth by Paice LLC. In this latest development, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge dismissed Toyota's bid to end the lawsuit, continuing a trend. Toyota has long argued that the suit filed by ...