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Toyota pushes Highlander FCHV-adv to 431 miles on one tank of H2

Toyota has covered long distances in its hydrogen fuel cell vehicles before, going from Osaka to Tokyo (347 miles) in a Highlander FCHV in 2007 and also going 2,300 miles (with refueling) from Fiarbanks, Alaska to Vancouver that same year. Now, the improved version of the Highlander FCHV, called the FCHV-adv (hey, it's advanced) was able to cover 431 miles on one 6 kilogram tank on California roads. Well, no. What Toyota is actually announcing is that their field tests have resulted in "an estimated range of 431 miles on a single full tank ... Read more →

Toyota, Honda hybrid sales drop in 2008; 5 FCX Clarity models sold Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

Zap will sell $24,000 plug-in hybrid kit to make your Prius get 120 MPGe Lascelles Linton

Unhappy with your plugless Prius? Zap thinks it has an answer for you. The king of green car press releases has issued another announcement, this time talking about the availability of a Toyota ...

Video: Toyota's "EV mode" TV commercial Lascelles Linton

You might remember a post I wrote about a Toyota TV commercial that prominently featured the EV (electric vehicle) mode button. You can watch that commercial for yourself in the video above. Turning ...

Toyota touts Highlander hybrid's EV mode button in TV ad Lascelles Linton

I saw a TV commercial last night for the Toyota Highlander hybrid that highlighted the EV Mode button. The commercial was about a new father that constantly woke up the baby with the sound of the car ...

Video: Ellen DeGeneres does live, in-show ad for Highlander hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/celebrity/Ellen_Degeneres_makes_love_to_a_hybrid_SUV_with_video'; Ellen DeGeneres may not have Iggy but she does have a Highlander hybrid and on Friday, she did everything she could to promote the SUV in a live, in-show ad. Instead of just going to commercial break, ...

Toyota loses appeal in hybrid drive train patent case 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Paice LLC sued Toyota in 2004 over three patents Paice said Toyota infringed with their hybrid drive train. The court ruled, in a jury verdict at a Texas court known for patent cases, that Toyota did infringe on one of the three patents and Toyota had to pay $25 per infringing car (Prius II, Toyota ...

30 Minutes with the Highlander Hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has been on a roll with hybrids lately, with the 170,000 units sold in 2006 expected to be easily eclipsed this year by 80,000 units or more. The Prius is the obvious hybrid sales leader, but the Highlander came in at a surprising 2nd place last year, with 31,000 units sold. That number ...

In The Autoblog Green Garage: 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

click the picture above to see a gallery of 45 Highlander images Toyota's Highlander is a delightfully appliance-like CUV that packs a lot into a relatively compact package. Thoughtful touches for hauling around your pride are tucked away inside the attractive sheetmetal, and anyone who needs three ...

Chicago Auto Show: 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, now with EV ONLY mode! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the image for a gallery of high-res images of the new Highlander digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Chicago_Auto_Show_2008_Toyota_Highlander_Hybrid_now_with_EV_ONLY_mode'; Today at the Chicago Auto Show, Toyota unveiled the all-new 2008 Highlander Hybrid. Toyota has upgraded the control ...

Toyota to unveil second-gen Highlander Hybrid at Chicago Auto Show 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has announced that the world premier of the all-new 2008 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid SUVs will take place at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show on Wednesday, February 7. The Highlander, Toyota's mid-sized SUV, was first unveiled during the 2001 model year and is receiving its first complete ...

Saturn Vue Green Line Revisited 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ann Job provides a more extensive review of the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line than the one previously posted by Automobile. She speculates, for example, that the "Eco" light, which brightens when the Vue exceeds government fuel standards, is vacuum-operated instead of using a computer to determine ...

Hybrid cars might be more cost-advantageous than Consumer Reports originally reported 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Walter McManus over at Hybrid Cars published a little mea culpa about his recent estimates of the real-world cost of owning and operating a hybrid vehicle. His estimates of the costs from a few weeks ago showed, like the recent Consumer Reports numbers, that most ended up being cost disadvantages ...


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