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Toyota loses hybrid patent appeal case

Toyota finally seems to be out of options now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lower court's ruling to stand which will award Paice LLC roughly $4.3 million in an hybrid technology lawsuit. That amount works out to $25 for every vehicle that Toyota has sold which uses the Hybrid Synergy Drive. According to the lawsuit, Toyota made use of a microprocessor which accepts torque information from the electric motor and internal combustion engine. Fortunately for Toyota, though, the ruling does not preclude the Japanese auto-giant from ... Read more →

Solomon Technologies completes Toyota hybrid patent appeal arguments Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. All the way back in September of 2005, Solomon Technologies sued Toyota for allegedly infringing on a patent related to ...

Toyota to halve cost and size of hybrid synergy drive, skip diesels Sam Abuelsamid

Toyota has made it clear that they aren't interested in building anything like the range-extended EV system used in the Chevy Volt. Instead they are continuing to refine the design of their existing ...

Toyota loses hybrid patent appeal case 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota finally seems to be out of options now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lower court's ruling to stand which will award Paice LLC roughly $4.3 million in an hybrid technology lawsuit. That amount works out to $25 for every vehicle that Toyota has sold which uses the Hybrid Synergy ...

Solomon Technologies completes Toyota hybrid patent appeal arguments 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. All the way back in September of 2005, Solomon Technologies sued Toyota for allegedly infringing on a patent related to hybrid powertrains. Shortly thereafter, Solomon attempted to get the importation of the Prius and ...

Toyota to halve cost and size of hybrid synergy drive, skip diesels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has made it clear that they aren't interested in building anything like the range-extended EV system used in the Chevy Volt. Instead they are continuing to refine the design of their existing hybrid synergy drive system. Toyota Executive Vice President Kazuo Okamoto spoke to reporters in ...


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