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Frankfurt Preview: Toyota to show Auris Hybrid, Prius PHEV and two iQ variants

In addition to the LF-Ch from its Lexus luxury division, Toyota also intends to bring a few more environmentally friendly automobiles to the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, some seemingly close to production form and others as concepts to whet our appetites for the future. Included among these new forward-looking machines will be the Auris HSD Full Hybrid concept, a plug-in version of the new third-gen Prius and two concepts based on the automaker's tiny iQ platform. We're expecting the Auris Hybrid to feature a 1.8-liter engine mated up ... Read more →

Where Toyota is today on pure electrics, plug-in hybrids and the like Sebastian Blanco

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, ...

GAO says truly clean plug-in hybrids need to be powered by alternatives to coal plants Sebastian Blanco

The long tailpipe. The longer you've been interested in cleaner cars that come with a plug, the more chance there is you've heard about this topic and thought of ways to mitigate the effect of the ...

REPORT: 115 Plug-in Priuses fail to crack 50 mpg average in year-long test Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

PICC plug-in Prius can now go 70 mph on battery power Sebastian Blanco

Thanks to a beefed up bit of software, Priuses converted to plug-in drive by Plug In Conversions Corp. (PICC) have gotten quite a bit better. They can now go up to 70 mph using nothing but their ...

Officially, official: Toyota will lease 150 plug-in Priuses in Europe starting in late 2009 6 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, ...

Foreign Affairs Auto named as official Hymotion PHEV kit installer 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

A123 Systems has named Foreign Affairs Auto of West Palm Beach Florida as an authorized installer for its Hymotion L5 plug-in conversion kits. The L5 kit consists of a battery pack containing A123 lithium iron phosphate cells designed to be installed in the second-generation Toyota Prius. The kit ...

SAE 2009: Toyota plug-in Prius (and 3rd-gen Prius) update 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

To get a little bit of clarification on the reported 12-mile EV-only range that the plug-in Prius is achieving in current testing, we spoke with Toyota Prius vehicle specialist Stephanie Wohlgamuth, who is working at the Toyota booth here at the SAE World Congress. Wohlgamuth said that the number ...

REPORT: 2010 Prius PHEV to feature 12-mile-plus EV range 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun in Japan, Toyota's upcoming plug-in Prius will have a range of a little over 12 miles (20 kilometers) on electric power only. That's significantly less than the EV range that's planned for PHEV competitors like the Chevy Volt, but it also means the PHEV Prius ...

Toyota plugs in 100 Priuses in Strasbourg, France 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

EDF, the French utility company that is also testing the smart ED, will expand its partnership with Toyota to test the plug-in Prius. Since September, the two companies have been putting the PHEV Priuses through their paces in London and and have been doing the same in Paris since 2007. They ...

Toyota: Plug-in Prius returning 65 mpg in testing 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to Toyota, its plug-in Prius hybrids are averaging 65 miles per gallon in real world testing. This is an improvement of 15 mpg over the recently-unveiled 2010 Prius. The secret to the big fuel mileage increase is a battery with the capacity to store much more energy than the unit in the ...

CARB puts off plug-in hybrid conversion warranty, emissions decision 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has decided to take another look at rules it is currently mulling over that would have required PHEV conversion shops to follow the same rules for emissions tests and warranties as the automakers. When word of this decision got out, some voices were ...

Plug-in Prius converters 3Prong Power offer 10 miles of EV power for $7,000 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Even if not everyone likes the Prius conversion aftermarket results, it can't be a bad thing that there is one more team out there willing to add batteries and a plug to your Prius, right? The WSJ recently profiled Daniel Sherwood and Paul Guzyk of Berkeley's 3Prong Power Inc., which will upgrade ...

Consumer Reports tests plug-in Prius conversion, finds it lacking 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

While the main storyline for Consumer Reports' February issue revolves around the new Hyundai Genesis and its toppling of the mighty Lexus ES350 as the mag's top-rated entry-level luxury sedan, another tidbit of information regarding next month's rag caught our attention. Apparently, CR purchased a ...

Go 25 miles on electric power in your Prius with a Plug In Conversions conversion kit 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Plug-In Conversions Corporation (PICC), founded by Kim Adelman, was started 19 months ago in order to sell conversion kits to that gave a Prius a plug. PICC announced this week that the battery company Gold Peak Industries North America has acquired an equity stake in PICC and will give the ...

Fleet tests of plug-in Prius moved up to early 2009, no retail timetable yet 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota President, Katsuaki Watanabe this week announced that the start of fleet testing for plug-in capable Priuses had been moved up by a year. At this year's Detroit Auto Show, Watanabe announced that several hundred Priuses with the ability to be plugged in would be delivered to government and ...

Plug-In Supply launches new Prius PHEV kit for $4995 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Plug-In Supply has just released its new $4995 kit which converts your 2004-2008 Prius into a Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle (PHEV). Because the system is based on the Cal Cars reference design and uses lead-acid batteries as opposed to the more expensive lithium or nickel-based batteries, this new kit is ...

Converted Plug-In Prius destroyed by fire! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first known instance of a plug-in hybrid car going up in flames occurred on June 7 in Columbia, South Carolina to a 2008 Prius that had been converted to plug-in capability for the Central Electric Power Cooperative. The conversion was performed with a Hybrids-Plus PHEV15 conversion kit that ...

Argonne Lab tests EnerDel-equipped plug-in Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

EnerDel's lithium-titanate battery has been independently tested by the Center for Transportation Research of the Illinois-based Argonne National Laboratory. For the tests, a stock Toyota Prius had its nickel metal hydride battery pack replaced with a new 1kWh lithium ion unit from EnerDel. No ...

95 years for a PHEV conversion to pay for itself in gas savings? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last year, Google made some waves when they announced the RechargeIT project to convert a fleet of Toyota Priuses and Ford Escape hybrids to plug-in capability. The company has just issued their first progress report on the program, and the results may be disappointing for those promoting plug-in ...

Toyota reiterates caution on lithium ion batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors is forging ahead with lithium ion battery development for both the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt. Meanwhile Toyota's executive vice president for R&D, Kazuo Okamoto is insisting (subs req'd) that they are still too hazardous for automotive use. Toyota is still ...

VIDEO Toyota's plug-in Prius test drive in Japan 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From DigInfo, we get our first video glimpse of the new plug-in Prius that Toyoto is testing in Japan. DigInfo went to the Toyota New Powertrain Conference and brought back a short report. There aren't any new facts (all that's known about the car is in the links below), but we at least can now see ...

Specs of the plug-in Prius Toyota is testing in Japan 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I'm just going to assume you've heard that Toyota is testing a plug-in Prius on public roads in Japan. If this has slipped by you, check out the links below. Otherwise, you know that the PHEV uses the standard nickel metal hydride batteries, not new and fancy lithium ion batteries. So, what does the ...

CalCars: Toyota does not approve of plugging in your Prius 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Pushed by talk in Congress about possibly giving incentives to taxpayers for converting standard hybrids to plug-in hybrids, Toyota today announced their reasons for not supporting PHEVs. In a memo written by Charles E. Ing, Director, Government Affairs Toyota Motor North America, and posted over ...

One guy, a plug-in Prius and hypermiling (video, lots of video) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a peek into what makes this whole share-everything/Web 2.0 thing pretty cool: we can ride along with one guy, somewhere in Seattle (username davem5321 on YouTube), who is cranking out 1000+ miles from one tank of gas in his Prius. Granted, it's a modified plug-in Prius, but you can ...

A123Systems buys out Hymotion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hot on the heels of A123Systems announcing that they would start selling plug-in hybrid conversion kits that are developed with Hymotion, A123 is now buying Hymotion outright. Hymotion developed and fabricates battery packs that can be installed in the spare tire well of a Toyota Prius. The battery ...

Southern California evaluates Valence powered EnergyCS PHEVs 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

EnergyCS is converting Toyota Prius hybrids to plug-in capability using lithium-ion batteries from Valence Technology for a test with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). AQMD is the air pollution agency for Southern California, and they want to increase the awareness of plug-in ...

Next-Gen Prius to get lithium ion battery and 113 mpg 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoExpress magazine in the UK has a report in this week's issue about the next generation Toyota Prius. They are reporting that the new Prius will be switching from nickel metal hydride batteries to lithium ion batteries that have greater capacity in an even smaller size. With the smaller package, ...


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