prius hybrid

It's been said that God rides a Harley. Now we have a Toyota Prius that tows them. uShip, a community of about 250,000 registered carriers, posted a blog item last week about a Prius driver who uses his hybrid to tow motorcycles across the U.S. Adam Winters is the man behind Green Technology ...

Toyota has launched its online Prius C configurator that allows prospective buyers to check out color schemes and price out options for the compact hybrid version of the world's best-selling hybrid model. The webpage includes a color wheel with nine choices and outlines options that are included ...

Some notable dates for Toyota and/or hybrid fans: 1997: Toyota introduces its first production hybrid vehicle, the Prius August 2010: Toyota sells on millionth hybrid in Japan. May 2011: Toyota sells one millionth Prius hybrid in the U.S. June 2011: The two-millionth hybrid is ...

We heard the rumors in Tokyo, but wouldn't believe it until we saw it. And here it is. Toyota will be replacing its Axio racer with a Prius for next year's SuperGT season. The touring car Prius will reportedly run in the GT300 class against the recently released Subaru BRZ and Honda CR-Z, the ...

It's not like online "mentions" lead directly to sales, but if they did, then data from Infegy, a leading source for social media analytics, would seem to indicate that the Toyota Prius, in being the overall leader among "green" vehicles in "mentions" on websites, blogs and tweets from March 22 ...

At a press conference last week, Toyota chief executive officer Akio Toyoda raved that hybrid vehicles have aided survivors of the devastating earthquake that rattled Japan. Toyoda's not-so-subtle message plugged the gas-electric vehicles for their ability to extend the time between fill-ups, ...

The launch of vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf has stirred up a debate over battery longevity. Critics say battery output will degrade and cite outrageous replacement costs as a possible downside to these breakthrough machines. Well, it turns out that skeptics posed similar ...

Toyota's Prius V may be the latest production-ready addition to the Japanese automaker's hybrid lineup, but it's the Prius C concept, a gas-electric vehicle which made its worldwide debut at the Detroit Auto Show, that ...

Having trouble with the headlights of your second-gen (2006-2009) Toyota Prius? You're not alone. In fact, 2,500 people complained in a class action lawsuit that the car's high intensity discharge (HID) headlights sometimes turned off without reason. Toyota has now agreed to a settlement of an ...

Sprinkled around Cobo Hall this morning in the wee hours of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, we discovered a number of promotional images from Toyota teasing the big Prius announcement that's coming later this afternoon. We don't know with 100 percent certainty, but the ad sure makes it look like the ...