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Toyota: Prius solar sunroof much more popular than expected

The undeniable success of the 2010 Prius surely has Toyota breathing a sigh of relief. Still, even good news sometimes comes with a caveat, and that's reportedly true of the Japanese automaker's latest fuel sipper. According to Wards Auto, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. President Jim Lentz expects that the automaker will sell about 140,000 Prius hybrids here in the States, which falls well short of the 180,000 units sold in 2007. It seems Toyota could likely sell considerably more Prius hybrids if it could make them fast enough, but as ... Read more →

Priuses get solar assist on boat into Long Beach harbor [w/VIDEO] Sebastian Blanco

Considering that a single container ship may emit as much as 50 million cars, even small reductions of fossil fuel energy needed to import vehicles to the U.S. are a good thing. While soome ship ...

Kyocera offers details on solar cells used by 2010 Prius Jeremy Korzeniewski

Want to know more about the solar moonroof option that's available on the latest third-generation Toyota Prius for 2010? Read on. According to Tech-On from Nikkei newspaper in Japan, the actual ...

Toyota: Prius solar sunroof much more popular than expected 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The undeniable success of the 2010 Prius surely has Toyota breathing a sigh of relief. Still, even good news sometimes comes with a caveat, and that's reportedly true of the Japanese automaker's latest fuel sipper. According to Wards Auto, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. President Jim Lentz ...

Priuses get solar assist on boat into Long Beach harbor [w/VIDEO] 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Considering that a single container ship may emit as much as 50 million cars, even small reductions of fossil fuel energy needed to import vehicles to the U.S. are a good thing. While soome ship ideas use giant kites, Toyota has partnered up with the NYK Line for a new ship called the Auriga ...

Kyocera offers details on solar cells used by 2010 Prius 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Want to know more about the solar moonroof option that's available on the latest third-generation Toyota Prius for 2010? Read on. According to Tech-On from Nikkei newspaper in Japan, the actual polycrystalline Si cells used by the automaker are supplied by Kyocera and are arranged in six columns ...


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