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DOE fuel economy updates: 2009 Prius mpg, diesel tax credits

A few updates from the U.S. federal government regarding cleaner vehicles. First, we have the official DOE fuel economy numbers for the 2009 Prius: 48 mpg in the city, 45 on the highway for a combined rating of 46 mpg. If that looks familiar, it's because it's the same as the 2008 Prius (and the 2007 and 2006 ...) But here's something that's new (maybe): has the FuelEconomy site always had the "switch units" option? I hadn't noticed it before but it caught my eye today because of the whole gallons per mile debate we had earlier this ... Read more →

Plug-In Prius prototype in Nashville today Sebastian Blanco

The Congressional Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus is a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority area (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North ...

Get free gas with a new pair of pants Sebastian Blanco

Deals on gasoline make at least some sort of sense when automakers offer them (looking at you, crazy Chrysler), but when the latest free gas gimmick comes from buying Dockers, you know fuel prices are ...

Available now: Haynes Manual for the Toyota Prius Jeremy Korzeniewski

The used Toyota Prius market is heating up rapidly in the face of high gasoline prices. A quick check on eBay Motors shows that, despite the complicated systems which make up the world's best-selling ...

US News: the future of the Prius is all about the plugs Sebastian Blanco

The styrofoam hamburger container shape of the Toyota Prius elicits a lot of responses, good and bad. But when was the last time you saw one and thought, "wow"? Back when the hybrid was introduced, ...

Ford: Green cars could look like sexy science projects 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Some see the success of the Toyota Prius, compared to such competitors as the Civic Hybrid, as proof that green cars need to look different from their normal siblings. While it may be a bit early on in the game to make this assessment, Ford's North American director of car design, Pat Schiavone, ...

High gas prices allow Toyota to slash Prius incentives 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With sales of many car and truck models cratering in recent months as gas prices continued to climb and the real estate market has continued its melt down, there has been one notable exception. Toyota has seen sales of the pioneering hybrid car climb by more than 67 percent in April compared to ...

AFVI 2008: we present to you the lifesize Monopoly Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Remember the big deal it was when the "Here & Now" version of Monopoly came out and there was a Prius pawn inside? Well, there's Monopoly Prius standing guard at the entry way to the AFVI expo hall here in Las Vegas this week. The hybrid is totally decked out in Monopoly money ...

Another day, another award for the Prius, Green Engine of the Year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For the eighth time in the last five years, the powertrain of the Toyota Prius has been recognized by jury of the International Engine of the Year competition as one of the best. This time around Engine Technology International magazine replaced the previous best fuel economy category with Best ...

Prius wins JD Power award for highest consumer satisfaction in U.K. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. J.D. Power and Associates' 2008 UK Customer Satisfaction Index Study, produced along with What Car?, indicates that owners of the Prius are rather happy with their cars. For the second consecutive year, the ...

Toyota Prius price climbs $400, other Toyota/Lexus models see similar increases 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by OrangeLimey. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Starting in a few weeks (mid- to late-May) a Prius will cost you $400 more than it used to. Toyota announced across-the-board price increases to 2008 and 2009 Toyota and Lexus models today (Scion were "adjusted" back in April), and ...

Penny-pinching Seth Green happy with his Prius purchase 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Don't accuse Seth "Robot Chicken" Green of getting a Prius just because it's the trendy thing to do. At the recent Tribeca Film Festival, Green was talking to Contact Music and said he's most impressed with the way his new Prius saves him money at the pump and that he can drive alone in the carpool ...

Toyota Prius convertible: Don't see that every day! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of this custom Prius convertible We would surely welcome a convertible Prius to Toyota's official list of offerings, but we doubt it would end up looking much like this one. Custom ordered by someone who goes by the handle 'exproducer' on Prius Chat, the Waveline ...

Next-gen Prius to get larger engine, more efficient 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Hybrid-X Concept There's a good deal that we already know about Toyota's next Prius. For instance, we expect it to make its formal debut in 2009 at the Detroit Auto Show, along with a possible Lexus sister. We know that Toyota plans to ...

Most promising green technologies number two: hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. Sure, hybrids such as the Toyota Prius are already considered by the masses to be the pinnacle of green automotive technology, but they are still most certainly in their infancy. We've already looked at ultracapacitors, ...

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 ...

Go Green Car and Van Rental adds eight Prius hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The city of Crewe in England is perhaps best known among car people as the long time home of Bentley and formerly Roll-Royce, brands not exactly known for environmental consciousness or attention to fuel economy. There are of course other businesses in town, one of which is Go Green Car and Van ...

Toyota to spike Prius production by 60% by 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Contrary to some recent speculation that Toyota might be capacity constrained when it comes to producing producing Priuses. It looks like the onset of an all new third-generation Prius next January (along with a Lexus badged companion) has triggered Toyota to invest in some more capacity at the two ...

Car of the decade: Tesla Roadster or Porsche Cayenne? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. The New York Times Wheel's Blog has posted an interesting question along with a lousy answer. The question is: what is the car of the decade? The writer goes on to suggest a few selections, namely the Tesla Roadster and the ...

Toyota Prius isn't British enough for Lord Jones 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We can understand why Lord Jones, Britain's trade minister, would want to be driven around in his Jaguar as opposed to a Toyota Prius. First of all, while we really do like the Prius, a luxury car it is not. Secondly, and more importantly (or so he claims) is that he should be seen in a British car. ...

Toyota Prius is a gas guzzler compared to the BMW 520d 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When it comes to getting great fuel economy, there is definitely more than one way to skin a cat. The Prius may be thrifty but it certainly isn't the be all and end all. Just to demonstrate that the Times of London decided to go for a little a road trip with a Prius and a BMW 520d. While the 535d ...

"Well, at least he drives a Prius" puts the bad taste into unofficial ads 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge and see more from the series. If you're sick of the stereotypical holier-than-thou Prius driver image, we have three ads to show you. In each one, driving the hybrid is about the only honorable thing the driver is doing. Aside from the prostitute shot above, the others in the ...

Shocker! Consumer Reports picks the Prius as best green vehicle for 5th straight year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Every year, Consumer Reports picks what it thinks are the best and worst cars of the past twelve months. This year, a lot of the winners (or losers, as the case may be) are retreads. The Honda Accord (best family sedan), Infiniti G35 (best upscale sedan), Mazda MX-5 Miata (most fun to drive), Toyota ...

Toyota Aygo, Yaris and Prius exempt from revised London Congestion Charge 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It didn't take long for automakers to respond to the official announcement yesterday about the changes to the London Congestion Charge. Now that cars that emit less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer will be exempted from the charges that go into effect in October, Toyota has put out a press ...

Ten years of the Toyota Prius - now it comes in cake form 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the wonderful 10th anniversary Prius commercial featuring Astro Boy? While Japan got to celebrate the first decade of the iconic hybrid with animated characters, there are other ways to enjoy the party. Like a Prius cake (above). I'm not sure which group Toyota UK is highlighting with the ...

Stevenage mayor switches to top-grade Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Haven't had one of these in a while. Toyota has sent out a note about a mayor in the UK that has decided on using a Prius for his official town duties. For the life of me, I can't now find a similar post we've done in the past, but I know that Toyota (especially Toyota UK) likes to send out press ...

2008 Prius price up slightly, Camry hybrid and Yaris also up. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota announced the new price for the 2008 Prius hybrid yesterday, and the long and short of it is that it's slightly more expensive than before. $150 more, to be exact. This is a change of 0.7 percent. Other Toyota models also got a "mid-year price adjustments," including the Yaris and the 2009 ...

Prius wagon in the cards? Maybe 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota, already the world leader in hybrid car sales, plans on increasing the number of Prius models in an effort to reach their ambitious goal of selling 1 million hybrids within ten years. The new model will be a station wagon and will have a rear seat large enough to fit three adults. These ...

Finally, news from Monday's protest against Toyota 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When we spoke with Chelsea Sexton at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo over the weekend (the above video), she said her organization, Plug In America, and others (Rainforest Action Network and the Global Exchange) were going to be protesting Toyota on Monday. I've been watching the news reports since ...

Consumer Reports' top five reliable family cars list includes two hybrids, Prius at #1 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Two of the five most reliable family cars in the U.S. are hybrids, according to the readers surveyed by Consumer Reports in the non-profit magazine's latest reliability survey. At the number one spot we find the Toyota Prius, and coming in at number 4 is the Toyota Camry Hybrid (note: in the CBC ...

All future Toyota hybrids to share a similar "I'm a hybrid!" design 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When you see a Toyota Prius, you instantly recognize the fact that the car is a hybrid right? Sure, because they all are. What about the Camry Hybrid? Unless you know just where to look for the unique badging, you wouldn't know a hybrid model from the standard model. Toyota would like to change ...

Toyota takes the Prius to the NASCAR demographic 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January, Toyota announced the start of its "Highway to the Future" tour, a mobile demonstration unit that talks about the benefits of hybrids (as Toyota sees them) in places where hybrids are not top sellers, or even that well understood. Since then, we've been getting press releases about ...

A Prius that needs no driver enters the DARPA challenge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You are probably familiar with the driverless cars that compete in the DARPA challenge. We've shown you some of them in the past. Here is a Prius which is set to compete this year between October 26th and 31st in a qualifying event in Victorville, California. This year, the challenge will be to ...

Video: Prius will go 62 MPH "and beyond" in all-electric mode 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Next_Gen_Prius_62mph_in_all_electric_mode'; Recently, I wrote the Prius had a "second phase" goal of 37 miles in electric-only mode. In the video above, Hans-Peter Wandt of Toyota says the "step one" Prius in testing can go 60 to 100 kph (100 kph is 62 ...

UK survey says screw hybrids if you want a green car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

How many top ten lists of green cars to you know of that don't include the Toyota Prius? A new survey by Cardiff University and UK automotive consultancy Clifford Thames has come to the conclusion that the poster car for the environmental driver is actually only the 12th greenest vehicle. Number ...

Toyota Prius: the perfect car for those with arthritis? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We can think of plenty of good reasons to choose a Toyota Prius for your next car. Saving gas is the most obvious choice, and some people are happy with merely the perception that they are being green. But, how about choosing the Prius for the ease it offers in choosing gears? Think that's just ...


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