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ABC News: Prius one of Top 10 Innovations of the Decade

Toyota didn't exactly invent the hybrid automobile, but the Japanese automaker certainly can be credited with popularizing. Exhibit A? The Prius hatchback. Ever since its U.S. introduction in 2000, the fuel-sipper has come to symbolize the environmental movement and has kickstarted an entire genre. Though it has competition, primarily from Honda and Ford, nobody comes close to the million-plus hybrids that Toyota has sold. Is that enough to qualify the Prius as one of the Top 10 Innovations of the Decade? According to ABC News, the ... Read more →

Report: Revived Toyota MR2 hybrid could challenge Honda CR-Z Sam Abuelsamid

Honda may not have the hybrid sports coupe market to itself for long if a report out of Japan has any merit. One of Japan's top car magazines, Best Car, is reporting that Toyota is planning to ...

Toyota starts discussions on who will get PHEV Priuses Sam Abuelsamid

Toyota is getting ready to start deploying a fleet of 200 plug-in Prius hybrids in the coming months and the company needs to figure out what to do with them. The cars will all be leased for ...

REPORT: Toyota U.S. president Lentz believes Prius could supplant Camry as brand's best seller Chris Shunk

The Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in the U.S. for 11 of the past 12 years, and only a total industry meltdown has managed to slow the Japanese automaker's bread-and-butter sedan. Even ...

Toyota to launch battery electric vehicle in 2012, fuel cell in 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota brand, came to Detroit on Monday to have lunch with some local media. Among the topics of discussion at the gathering were Toyota's ...

Denso wants to standardize hybrid components, make batteries 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Japanese automotive supplier Denso wants to expands its business of selling components and systems for hybrid and electric powertrains and sees standardization as a way to get there. Toyota is Denso's largest single largest shareholder with 23 percent of the suppliers stock. Denso has been supplying ...

REPORT: Toyota plans to trim trucks, focus on hybrids, improve quality 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Stick with what you know. That seems to be Toyota's new mantra going forward, as the Japanese automaker has reportedly diverted its attention away from large trucks like the largely unsuccessful and slow-selling Tundra pickup and back to hybrid vehicles – possibly all wearing the Prius ...

Rumormill: Toyota to launch Prius coupe, MPV 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

This isn't the first time we've heard rumblings of a possible sporty two-door Prius coupe from Toyota, but the rumor that just won't die is once again being trumpeted by Autocar in the UK. The British motoring magazine also contends that an MPV (think downsized minivan) version of the ...

REPORT: Toyota develops its own flower species for cleaner air at Prius plant 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers make cars and trucks, no surprises there. Some even make other interesting things, like Honda, which also builds motorcycles, jets, robots and solar cells. But up until now, we haven't been able to think of any car companies that develop their own species of flowers. Thankfully, ...

VIDEO: New Toyota Prius ad channels Vishnu to explain hybrid tech 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

What do you want from me, I've only got two hands?! Wouldn't we all be a bit more productive if we were blessed with another set of upper appendages, complete with opposable thumbs? Toyota apparently thinks so, and the Japanese automotive giant is using the point to prove that two drivetrains ...

Toyota out of the Chamber of Commerce? Plug in America calls out the troops 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The Yes Men were in the news recently for a hoax that put the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lame position on climate change under the spotlight. This week, Move On and Plug In America are pushing an online campaign to get Toyota to stop funding the Chamber's anti-climate lobbying. The campaign ...

Tokyo 2009: Toyota Prius claims Japan Car of the Year title 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

For the past 30 years, Japan has declared a car of the year, an award given to newly-released or redesigned vehicles released from November 1st of the previous year to October 1st of the current year. More than 60 jurors composed of Japanese journalists receive an allocation of votes, and the ...

Tokyo 2009: Toyota FT-EV II concept 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota revealed their latest plug-in electric concept car here in Tokyo as the FT-EV II. This one is a followup to the iQ-based FT-EV that we saw in Detroit but appears to be a ground-up design that takes advantage of the electric drive architecture. The iQ is promoted as a 3+1 layout because ...

Feds release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, Prius still most miserly 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Quick – what's the most fuel efficient car currently for sale in America? Did you guess the Toyota Prius? If so, give yourself a cookie, you're right. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the 2010 version of Toyota's seminal hybrid once again scores the mileage victory ...

Ford may pass Honda as second best hybrid seller in U.S. 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

There's no doubt about which automaker leads the hybrid vehicle race. Toyota – and particularly the Japanese automaker's Prius hybrid hatchback – outsells all other manufacturers combined. In total, Automotive News (sub. req'd) calculates that Toyota sold 144,351 hybrid vehicles in ...

Aston Martin Cygnet (nee Toyota iQ) to hit European city streets next year? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Most of us would be willing to kill for the opportunity to have an Aston Martin as our daily commuter. (Then again, most of us here at Autoblog are writers and don't commute much of anywhere). But the British purveyor of luxury GTs figures some of its customers – those based in major ...

Toyota Prius sales backlogged until May 2010 in Japan 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's successful launch of the 2010 Prius hybrid doesn't appear to be losing any momentum in Japan. According to the Japanese Automobile Dealers Association, the automaker moved a total of 31,758 Prius hybrids last month, making September the fifth straight month that the fuel-sipper was the ...

Consumer Reports: 2010 Toyota Prius still most fuel efficient car in America 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

When Toyota redesigned the popular Prius hybrid for the 2010 model year, the Japanese automaker claimed it had made the car a bit larger, improved its performance and decreased its fuel consumption. A number of first drives and road tests seemed to prove that Toyota had indeed hit the target on ...

Tokyo Preview: Toyota FT-EV II brings the tiny to T-town 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Perhaps Toyota has discovered that people are shrinking. The company's latest all-electric concept, the FT-EV II, will make its world premiere at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month. What's amazing about the FT-EV II is that it is "more compact than ultra-compact "iQ", but still with seating ...

Attention 2004-2009 Prius owners: Remove your floor mats 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

As part of the 3.8 million vehicle recall that was recently announced, Toyota and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration are advising owners of all 2004 to 2009 Prius hybrids to remove their driver's side floor mat immediately and not replace it with another brand until further ...

Toyota announces $400 price increase on 2010 Prius 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's no doubt about it, the redesigned 2010 Toyota Prius has turned into a smash hit. Both in America and in Toyota's home market of Japan, the third-generation Prius is defying the industry trend of falling sales and is actually proving hard to find with certain desirable options. It's also ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid can't get any greener 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

One day children, will be taken to a Museum of Momentous Moments, and there among artist's impressions of the missing link and the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs will be an example of the first Toyota Prius. The placard next to it will declare that it is the car that turned green... ...

GM and Toyota agree: gas, battery prices defining parameters for plug-in acceptance 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

GM has not been secretive about how important gas prices in late 2010 will be on the price of the Chevy Volt. During a webchat this week, GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said again that higher gas prices are needed for the Volt to become "generalized." Specifically, he said: The Volt technology is ...

REPORT: Toyota looking to apply Prius name to other hybrid vehicles, but not as a sub-brand 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago, we wondered just how steep the hill of customer acceptance is for a new technology like the Volt is. The question was how well the Chevy Volt and the Voltec powertrain could compete with the established Prius brand? Toyota, for its part, apparently thinks it's worth spreading the Prius ...

Frankfurt 2009: Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept needs a shorter name 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

And now for your viewing pleasure, we bring you these live shots of the Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept (seriously, could Toyota have come up with a longer name?). Technically, the vehicle shown in our image gallery below is listed as a concept car, but every indication is that it's not all ...

REPORT: Toyota secretly tested lithium-ion Priuses for three years 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Details are scarce, but it turns out that Toyota has been testing Priuses with lithium-ion batteries in them for years. Not many vehicles were involved – Bloomberg says only 126 such Priuses were on the roads in U.S., Japan and Europe – but the tests began in 2006. Toyota spokeswoman ...

VIDEO: Forgone conclusion? 2010 Prius quicker than 2009 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

By now, you've probably read a number of reviews and first drives of the 2010 Toyota Prius, hopefully including our own. If that's the case, you've undoubtedly read that the updated model has a larger engine with more horsepower than the car it replaces. So, the obvious question would have to ...

Frankfurt Preview: Toyota unleashes the goods on Auris HSD Concept 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've already received a sneak peek at some early images of the Toyota Auris HSD concept, but Toyota was woefully tight-lipped about disclosing on any actual details at that time. No longer, as the Japanese automaker has just dropped all the pertinents and a bunch of new images of its upcoming ...

REPORT: Prius sales take off in Japan; Toyota hires 800 new workers 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

It seems hard to believe that Toyota, the World's Largest Automaker, hasn't had to hired any new contract workers in over a year, but it's apparently true. That unenviable record is about to be broken, though, as the Japanese automaker is reportedly set to hire 800 new contract workers at its ...

Frankfurt Preview: Toyota Auris HSD concept leaks ahead of debut 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota will be bringing a number of concept vehicles to the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, including a plug-in version of its Prius hybrid that uses a lithium ion battery pack in lieu of the standard model's nickel metal hydride unit. While that car is understandably generating the most press, ...

Frankfurt Preview: More on Toyota's new lithium-ion Plug-in Prius 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's new-generation plug-in hybrid Prius will be shown for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, and now we've got some new images and details. As expected, the PHEV Prius will be equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack. The hybrid synergy drive system has been upgraded for ...

Toyota tops 2 million hybrid sales worldwide 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the 12 years since the original Prius went on sale, Toyota has sold over two million hybrid vehicles worldwide. Over that time, Toyota has now moved on to the third generation of the iconic Prius and added an array of hybrid drive models to both the Toyota and Lexus lines. Lexus is getting ...

REPORT: Toyota Prius imports under threat from U.S. patent trade case? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

With every new vehicle introduced by Toyota that is powered by the automaker's proprietary Hybrid Synergy Drive comes a matching complaint filed by Paice LLC for patent infringement. In the latest case, Paice has filed a grievance with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington ...

REPORT: Toyota to ask Japanese government to extend green car incentives 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

It comes as little surprise that Toyota would want the Japanese government to extend its current series of green car incentives past their scheduled ending date of March, 2010. After all, the automaker has seen sales of its latest hybrids skyrocket in its home market, and much of that success ...

Frankfurt Preview: Toyota to show Auris Hybrid, Prius PHEV and two iQ variants 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

REPORT: Toyota braces for rare earth metal shortage 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

As we once again learned last week with the news that China was considering an effort to limit the amount of rare earth metals that are exported outside its own borders, there's a finite supply of available resources on our planet. Could there be a fight looming in the not-so-distant future for ...

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