Posted April 29th, 2010 by Janice
Nikkei newspaper in Japan recently reported that Toyota will indeed be producing a hybrid minivan wearing the Prius badge. This e-vehicle is set to carry the first lithium-ion battery pack that was produced in-house by Toyota. Secondly, the electric vehicle will be a seven-seater which means that it will also be the first family-oriented electronic [...]
Tags: hybrid cars, Minivan, Toyota, Toyota Prius
Posted January 30th, 2010 by Heather
When you break it down – even though Toyota has been getting a lot of flack about their recent recall, they are still the leader in the hybrid market and when they came out with the brand new Toyota FT-CH at the Detroit Auto Show – it wowed everyone … including me!
Not only is the [...]
Tags: hybrid cars, Hybrids, new cars, Toyota, Toyota FT-CH
Posted November 13th, 2009 by Janice
The Cash for Clunker program was successful in bringing car buyers into the showrooms. This boosted the sales figures for hybrid vehicles in July and August. As the program ends, the number of hybrid vehicles rolling out of shops also plummeted by as much as 48.4% in September compared to the sales in August.
The drop [...]
Tags: Cash for Clunkers, Ford, Honda, hybrid cars, Lexus, Nissan, Toyota
Posted September 1st, 2009 by Heather
When you are looking for a hybrid car – where is the first place that you are going to go? To your Toyota dealer of course! However, if you want to see some of the newest concept cars for hybrids by all of the different automakers, you should take a trip and come see the [...]
Tags: 2010 cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, new cars, Prius, Toyota, Toyota Plug-In Prius Concept
Posted August 14th, 2009 by Heather
There is a reason that the Scion xB is so often known simply as “The Box.” After all, it looks just like a box, doesn’t it? But where its square design could be considered boring, it is actually quite unique here. As of late, however, those squared off edges have been rounded [...]
Tags: Scion xB, Toyota
Posted August 7th, 2009 by Heather
We all know that Toyota is a very, very smart company – they truly are one of the leaders in the auto industry right now and the 2010 Prius is by far one of the most anticipated cars of the year. However – Toyota just upped the ante on this particular car and they have [...]
Tags: green cars, hybrid, Prius, solar sunroof, Toyota
Posted August 1st, 2009 by Heather
We all know that Toyota is the leading car company – however, what you might not know is that Toyota is actually the leading car company for hybrid cars. They are definitely one of those companies that care truly about the environment and they are using all of their resources to come up with a [...]
Tags: 2010 cars, hybrid cars, hybrid SUV, new cars, SUV, Toyota, Toyota Highlander FCHV-adv
Posted July 15th, 2009 by Heather
If there is one thing that I know about Toyota, it is going to be that they are looking for the best possible way to make some of the best hybrid cars on the market. However, whenever you are designing cars, you want them to look cool right? After all, if the car does not [...]
Tags: 2011 cars, cars, hybrid cars, new cars, Toyota
Posted July 6th, 2009 by Heather
Who says hybrid cars can’t be sleek and sexy too? Some call it a Prius which has been pumped up on steroids, but you cannot accuse the Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept of being ugly, that is for sure.
Of course, by all rights, it is no longer just a concept. Indeed, [...]
Tags: concept, sports car, Toyota