Toyota to Rely on Hybrids in Europe
7 Mar 2011, 09:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having presented at this year's auto shows more than a fair share of hybrids (both at the North American International Auto Show and in Geneva), Japanese auto maker Toyota is making a statement...
Google's Driverless Toyota Prius Is More of a Race Car
4 Mar 2011, 15:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The fact that Google is pondering a possible involvement in the automotive industry is not a new thing, but every time the search engine giant makes a new prototype, it really manages to scare the h...
Geneva 2011: Toyota Prius+ MPV · Live Photos
2 Mar 2011, 13:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It took Japanese manufacturer Toyota quite a lot of time to decide to expand the Prius line-up, so that the model that has become in a decade or so the king of hybrids could enter an additional segm...
Consumer Reports Knocks the Chevy Volt Senseless
1 Mar 2011, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The debate surrounding the Chevrolet Volt, centered around the rhetorical question “is it worth it?” entered a new chapter today, after the first results of the tests conducted by qualit...
Hyundai Looking for Rare Earths
23 Feb 2011, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As hybrid and electric vehicles have a good chance of becoming the predominant vehicles on the automotive market in the decades to come, those who plan ahead can't help but worrying how their s...
Toyota Prius Gets Funky Plural: Prii
21 Feb 2011, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / So, it's settled. Since the introduction of the expanded Prius range at the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January, Japanese manufacturer Toyota has been in search of a ...
Hybrid Sales Increased 12% in January
7 Feb 2011, 11:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Gas-electric hybrids started the year off with a 12 percent increase in sales over the same month of last year. Compared to December of last year, the figures declined 32 percent, due to the fact th...
Toyota Prius+ MPV Teaser Released
4 Feb 2011, 15:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Toyota hybrids offensive is in full swing ever since the North American International Show (NAIAS), where the car maker presented the extended lineup based on the most successful hybrid in the w...
Toyota Prius Kicked Off the Throne by Honda Fit
1 Feb 2011, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the past 20 months or so in the row, through rough tides and recall storms, Toyota's flagship hybrid, the Prius, managed to lead the way in Japan, followed by a suite of other brands and mo...
Zipcar and Toyota to Launch Multi-City Introduction of PHEVs
27 Jan 2011, 15:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing service provider Zipcar announced today the introduction of eight Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) into its network, that are now available to Zipcar members in Boston/Cambrid...
Claudia Schiffer Drives a Prius
24 Jan 2011, 14:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota Prius is one popular ride in the United States, not only for the regular American but also for celebrities, be them actors, singers or politicians, who want to prove that the environmental pr...
Prius c Concept Not for Europe
21 Jan 2011, 08:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota presented the Prius c Concept at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and voices familiar with the matter are already hinting that the Japanese manufacturer is consideri...
Toyota Goodies for the Tokyo Auto Salon
18 Jan 2011, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The excitement caused last weekend by the Tokyo Auto Salon, the premiere after market and tuning show in Japan, is slowly beginning to fade away, but this doesn't mean there aren't still s...
One Prius, Two Prius(es)...?
17 Jan 2011, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will go down in history as the event during which the Prius, the most successful hybrid of all time, got married and had children. During the event...
It's Your Call: GM's CEO Should Drive a Prius for the Rest of His Life!
17 Jan 2011, 11:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As most of you know by now, the guys over at General Motors are pretty proud of their Chevrolet Volt and, every time they have the occasion to praise it, they certainly do it. That's the case o...
2011 NAIAS: Toyota Prius c Concept · Live Photos
11 Jan 2011, 14:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Alongside the Prius v, Japanese manufacturer Toyota is presenting at the North American International Auto Show the c concept, a model created as a small city-centric hybrid vehicle. Purpose built f...
2011 NAIAS: Toyota Prius v · Live Photos
10 Jan 2011, 20:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota, cornered by the offensive unleashed by Nissan and Chevrolet with their electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, respectively, decided it's time to fight back and use ...
Toyota Sold Fewer Cars in December and in 2010
7 Jan 2011, 07:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Most, if not all the major carmakers, have reported strong December sales in the America, but it looks like Toyota drew the short straw. Hit by mass recalls, its sales are actually down 2 percent la...
Toyota Says Prius Is Less Polluting Than a Sheep
5 Jan 2011, 10:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don’t know about you, but here at autoevolution we always wanted to know if a sheep’s backend is more harmful to the environment than a Toyota Prius. The age-old question was finally...
Toyota: Prius Will Be Number One in the US by 2020
4 Jan 2011, 15:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota surprised the international auto press when it announced it will unveil a Prius family of hybrid vehicles at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. But now the idea is starting to make sense, after the ...