Toyota Confirms Prius Has Braking Problems
4 Feb 2010, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And the hits keep on coming... Following yesterday's reports that Toyota's hybrid Prius is experiencing braking issues, officials of the Japanese held a press conference in Japan confirmed...
CTS Does Not Make Pedals for Prius and Lexus
4 Feb 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With new disturbing information pointing to both accelerator pedals and brakes failing on Toyota's Prius, American supplier CTS stepped forth and decided to prevent any other unwanted connectio...
LaHood: We're Not Finished with Toyota Yet
3 Feb 2010, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With Toyota's accelerator problem still far from over, the US Department of Transportation (DoT) announced it is now looking into a possible electric defect as the cause behind the recall. Acco...
Apple's Wozniak: Prius Accelerates on Its Own
3 Feb 2010, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you ever needed a reliable source to tell you Toyota's nemesis, the renegade accelerator pedal, can also be found in the carmaker's hybrid, then here it is. Apple's co-founder, Ste...
Toyota Prius Brake Issues Surface
3 Feb 2010, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If proved to be true, the following story may turn out to be one of the final nails in Toyota's coffin: in the Japan and the US, over 100 Toyota Prius owners filed complaints about the vehicles...
Win a 2010 Toyota Prius On Facebook
29 Jan 2010, 09:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Social networking website Facebook is getting used by more and more carmakers or automotive-related companies in promoting their campaigns, vehicles and marketing initiatives. Recently, the 30 deale...
Toyota Secures Lithium Deal in Argentina
21 Jan 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japanese carmaker Toyota has secured a lithium supply contract in Argentina through one of its business arms, Toyota Tsusho Corp., as Reuters writes. Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading company partial...
Toyota Receives the Zayed Future Energy Prize
20 Jan 2010, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a somewhat uncommon achievement for a carmaker, the Japanese from Toyota received the Zayed Future Energy Prize during the four-day Future Energy Summit being held these days in Abu Dhabi. Create...
Toyota Prius, Made in the USA
15 Jan 2010, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced today it will build the hybrid Prius at its Blue Springs, Mississippi in the US starting from an yet undecided date. Most likely, production of the Prius, currentl...
Toyota Prius Is Japan's Best Selling Car in 2009
8 Jan 2010, 14:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is one of the rare moments of joy for Japanese carmaker Toyota, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association yesterday announced that the Prius is the country's best selling models of 2009,...
Toyota Prius to Be Launched in india
8 Jan 2010, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota debuted this week its Prius hybrid on the Indian market. Despite a somewhat low sales expectations (some 200 units are believed to be sold this year), Toyota says India is w...
LTE Connected Car, Prius-Based
7 Jan 2010, 10:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / GameStreamer and Alcatel-Lucent will demonstrate the first streaming delivery of a video game to an in-vehicle entertainment system over a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network at the Consumer Electroni...
NHTSA Investigating Toyota Prius Faulty Braking Reports
29 Dec 2009, 15:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received a few dozen complaints from owners of the current generation Toyota Prius accusing defective braking, The Detroit Bureau (TDB) reporte...
2010 Toyota Prius Tuned by Tommy Kaira
29 Dec 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Japanese have another proof that tuning is sometimes incredibly stupid: the eco-tuned 2010 Toyota Prius. The project was developed by the Tommy Kaira tuning house and seems to be just in time fo...
2010 Prius Plug-In Hybrid Makes US Debut in LA
3 Dec 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After showcasing this possible future version of the Prius at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, Toyota took the plug-in States side to showcase it at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. As you know by n...
2010 Toyota Prius, Fitted with Goodyear Tires
24 Nov 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced today its 2010 model year Prius will come equipped, as standard, with Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max tires, to help the hybrid achieve even better mileage. The ti...
Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Seeks Customers
23 Nov 2009, 11:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced it has began discussion which will eventually lead to a selection process for the future trial-customers of the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Prius. Accordi...
Cheaper Insight, Still a Top Honda Priority
9 Nov 2009, 11:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Honda's Insight hybrid is already on sale in Japan, Europe and North America but this doesn't mean that the parent manufacturer is satisfied with the current position on the market. As it ...
Toyota Prius Aerius, Aemulus to Star at SEMA
3 Nov 2009, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota will present two new interpretations of its Prius hybrid at the 2009 SEMA Show, after it unveiled them at the EMA annual awards on October 25, the Aerius and the Aemulus. Th...
Toyota Launches Prius Experience iPhone App
27 Oct 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced that the new Prius Experience App is now available for free from the App Store, which comes to help users in learning more about the EPA-rated 50 mpg 2010 Toyo...