Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Toyota Prius

Toyota Prius stories: 34 news summaries

21 - 34 of 34 Stories | << Prev 1 2

Switch to grid view »

 Prius Shortage Hurts Toyota 

11.5% June drop in US sales blamed on low inventory of popular small models

Jul 2, 08 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Popularity is proving quite the pickle for Toyota: Dwindling supplies of hot sellers like its hybrid Prius fueled the 11.5% drop in US sales last month, Reuters reports. With a waiting list 6 months long, Prius sales fell 26%—even as rival Honda bumped its sales 13.8% thanks... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Toyota • Honda • Toyota Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • auto sales

 Why Everyone in
 Berkeley Owns a Prius 

Development of green political clusters starts at the beach

Jun 19, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nowhere in California is the power of green consumerism more apparent than the Prius-packed city of Berkley. The Economist takes a look at a "greenery by zip code" study that, somewhat unsurprisingly, places Palo Alto near the top and Bakersfield near the bottom of locales packed with certified green... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • environmentalism • alternative energy • Toyota Prius • UCLA • public transportation • green technology • green transportation • green products

Used Hybrid Market Soars

But buyers beware pricey replacement batteries in aging
green cars

May 28, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rising price of gasoline has heated up the used hybrid market, leading Newsweek writer Keith Naughton to wonder about the staying-power of the pricey battery the part-electric cars run on. Initial fears that Prius batteries would die well before the expected life of the car have proven unfounded, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
battery • Toyota Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • Honda Civic

Hybrid Owners Put the Pedal to Fuel Efficiency

Prius' real-time feedback alters driving habits to max MPGs

May 26, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leaving the bad old days of drag-racing in the dust, greenies are now engaging in their own race for fuel efficiency, reports the Washington Post. With hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius giving up-to-the-second feedback on just how much gas passing that little old lady in the right... More »

MORE ABOUT:
energy • gas • Toyota Prius • mpg • hybrid car • energy consumption • gas mileage

Honda Looks to Muscle in on Prius Market

Automaker adding
3 hybrid models to challenge rival Toyota

May 21, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honda is rolling out three new hybrids, looking to muscle in on rival Toyota in a world ever more receptive of fuel-efficient vehicles. The current Civic hybrid will be joined by a five-door compact, another compact already sold in Europe as the Jazz, and a new hybrid sports car, Forbes... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Toyota • Honda • Toyota Prius • hybrid car

 Prius: 1M and Counting 

Toyota hybrid's sales into seven digits, and company sees no slowdown

May 15, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Toyota Prius is a now 1 million units strong, and the landmark gas-electric hybrid, introduced in 1997, is poised to keep growing, the AP reports. Toyota said today it expects to be selling a million a year by sometime after 2010; what’s more, the company claims 4.5... More »

MORE ABOUT:
carbon footprint • gas • Toyota • fuel efficiency • Toyota Prius • gas prices • hybrid car • auto sales

 Hybrid Sales Soar in 2007 

Sales of hybrids up 38% last year, with the Prius leading the way

Apr 22, 08 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sales of hybrid cars rose 38% in the US last year, with Toyota's Prius grabbing more than half the market. As fuel prices climb, hybrid sales are expected to continue to rise this year. Five states lead the rest in buying hybrids, calculated by percentage of sales:
  1. California (26.
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Toyota • Toyota Prius • auto • hybrid car • auto sales

Gas Still Rules Green Auto Show

'We're talking about decades' before cars can be weaned off fossil fuels

Mar 5, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Green was the color of opening day yesterday at the International Auto Salon in Geneva, another show full of hybrids and other low-emission vehicles, with green lighting and nature-friendly slogans to prove car companies care, Der Spiegel reports. Still, cautions General Motors' CEO to those set to pronounce the gasoline... More »

MORE ABOUT:
carbon dioxide • ethanol • diesel • Toyota Prius • hydrogen fuel cells • Geneva Auto Show • International Auto Salon

Ten Priciest Vehicles
to Insure

And 10 more that won't leave your wallet running on empty

Jan 19, 08 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Wary consumers already smarting from soaring gas prices won't want to miss Insure.com's new lists of the 10 priciest—and the 10 cheapest—cars to insure. The five with the highest premiums are:
  1. Dodge Ram Pickup
  2. Chevy Silverado C/K pickup
  3. Toyota Prius
  4. Honda Accord
  5. Nissan Altima
More »

MORE ABOUT:
list • insurance • Toyota Prius • Ford • premiums • Dodge Ram 1500 • cars

NEW RELEASE

Honda Shows Hydrogen Is Here

Hydrogen fuel car won't shock you with its forward-thinking design, NYT says

Dec 9, 07 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - It may not look high-tech enough for the Jetsons, but Honda’s new FCX Clarity is definitely worth all the buzz, New York Times auto critic Norman Mayersohn gushes. After test-driving the sedan, which runs on hydrogen fuel, Mayersohn said its greatest trick is its simplicity, which helps “... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fuel efficiency • Southern California • Honda • Toyota Prius • hydrogen fuel cells • Honda FCX Clarity • hydrogen stations

Toyota Drives Home the Green Point

Catching flak for opposing tighter fuel standards, car giant polishes eco-cred

Nov 29, 07 10:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Toyota is rolling out a big PR campaign that stresses its green credentials—under attack now that the car giant has teamed up with Detroit to fight tighter fuel standards. A new ad shows a Prius being built out of sticks in a meadow, and the company crows over its... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Toyota • Honda • Toyota Prius

Motor City Going for Green

Automakers blame environmental concerns for falling sales

Nov 24, 07 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Auto industry bigwigs at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit this week seem finally to have gotten the message on cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles; one after another they cited going green (or at least greener) as the path to more competitive cars and trucks. GM honcho Robert Lutz admitted that... More »

MORE ABOUT:
environment • General Motors • Detroit • Toyota Prius • electric cars • auto industry • hybrid car • Chevrolet Volt

Toyota Explores Plug-in Prius

All-electric version of hot-selling car could be only a few years away

Nov 10, 07 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Toyota is launching a three-year study of US consumer demand for a new version of the popular Prius that could run exclusively on electric power and be recharged in a standard electric socket. Toyota may yet beat rival General Motors to market—GM has set a 2010 target date for... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • Toyota • General Motors • Toyota Prius • electric cars • Chevrolet Volt

Who Knew a Prius Was a
Hot Rod?

Al Gore III, busted at over 100 mph, shows speedy side of green

Jul 6, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the exhaust clears following Al Gore III's joy-ride drug bust, an astonished public has zeroed in, not on the former veep's son, but on his little-Prius-that-could. Clocked at over  100mph before he was pulled over, Gore shattered the assumption that the Toyota hybrid sacrifices speed for fuel efficiency, the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Adderall • Toyota • fuel efficiency • Al Gore III • Xanax • Al Gore II • Toyota Prius • Orange County, California • Golden State Freeway • Car and Driver Magazine • drug possession • Valium • Vicodin • speeding • vice president • hybrid car

21 - 34 of 34 Stories | << Prev 1 2


from our news partners