The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV joins a new generation of production vehicles embarking on an alternative-fuels crusade in the coming years. PHEV, which stands for Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle, is essentially the next evolution of hybrid ...
There’s a little bit of Toyota in the Mazda 3 Hybrid. This version of the third-generation 3 small car borrows hybrid components from the Prius and mates it with its own 2.0-litre petrol engine to create its first petrol-electric ...
The godfather of the Toyota Prius says he will improve the efficiency of the next-generation hybrid while making the new model fun to drive. Toyota deputy chief officer of product planning and chassis engineering managing officer Satoshi ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) deputy chief officer of product planning Satoshi Ogiso has revealed the Toyota Prius will likely be retained as a hybrid into the next decade, with hydrogen and electric cars set to trump it as new-technology ...
Tags: Toyota, Prius, Hydrogen, Versus, electric, chief, engineer
The Toyota Aqua Cross concept – a rugged-looking Prius C with off-road-inspired styling – has been teased ahead of its debut at next week’s Tokyo motor show. The Toyota Prius C-based hybrid city-car crossover concept ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor is set to start verification tests in preparation of the deployment of chargers for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from 15 November 2013 to 15 March ...
The Toyota LandCruiser and other large SUVs in the brand’s line-up will reportedly be offered with hybrid powertrains from 2016 in a bid to combat tightening emissions regulations. According to reports from Japan’s Nikkei, ...
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The Honda Insight and CR-Z could be dropped in Europe due to slow sales in the market, according to the latest reports. Said to occur ahead of the arrival of the pair’s next-generation replacements, speculatively slated for ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motors has introduced a new vehicle architecture - Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) – for all its future cars starting with the next generation Prius in 2015. This move is in response to several ...
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The all-new Toyota Corolla sedan has earned a ‘marginal’ safety rating in a tough new crash test in the US. The new four-door Corolla – due in Australia in mid 2014 – struggled in the Insurance Institute for ...
Bad news for single males driving around in expensive sports cars: women aren’t attracted to you. A poll by UK website Motors found more than half the women surveyed are not attracted to men in expensive sports cars, assuming they ...
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Nissan has hit back at plans by Volkswagen to become the electric vehicle market leader by 2018, while reaffirming its own aim to increase range to 200km on Leaf and introduce four new electric vehicles to market within two years. ...
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A collaborative team led by Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc (APEI) and including Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America Inc, GaN Systems Inc, the University of Arkansas' National Center for Reliable Electric ...
The Toyota FCV-R concept has been teased ahead of its unveiling at the Frankfurt motor showon September 10. Dubbed by Toyota as “the ultimate hybrid car”, the FCV-R concept is set to preview an upcoming hydrogen fuel ...
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German auto parts supplier Bosch has developed a new system it says closes the gap between manual and automatic transmissions. Dubbed eClutch, the system is based on an electronically controlled clutch that works to decouple the ...
Tags: Manual Hybrids, Bosch