Posted in Auto News on Jun 11th, 2010
The EPA has named the top 10 fuel-efficient cars built since 1984 — and No. 1 is the decade-old 2000 Honda Insight. In fact, six of the EPA’s top 10-ranked fuel sippers were built before 2000. Four of the top 10 — including the 2010 Toyota Prius, 2010 Honda Insight (pictured) and the 2006-2010 Honda [...]
Posted in Auto News on Nov 18th, 2009
Toyota may have reached a settlement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to fix or replace the accelerator pedals in eight Toyota and Lexus models. This is the company’s largest-ever recall. However, Toyota denies an agreement has been reached. Japan’s Kyodo News reports that Toyota has reached an agreement with the NHTSA, however, company [...]
Posted in Auto News on Sep 19th, 2009
Toyota announced it will expand the use of the Prius name to a “a family of models” using similar hybrid powertrains. Toyota will have a range of Prius hybrid models, however, at this time the Prius will not be a separate sub-brand such as Scion. It’s unclear whether all Toyota-branded hybrids would receive the Prius [...]
Posted in Auto News on Aug 28th, 2009
Even though it built the Mother of All green vehicles, Toyota is apparently taking its time in building an all-electric car. “We’re not looking around at the latest PR articles, and saying ‘oh my gosh, we have to change our plans because somebody said this or that,’” said Doug Coleman, US-based Prius product manager at [...]