Toyota Prius May Switch To Plug-In Hybrid Technology Shortly
Toyota Prius May Switch To Plug-In Hybrid Technology ShortlySeptember 28th, 2016 by Steve Hanley byThe Toyota Prius is the gold standard when it comes to fuel economy.The new Prius in Eco trim is capable of going up to 58 miles on a gallon of gas.That would have been unthinkable before Toyota married its hybrid technology to the internal combustion engine.
Toyota And Lexus Saw Hybrid Sales Go Up By 45 Per Cent In Europe
PHOTO GALLERYHybrid cars are gaining momentum with Toyota Motor Europe announcing big increases on sales of their hybrids in the old Continent.The headline figure is a 45 per cent increase on year-to-date hybrid sales versus the same period last year (January to August), with 31 per cent of Toyota's customers choosing a hybrid powertrain for their next vehicle (41 per cent in Western Europe alone).This increase was helped by the arrival of the new Prius which sold until August more than double the units sold last year in total, scoring so far 12,000 cars.The hybrid versions of the Auris and the RAV4 models are also the best-sellers in their respective range, while the Yaris Hybrid accounts for 40 per cent of all Yaris sales.Lexus hybrid sales represent 61 per cent of sales in Europe, with the number rising to 98 per cent in Western Europe."We're on track to sell close to 300,000 hybrids this year," said Karl Schlicht, Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Europe.
Next-Gen Toyota Prius Could Ditch Regular Hybrid Propulsion and Go Plug-in
Next-Gen Toyota Prius Could Ditch Regular Hybrid Propulsion and Go Plug-inFor all those who've alleged Toyota is not so interested in plug-in technology, that assessment may have been premature.According to an Autoblog interview with Shoichi Kaneko, assistant chief engineer for the Prius Prime, the carmaker may make the next generation Prius Liftback exclusively plug-in hybrid.The Prius Liftback hybrid is by far the highest-volume and most-successful electrified car sold even while the plug-in version introduced mid-way in the gen three's life in 2012 has been a comparative also-ran, but this may change.