Japan's Toyota Motor says quake impacts output of 55,000 vehicles Posted 2007-07-23 12:12:44 tags: ToyotaBusiness(suggest tag) Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said Monday production of around 55,000 vehicles has been affected as a result of a temporary shutdown in its operations in the wake of last week's powerful earthquake. Damage from the quake caused some parts suppliers, including Riken Corp to halt output of key engine components. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Toyota: ‘08 Camry Hybrid $1,000 Cheaper Than ‘07 Posted 2007-07-22 21:11:08 tags: ToyotaPricing(suggest tag) Toyota announced pricing on its 2008 Camry and Camry Hybrid 07Camrytoday. Both go on sale next month, with no significant changes from the 2007 versions of the bestseller. (New option packages are available.) ... The big news, Toyota says, is that the 2008 Camry Hybrid will be $1,000 less, with a starting price of $25,200. That’s down 3.7 percent, Toyota says, from the 2007 version. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Silicon Valley makes Prius No. 1 Posted 2007-07-22 21:10:19 tags: ToyotaSales(suggest tag) Toyota's Prius hybrid has become the bestselling car in Silicon Valley. Through May, 1,627 Prius registrations have been recorded in Santa Clara County, according to R.L. Polk. That puts the Prius ahead of Toyota's Camry and Corolla and Honda's Accord and Civic, all cars that outsell the high-mileage, gas-electric sedan nationwide. Locally, the Prius was No. 5 behind those models last year. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Are Used Hybrids a Pig in a Poke? Posted 2007-07-20 09:34:24 tags: ToyotaEditorialBatteries(suggest tag) The cost of gasoline along with a sincere desire to drive an environmentally friendly car is leading many young consumers to the used car lot in search of a hybrid. At the same time, the people who bought the first hybrids like the Prius are trading in the green machines for new hybrids. So is buying a used hybrid like buying a pig in a poke? ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Toyota to Obtain Permission for Public Road Test for Plug-in Prius in Japan Posted 2007-07-20 09:31:14 tags: ToyotaRumorPlug-InBlog(suggest tag) According to Asahi, a daily Japanese trade rag which we don't know how to read, Toyota will officially be asking for permission from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport "for the testing of a prototype plug-in Prius on public roads." ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Panasonic EV Energy Company to increase NiMH Production Posted 2007-07-17 18:17:55 tags: ToyotaBatteriesBlogComponents(suggest tag) Green Car Congress1 relays a story about the Panasonic EV Energy Company. The company is a joint venture between Matsushita Electric Industrial and Toyota. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor plans to build a new factory to boost annual production capacity. The new plant will increase the output capacity of Shizuoka Prefecture-based Panasonic EV Energy Co. to a level sufficient to produce NiMH battery packs for 750,000 vehicles per year. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
The Hybrid Dilemma Posted 2007-07-17 10:26:19 tags: ToyotaEditorial(suggest tag) Toyota's Hybrid Prius is a big success. In June, the company sold 17,756 of these cars, bringing sales to 94,503 units for the first half of the year. The Prius is a winner; but that's not the case for Toyota's other hybrids. Prius accounts for two-thirds of Toyota's sales volume in hybrids, even though the company makes five other hybrid vehicles, three of which it sells under its luxury Lexus brand. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Hybrid Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24-Hour race Posted 2007-07-17 10:24:20 tags: ToyotaAwardBlog(suggest tag) Toyota Team SARD's specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan. The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and in the later hours, it essentially dialed things up a notch and ran away from the rest of the field. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
Hybrid taxi paid for itself in no time Posted 2007-07-13 13:18:55 tags: ToyotaEditorialSavingsTaxi(suggest tag) The world's first Toyota Prius cab driver is sold on hybrid technology, which allows his vehicle to run on either a gasoline or electric motor, or both in tandem. Vancouver's Andrew Grant says his 2004 Prius paid for itself in less than 24 months through savings on parts, service, labour and fuel. Few, if any, other hybrid drivers could say the same thing, but that's due to the fact that Mr. Grant and his partner keep their Yellow Cab on the road for 22 to 24 hours a day, and average 160,000 kilometres a year. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
'Everything will be hybrid,' Toyota exec says Posted 2007-07-11 10:34:16 tags: ToyotaBusiness(suggest tag) Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American chief said vehicles powered by gasoline-electric hybrid engines will dominate U.S. roads as fuel prices continue to rise. "Eventually, everything will be a hybrid," said Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America, in an interview today in New York. Hybrids have been driving Toyota's growth in the U.S., he said. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
50% of People Buy a Prius to "Make a Statement" Posted 2007-07-07 11:50:53 tags: ToyotaStudy(suggest tag) You would think that the people looking to buy a hybrid vehicle, like the iconic Toyota Prius, are doing it either to save fuel money or to do their part in saving the environment. This isn't exactly the whole picture. According to a recent study by CNW Marketing Research, over half of the people that bought a Prius did so primarily to "make a statement about themselves." ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
How Popular Is The Prius? Uh, Very Posted 2007-07-04 13:16:11 tags: ToyotaSalesBlog(suggest tag) Automakers released June sales numbers today, and its gives us a chance to see how things are faring after half of 2007. And the continuing and growing success of the Prius hybrid is worth noting. Toyota dealers have sold nearly 100,000 Priuses so far this year. (94,503 actually.) That’s nearly double from the 48,156 sold in Jan-June 2006. In June, Toyota sold 17,756 Prius models, up 76% from the number sold in June 2006. ... Read the article(report dead link) :: Permalink :: View blog reactions
