by Dan Grey: MPGOmatic.com I can hear what you’re thinking … Volkswagen, selling a hybrid sedan? Aren’t VW’s fuel-efficient TDIs the best-selling passenger car diesels in America? Indeed they are, but VW faced a dilemma. The typical Toyota Prius owner, they say, rarely considers buying a diesel. So Volkswagen decided to build a hybrid of [...]
At a quick glance, the Toyota RAV4 EV looks a lot like the gas-powered RAV4; however, upon closer inspection Toyota has done a lot to differentiate the two RAV4 models that serve very different purposes. As noted in the video below, Toyota incorporated a more aerodynamic front-end design to the RAV4 EV, as well [...]
With a slated launch date of mid-2014, the A3 e-Tron will be Audi’s first all-electric vehicle. Watch LAcarGUY’s Mike Sullivan describe highlights of the vehicle which include lithium ion batteries with a range of approximately 85 to a 100 miles per charge and 199 lb-ft of torque with zero pollutants. As the industry moves forward [...]
by Zach McDonald — hybridcars.com It’s been a little more than two years since Toyota and Tesla shocked the automotive world by announcing their intention to work together on electric vehicles. At the time, the nature and extent of that cooperation were unclear, but just months later we learned that the two companies were hard [...]
Have you considered a fully electric vehicle? Or would you like to consider one but are concerned that it might not make it as far as you would like it to. What if the vehicle ran out of power? What if it leaves me stranded? Well, you are not alone. There are others out there [...]
We might assume that the “EV” in “PZEV” stands for “electric vehicle” as we all have come to know the acronym. Instead, PZEV actually stands for Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle. On the 2012 Subaru Impreza Premium PZEV, there’s a shiny symbol on the trunk with PZEV sprouting a leaf. Most would assume, when seeing it [...]
by: Zack McDonald – HybridCars.com Toyota says it has plans to begin manufacturing the Prius in the United States for the first time. Last year, the carmaker recorded its 1 millionth Prius sale in the U.S., and despite supply shortfalls in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, sold more than 136,000 Prii here [...]
Just days ago, Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced its 15-stop Think Blue® Tour which will feature an interactive mobile display and activity center that was created to educate the public about ecological sustainability and fuel-efficient technologies. The tour will travel throughout the U.S. from April through to December 2012 at locations that best represent different [...]
As the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in begins to arrive at U.S. dealerships, Toyota wants potential buyers to be aware of the fact that the plug-in Prius is eligible for the State of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP). Designed to promote the use of clean vehicle technologies, the $1,500 CVRP incentive is available on a [...]
It’s been twelve years since the Toyota Prius first came on to the American stage. Thought of as a science experiment then, and in many ways it was, now in it’s third generation the Prius Liftback IS the face of Toyota. While the hybrid and plugin electric market may only be 2.5% of all vehicle [...]
