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[Auto Observer] Toyota Prius: Next Chapter Opens in January: Given and average of 15K miles per year, a 20 mpg real world advantage (45 vs 25 mpg typical) and gas at 3.50 a gallon a Prius can save enough to cover a loan payment that is $79 higher each month. Factor in the excellent reliability and resale it enjoys and and it probably is a bargain and could well save money from day one.
[techbuzzr] Gizmodo: Next Generation Prius Hybrid Is Bigger, More Powerful ...: AutoObserver reports that the next generation Prius will be 4 inches longer, get a more powerful 1.8 liter gas engine that when combined with electrics will do a total 160 horsepower (compared with…
[Noodlenak!] Nine Fuel Efficient Cars That Will Save You Money: 1) The Ford Focus gets 24 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 35 mpg on the highway. And although most of the other cars you’ll see here are imports, the Focus does an admirable job of showing just how fuel-efficient a domestic car can be (although, yes, it was designed by the company’s European division).
[The Cayman Club] Any Prius/Civic Hybrid owners?: Then, to give incentive to hi mileage car use, they issued stickers availabe to certain cars that satisfied the hi mileage minimum of I think 40 MPG, so only the Civic and Insight hybrids and Prius qualified. These stickers allowed the driver (with or without passengers) to travel at peak hours.
[driive] Enerpulse claims pulse spark plugs increas fuel economy on hybrid ...: Up to three additional mpg for 2005 and 2007 Toyota Prius models. That's what Enerpulse claims its Pulstar plugs will do to the hybrid car's performance.
[cars] Pressing matters - Toyota wasn’t alone in receiving government ...: This conflict flared up recently after Business Week magazine published a quote from Jim Press, former president of Toyota’s U.S. division: “The Japanese government paid for 100 percent of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.” In September 2007, Press left Toyota to become Chrysler’s vice chairman and president. While Press’s statement may not sound earth shaking, the news rocked Detroit.
[Offtopic.com - Off Topic] Hybrid cars are bad for the Environment: But before you accept the keys to a new Toyota Prius or a Honda Civic hybrid from that smiling green-suited car salesman, and drive around with the sanctimonious smile that you’re driving greener than that ass-hat in the H2, .
[Comments for Patterico's Pontifications] Comment on 100 MPG Hybrid Prius by Daniel O'Neill: There is no actual saving, merely displacement. A subsidized commodity was used in place of a taxed commodity, meaning others (You and me, perhaps?) paid part of the bill.
[Consumer Reports Cars Blog] Pressing matters - Toyota wasn’t alone in receiving government ...: Chrysler has clarified the statements in a media-focused blog with “He said the Japanese government strongly supported R & D (research and development) investment in battery development, and the Prius and other Japanese models benefited from that investment in industry.” Yet, in testimony in 2007, Press told Congress that the Japanese government did not pay for any Prius research and development.
[Hybrid Car Blog - Everything about hybrid cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles] EnerDel lithium batteries test well in Prius: EnerDel has been testing it's 1.1 kWh lithium-ion pack with the help of Argonne Labs. The current test simply replaces the NiMH battery pack of a Toyota Prius with EnerDel's 1.1 kWH battery pack, .
[intuit labs] cue the whining “I want a 120 MPG Hybrid Now!”: Hybrid Consortium; CalCars - The California Cars Initiative; squidoo article on plug-in hybrids; Rechargeit blog. PHEV seems to remain a controversial subject in the USA - is it the car companies, the consumers, the government lobby ...
[Alan's Money Blog] Top 2008 Fuel Economy Cars: Utilizing Toyota’s proven Hybrid Synergy Drive system, the Camry offers a combined gasoline-electric drive output of 187 horsepower. A true full hybrid like the Prius, the Camry Hybrid is capable of operating solely on electric power at slow speeds, on the gasoline engine alone, or via a combination of the two
[The 12 Angry Men Blog] Simple Math: Why Not To Buy a Hybrid: Once you compare a Prius with a comparably-sized, comparably-featured vehicle and consider not only fuel costs but also tax breaks (the government’s atypically smart way of rewarding you for your 90% reduction in emissions) and the significant reduction in repair costs (remember how much it cost the last time you had to replace your brake pads?), then you do end up either breaking even or coming out ahead in spite of the higher MSRP and the anticipated cost of battery replacement.
[Dvorak Uncensored] 2009 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid: Today, we were briefed on Toyota’s future hybrid and alternative fuel plans. And while there was no official announcement by Yoshitaka Asakura, Project General Manager of Toyota’s Hybrid Vehicle System Engineering Development Division, he mentioned that their plug-in development program was under way and that it may not wait for lithium-ion battery technology to mature.
[Allaboutlongisland's Weblog] 2006 Hybrid Cars: The 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid has been criticized for its disappointing fuel economy but lauded for its outstanding performance especially in fast-driving. The car battery used in the car is relatively low in power and supposed does not effectively maximize the hybrid technology unlike rival models.
[EcoTech Daily] The Daily Five: Monday, 28 April, 2008: ten grand and a new Prius buys you greener-than-thou street cred; and the lowdown on whether electric cars reduce air pollution —
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