All the stories tagged with prius

See-through Toyota Prius makes reverse parking a cinch

10/04/2012, Are you one who for the life of you still cannot figure out how to parallel park or perform a reverse park maneuver due to your fear of blind spots even with the help of the side and rear view [...]

Toyota Prius cooks dinner for you

06/21/2012, All right, so the title might be a wee bit misleading as the Toyota Prius will not actually whip out a hidden pair of arms just to make you dinner. Instead, what we are talking about here would be Toyota’s [...]

Toyota Prius PHV offers more oomph

11/29/2011, We do know that Toyota is currently a world leader when it comes to the sales of hybrid vehicles, but the Toyota Prius PHV is the latest model that has just been announced, where it will offer more innovation compared [...]

Toyota to launch H2V Manager home car charging tool next year

11/15/2011, If you ever saw the need to monitor the charging of your EV remotely, Toyota has announced the H2V Manager that will allow you to monitor the charging of your Toyota Prius via the television, PC or smartphone. This is [...]

Toyota has high hopes for new Prius plug-in hybrids

09/13/2011, Toyota by far and large is the most successful manufacturer of hybrid vehicles in the world, and their latest target for the Prius plug-in hybrids? 50,000 units worldwide each year. Other competitors such as Honda did try in the past [...]

Google’s self-driving car has its first accident

08/05/2011, Uh oh. Google’s driverless car, the self-driving Prius has encountered its first ever accident – according to a photograph sent in to Jalopnik by a tipster who spotted the accident somewhere nearby Google’s Mountain View California headquarters. The photograph shows [...]

Toyota’s steering wheel can detect when you’re about to have a heart attack

07/28/2011, When it comes to vehicular accidents, we don’t really think of heart attacks being the cause, but rather our minds jump to talking on the phone or drunk driving, but apparently having heart attacks while on the road is dangerous [...]

Toyota putting out three new EVs in 2012

07/06/2011, Not many companies are willing to put electric vehicles out there in the market and we’re not sure why, but it looks like Toyota has no qualms about it as they unveil three brand new EVs for 2012. It’s almost [...]

Toyota Prius V experiences launch delay in Japan

03/24/2011, It is no surprise that Toyota’s Prius V (2012 model) which was supposed to go on sale in the Land of the Rising Sun at the end of next month will be rescheduled, as production delays were a natural consequence [...]

Toyota to unveil the Prius +

03/01/2011, At the Geneva Motor Show this week, Toyota will unveil a new vehicle to complement the Prius, one of their most popular hybrid cars. Called the Prius +, it is also a hybrid vehicle runs on gasoline and electricity. Instead [...]

Toyota to deliver half dozen hybrid vehicles by 2012

09/13/2010, Toyota hasn’t had the best of times recently after years of stellar growth. Well, the Japanese automaker’s executive vice president Takeshi Uchiyamada recently announced that they will be introducing another six new hybrid vehicles before 2012 is over, and one [...]

Toyota Prius to get sound option, offers pedestrians more protection

08/24/2010, Active as well as passive safety should rank pretty high in any vehicle manufacturer’s To Do list, and it is comforting to know that Toyota’s Prius will soon come with an optional under-the-hood speaker system. This is a rather strange [...]

Toyota 2010 Prius Plugin Hybrid Vehicle debuts

12/03/2009, Toyota’s latest 2010 Prius Plugin Hybrid Vehicle has made its debut at the 2009 LA Auto Show, which ought to end the painful wait for many people. Why do we say that? Enthusiasts who do not have the patience have [...]

Toyota working on new Prius

11/13/2009, Toyota’s Prius has been a best seller since its inception, with more and more people gaining more awareness about going green. Well, the world’s No. 1 automaker is now working on a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid which [...]