Lexus will be bringing at least three vehicles to the Geneva Auto Show in March; the hybrid IS 300h among them. The company’s F SPORT, plus the latest iteration of LF-LC will round out the trio of stunners the Japanese carmaker introduces to European markets. In fact, the trip to Switzerland will be the first [...]
Grammy winner for Best Pop Vocal Album, Kelly Clarkson had a busy year, which featured an unusual musical gig as the driver of a Toyota Camry in a commercial for the Japanese automaker. The spot featured Clarkson’s smash single, “Stronger,” which she and her car mates sang as they tooled down the road. Toyota’s Camry [...]
Toyota has announced that it will begin selling electricity systems that use recycled Prius batteries for power. The units will work in conjunction with overall electrical management systems in buildings, solar generating stations, and lighting circuits The recycled nickel-metal hydride batteries will allow for storage of significant amounts of electricity, to the tune of about [...]
Chevy, Toyota, Ford, and Honda are displaying electric cars at the Detroit Auto Show, which is open through Jan. 27. Show-goers are also getting the feel for electric cars by trying out charging stations that adorn the booths. Since making their debut just over two years ago, the number of plug-in cars available has grown [...]
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has named the Toyota Prius c ‘Greenest Car of the Year.’ The award rates cars based upon environmental and fuel-efficiency parameters. For the first time since the rankings have been compiled, conventional cars do not appear anywhere on the list, instead being replaced by a variety [...]
The 2013 Detroit Auto Show, which is already breaking attendance records, is host to a group of concept vehicles that might just be the best the event has ever assembled. Under one roof, visitors to Cobo Center can see the Acura NSX, Toyota’s Corolla Furia, Via Motors’ X-Trux, the Lincoln MKC, and many others. While [...]
Toyota has announced that its plug-in Prius Hybrid was the best-selling plug-in in the U.K. for the year 2012, beating local favorite Vauxhall Ampera, the Euro version of GM’s Chevy Volt, in total sales for the calendar year. The company’s entire slate of hybrids, both plug-in and traditional, chalked up 12,840 sales in the U.K. [...]
This week the final 2012 U.S. auto sales data revealed a market that is at a five-year high, and looks to continue solid gains through this year. Overall, car and truck sales were up 9 percent over 2011’s numbers, with 14.5 million vehicles sold in 2012. An important factor behind the statistics has to do [...]
Consumer Reports has picked the Toyota Prius as the overall best value of model year 2013 vehicles. The Prius Four, the model chosen by the CR evaluation team, retails for $26,750. Ironically, Toyota edged out a tough competitor in the crowded “small hatchback” category. For the last four years, Honda’s low-priced, high-value Fit has topped [...]
National Geographic has announced its list of most affordable green cars for the model year 2012. The five vehicles that made the cut included two Hondas, one VW, one Ford, and one Toyota. Ford’s Fusion Hybrid, the newest member of the lineup, has already been setting sales records for the U.S. automaker. The Toyota Prius [...]
Just before the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, Lexus will reveal its autonomous car plans to media during a press conference on Jan. 7. In addition to its driverless car scenario, Lexus executives will delineate the company’s newest high-tech engineering systems that help drivers operate vehicles. Collision-avoidance, navigation, and all sorts of [...]
Lexus announced this week that the company has sold more than 500,000 hybrid vehicles. Toyota’s luxury brand offers more hybrids than any carmaker in existence. In fact the line’s lowest-priced hybrid-electric car, CT 200h, makes up about 25 percent of the half-million units sold. When Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales are combined, the total reaches [...]
