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Toyota HYBRID prototype cars have overcome atrocious weather conditions to finish one-two in the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji, the make’s fifth victory in the six WEC races held at Fuji Speedway. Fuji is the home WEC event for Toyota GAZOO Racing and the engines for the 1000hp TS050 Hybrid cars are built at the nearby Higashi-Fuji ...

According to Toyota today, Toyota’s sales of hybrid vehicles have passed the four-million mark globally. The milestone, which includes Lexus hybrids, was achieved in late April with the latest million being sold in just 14 months.  Moreover, the Prius family contributing more than 2.8 million units.   Global demand for Toyota’s hybrid vehicles is accelerating rapidly with more than 425,000 ...

This is the future! Toyota has just revealed the all-new Toyota RAV4 electric vehicle at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles. The Toyota RAV4 EV has an expected driving range rating of approximately 160km and charging time of approximately six hours on a 240V/40A charger.   [singlepic id=10526 w=620 h= float=]   Accordingly, the Toyota RAV4 EV’s ...

Currently, Toyota sources batteries, inverters and motors solely from their home country in Japan for all its hybrid vehicles, including the most popular Toyota Prius.   [singlepic id=8759 w=630 h= float=]  After the Massive Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, it has shown the vulnerability of the decision to put all of your eggs in one basket by most of the Japanese Automakers. ...

[singlepic id=1265 w=630 h= float=] Today, UMW Toyota Motor has announced and set the on-the-road price for the Toyota Prius at RM139,000 in Peninsular Malaysia, which is about RM35,000 lower than the original RM175,000 tag previously. The price for the Prius in Sabah and Sarawak is set at RM141,000. The changes in the prices are with effect from today – ...

[singlepic id=1265 w=630 h= float=] Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it will begin manufacturing the Toyota Prius hybrid in Thailand starting from November 2010. The car will be built at Toyota’s Gateway Plant, near the Thai capital Bangkok, where it also makes the Corolla, Camry, Camry Hybrid and other models. Thailand will be the third country to make Toyota’s popular ...

In conjunction of 10 Years of Toyota Prius Anniversary Celebration, Toyota releases a sneak peek at an upcoming addition to the Prius family of products in Toyota Prius Facebook Page. In the photo, the billboard that shows the Prius MPV hiding behind the current Prius with the tagline “The Prius family is getting a whole lot bigger.” I think this ...

Toyota Motor Corporation plans to introduce 6 new hybrid vehicles model by 2012 on a global basis. Toyota plans 2 new Lexus models and 4 Toyota models with hybrid power plant. Some models will be only hybrid models and some that have a gasoline-engine variant. All of the hybrids will be totally new model and not next-generation versions of existing ...