Reports say carmaker has set aside $5 billion to replace accelerator pedals It's not just American car manufacturers who are sometimes slow to ...
Toyota unveils new hybrid-only model in Japan to follow hit Prius Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model ...
Toyota Motor said Friday that global sales of its hybrid vehicles had topped the two-million mark since their launch in 1997, led by the Prius -- Japan's top-selling car for the past four months. Toyota passed the new milestone just two years ...
Toyota's Prius hybrid best-selling car in Japan for fourth straight month Toyota's hugely popular Prius ranked as Japan's best-selling car in August, keeping the top spot for the fourth consecutive month with the help of government subsidies and tax breaks, an auto ...
Cadillac, Civic and all cars between: When it comes to mpg, I'm buying the hype The crippling success of Cash for Clunkers, the sustained popularity of the Toyota Prius and splashy headlines afforded the 230-mpg Chevy Volt would seem to signal a ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. That makes Toyota's ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The future of wind farms and hybrid cars may well hinge on what happens to a 55-acre (22.3-hectare) hole in the ground at the edge of California's high desert. The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As American consumers abandon gas-guzzling SUVs for greener alternatives, they also face a new kind of sticker shock -- confusing claims about the energy efficiency of electric cars heading for showrooms. Federal fuel economy standards and household budgets ...
