Tag: Prius - Page 5
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Prius Ditches Waiting List, Offers Incentives
While Toyota's hybrid-electric Prius has been practically selling itself, with more buyers than Toyota has cars, sales have evened out just as the carmaker is able to boost production, according to the New York Times.
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Vegetarian Is the New Prius
"President Herbert Hoover promised "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." With warnings about global warming reaching feverish levels, many are having second thoughts about all those cars. It seems they should instead be worrying about the
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Barenaked Ladies' Green Tour
We would not dream of trying to influence Collin's survey to determine the greenest playlist; we just want them to smack Coldplay. Thus we point out the Star's
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Toyota: Goal of 40% Increase in Hybrid Sales for 2007
Reuters reports that Toyota is aiming high with its gas-electric hybrids for 2007: They plan to sell 40% more (430,000 units) than they sold in 2006 (312,500 units, which was 33% more than in 2005). Production of Prius hybrid cars in Japan will go up to
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Toyota's Lead American Environmental Engineer Killed in Plane Crash
David Hermance, Toyota's lead American environmental engineer, died in an airplane accident this weekend. Not only did David bring the Prius to America, he was also a champion for efficiency and clean cars as an engineer and as an advocate. He pushed for
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The Prius Could be Getting Smaller and Bigger
The success of Toyota’s Pruis hybrid may compel the company to expand the line. New members of the Prius family could include a mini city car, and some species of crossover sport utility. Bloomberg.com reported that the executive vice president of U.S.
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Zip Zip! More Zipcars in the Bay and Now Chicago, Too
Zipcar, the car sharing service based in Cambridge, MA, announced recently that it will double its San Francisco fleet of Priuses, MINI Coopers, Mazdas, and BMWs, and start servicing the Chicago area as well. Zip Car will expand into new Bay Area
