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Adding both visual presence and environmental edge to its highest-mileage U.S. offering, Toyota publicly unveiled a pair of new Prius one-offs at SEMA aimed at furthering the cause of long-term sustainability. The prime example is the Prius Aerius (Latin for "belonging to the air"). It wears...
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As it prepares to show the world the latest plug-in version of its new Gen III Prius, Toyota has confirmed that it will produce a limited run of 500 of these super-efficient vehicles for extended demonstration and technical evaluation purposes, with 150 of them set for service in America starting early...
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In a time when some automakers have yet to introduce their first hybrid vehicles, the world's largest purveyor of these high-efficiency gas-electric cars and trucks just announced that it has now sold over two million of them worldwide. As of August 31, Toyota's global cumulative sales for passenger...
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A recently released annual report on hybrid vehicles by auto industry analysts at JP Morgan Chase indicates that the next decade will see hybrid presence in the world automotive market soar -- and reach nearly 20 percent penetration in at least two key countries. Accelerated by ever more stringent emission...
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Completely redesigned for 2010, the third generation of the world's most popular hybrid has just begun making its way into Toyota dealerships. After spending a week behind the wheel, we came away convinced that this new bigger and more powerful Prius will remain supremely competitive, despite having...
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Okay, okay, we admit it's a bit premature to offer up any definitive list of top green-themed stories for 2009. But with yet another Earth Day upon us, we thought it would be worth taking a quick look back at 10 of this year's most significant and most popular KBB Green news items. As might be...
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Latest in the continuing strain of high-profile, low-emissions Hyundai concept vehicles is the new HND-4 BLUE-WILL, a unique take on a five-door crossover of tomorrow. A star of the Seoul Motor Show, it embodies a number of elements that the Korean automaker plans to incorporate into is upcoming mass...
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While the sudden onset of momentarily cheaper gasoline prices has millions of American motorists breathing at least a temporary sigh of relief, that fortuitous flip-flop also had a rather chilling impact on the demand for hybrid vehicles. According to figures from Autodata Corporation, the sales stats...
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While the intended attraction of small hybrid vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid, is their greater operating efficiency (under certain conditions) and their resultant environmental friendliness, a much more pragmatic and popular appeal of hybrids (in California, anyway) is their...
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I've been using kbb.com and other sites to research these two cars and am having a really hard time figuring out what to do. From a features standpoint, they seem really similar. The Prius is arguably more hip (and the Honda a little more -- um -- boring) but both seem pretty equal. So...what do...