Latest Hybrid and electric cars company news
Just one month on from the launch of Toyota’s accelerator recall campaign, work has been completed on 90,000-plus – i.e. more than half – of the cars that have been identified as requiring attention. An even larger proportion of recalled Prius models have received adjustment to their braking software programme with 58 per cent of the affected vehicles updated.
More than 200 Toyota service centres around the country are pulling out all the stops to ensure the recalls are carried out as quickly... [more]
Exclusively designed for the European market, Toyota's Auris HSD (Hybrid Synergy Drive) introduces full hybrid technology to a core model at the heart of Toyota’s model line-up. It marks the first step in the deployment of HSD technology across the company’s entire European model range by the early 2020s.
Built in Britain at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK’s Burnaston factory, it targets an important shift in customer perceptions of full hybrid drive technology. The prospect of Britain – and Eu... [more]
In the early 2010s, Toyota plans to sell a million hybrids per year globally, a majority of those in North America. To accomplish this, Toyota will launch eight all new hybrid models in the USA over the next few years. These will not include next generation versions of current hybrids; instead, they will be all new dedicated hybrid vehicles, or all new hybrid versions of existing petrol engine models.
At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Toyota has unveiled the F... [more]
Whilst electric hybrid systems have already been developed for bus applications and have demonstrated useful fuel savings, such chemical battery-based solutions add considerable weight and complexity, lead to increased whole-life costs due to regular battery replacement and also raise associated environmental and disposal issues. In contrast, mechanical hybrids have been shown to offer up to twice the efficiency of a typical battery-based electric hybrid system in a package that is half the siz... [more]
Whilst electric hybrid systems have already been developed for bus applications and have demonstrated useful fuel savings, such chemical battery-based solutions add considerable weight and complexity, lead to increased whole-life costs due to regular battery replacement and also raise associated environmental and disposal issues. In contrast, mechanical hybrids have been shown to offer up to twice the efficiency of a typical battery-based electric hybrid system in a package that is half the siz... [more]
At the Tokyo Motor Show, which runs from 21 October to 8 November, Subaru will reveal its Hybrid Tourer Concept. The concept features a horizontally-opposed engine – in this instance the world’s first ‘boxer’ hybrid powerplant – and Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive (AWD). It marries these with an spacious cabin accessed through elongated gullwing-style doors, and an eye-catching, finely sculpted body.
The absence of B-pillars gives a heightened sense of light and space in the cabin, providing occ... [more]
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