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30 Dec 2024 by Byron Mathioudakis

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Ban on diesel and non-hybrid petrol cars proposed

13 Aug 2013 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

One of Great Britain's major political parties says it wants to see diesel-powered and non-hybrid petrol-powered passenger cars banned from British roads by 2040. The Liberal Democrats, part of ...Read more

Toyota recalls more than 1600 Prius hybrids

8 Jun 2013 by Malcolm Flynn

Toyota has issued a recall of the 2008-09 ZW30 third-generation Prius hybrid. The recall affects some 1,652 Australian models, and relates to a potentially faulty Brake Booster Pump Assembly --a key ...Read more

Toyota recalls 242,000 Prius and Lexus cars

6 Jun 2013 by CarsGuide team

Toyota has issued a global recall on 242,000 cars around the world, affecting the Toyota Prius and the Lexus HS 250h. The recall will include 1650 Australian Toyota Prius built between October 2008 ...Read more

Toyota pushes hybrid path

26 Sep 2012 by Chester Dawson

Toyota has put its weight behind hybrids, disclosing plans to roll out 21 new or redesigned petrol-electric powered vehicles by the end of 2015 and playing down the near-term outlook for other ...Read more

Toyota to make hydrogen push

25 Jun 2012 by Paul Gover

Toyota says it will the first carmaker to sell a hydrogen-powered car in Australia, using an onboard fuel cell to generate electricity, perhaps as soon as 2016.It claims the newcomer will be a bigger ...Read more

County forgot they bought a fleet of cars

30 Apr 2012 by Karla Pincott

But it takes a government office to forget where they parked a fleet of 293 brand new cars. Let alone that they bought them in the first place. The Miami-Dade county office in Florida, US, has ‘ ...Read more

Gen-Y will drive hybrid boom

29 Mar 2012 by Karla Pincott

The carmaker’s Australian divisional manager Peter McGregor says Gen-Y are expected to account for 40 per cent of new car sales within 10 years And to the brand that makes the Prius – and the ...Read more

Toyota rolling out new Camry and Prius hybrids

9 Mar 2012 by Mark Hinchliffe

The new Camry Hybrid being launched next week will be closely followed on to the showroom floors by a facelifted Prius and a Yaris-sized Prius C at the end of March. In the second half of this ...Read more

Toyota Prius to take on Le Mans

8 Feb 2012 by Paul Gover

The new hybrid hero is not technically part of the Prius family, but Toyota is using its TS 030 as a 320km/h labratory-on-wheels and a way to break down barriers against future cars. Toyota is ...Read more

Toyota Yaris Hybrid announced

16 Jan 2012 by Karla Pincott

Cheap and green is the name of the game, with the Yaris aiming to deliver the least expensive hybrid in the market, with the best fuel economy and emissions figures in the light car segment. ...Read more

Prius hits 800,000km mark

25 Jul 2011 by CarsGuide team

M.I.G. Security relies on its nine-strong Toyota Prius fleet for security patrols around Mandurah and surrounding areas, about 75km south of Perth. Operations manager Paul Hiron said the longest- ...Read more

Price cuts for Prius and BMW 3 Series

8 Apr 2011 by Neil Dowling

Toyota's eco-friendly but buyer-cool Prius hybrid was the first to slash its price, down between $5000 and $7500 depending on the model. Effective immediately, Prius is $34,990 and the upmarket i- ...Read more

What's the plural of Prius?

27 Jan 2011 by Paul Gover

The problem is that no-one knows the plural of Prius, a world originally chosen in Japan because it meant 'to go before'. It's a latin word with no previous plural. In the USA, where two new Prius ...Read more

One degree making a difference

27 Jan 2011 by Neil Dowling

It has slashed the vehicle emissions of the News Limited national fleet by almost 30 per cent and put it in the enviable position of a carbon neutral company. Critical selection of new fleet ...Read more

Toyota and Tesla team up

3 Jun 2010 by Paul Gover

Toyota has bought a significant stake in Tesla, which plans to add a prestige family sedan soon to its Lotus Elise-based Roadster, in a deal which will also revive a dormant factory in the USA. The ...Read more

Toyota brake problems hit Australia

5 Feb 2010 by Karla Pincott

More than eight million of the marque’s most popular models have been recalled in the United States, Europe and China to address sticking accelerators caused by at least two separate problems -- ...Read more

Toyota shuns diesel cars

24 Jul 2009 by Paul Gover

Even though Brand T sells more diesels down under than any other brand — and most of its rivals combined — it says there is no future for diesel passenger cars. Instead, Toyota is putting its faith ...Read more

Flood of hybrids tipped to arrive

10 Jul 2009 by Paul Gover

Toyota alone has plans for eight hybrids and they will be joined by everything up to super-luxury petrol-electric cars from Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. With a growing number of fuel-efficient diesel ...Read more

BMW email gatecrashes Prius launch