Green car future requires profits, too
DETROIT, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A green future for car companies is a clash between green, meaning profits, and green meaning environmentally progressive, an analyst said.
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Toyota May Make Prius a Brand and Widen the Model Lineup
Oct. 9, 2008
Toyota may create a separate brand for its Prius hybrid car and could add both larger and smaller Prius models to the lineup. Related Stories from UPI.com
Hybrids to be hot at Paris auto show
PARIS, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Hybrid automobiles for a world rocked by wallet-emptying gas prices will be front and center at the 2008 Paris auto show, a trade publication reported Sunday.
Plug-in conversions balloon Prius mileage
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A North Carolina company says it is doing a land-office business retrofitting Toyota Prius cars into plug-in hybrids with even better gasoline mileage.
Toyota to put hybrid engine in all models
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- All Toyota models will have hybrid engines by 2020, the company has announced at an automotive conference.
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A used Prius is money in the bank
TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A used Toyota Prius is doing something very few vehicles ever do: appreciating in value, a car value research group said.
Toyota mulls price hikes for Prius, Lexus
TOKYO, July 27 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is considering raising the price of its hybrid Prius and luxury models in Japan to help offset higher material costs, an executive said.
Ford to move European models to U.S.
DEARBORN, Mich., July 19 (UPI) -- Ford Motor Co. plans to start producing smaller models now made and sold in Europe in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Toyota switches U.S. plant to Prius
BLUE SPRINGS, Miss., July 10 (UPI) -- Toyota Motors said Thursday it would switch production plans for a new factory in Blue Springs, Miss., to making hybrid gas-electric vehicles.
Toyota Canada reduces prices on 11 models
TORONTO, July 1 (UPI) -- Toyota Canada used the country's national birthday Tuesday to announce price cuts on 11 models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
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U.S. markets sputter to close Monday ... Job cuts hanging over Ford headquarters ... Prius fever hits, driving prices up ... Canada's GDP makes small gain in April ... News from United Press International.
Prius fever hits, driving prices up
DALLAS, June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. demand for the Toyota hybrid car Prius have outstripped supplies, shooting prices upward, dealers and car owners said.
Electric car fire not caused by battery
BOULDER, Colo., June 28 (UPI) -- Backers of all-electric cars say they're relieved a fire that destroyed a Toyota Prius prototype this month wasn't caused by the battery.
Chrysler hybridizes its biggest vehicles
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 21 (UPI) -- Chrysler officials say they're ready to hit the road with hybrid fuel versions of some of its biggest and heaviest U.S. vehicles, including SUVs and trucks.
Scientists work on car that gets 100 mpg
DENVER, June 10 (UPI) -- Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., are testing a modified 2006 Toyota Prius that can get 100 miles per gallon.
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