Fox Business - The Power to Prosper
Search Site

Toyota Prius

Related Topics

  1. Toyota
  2. Ford Fusion Hybrid
  3. Lexus
  4. BMW
  5. Honda
  6. Mercedes-Benz
Get updates on Toyota Prius
Top 10 Environmentally Friendly Cars

Earth Day, observed on April 22, is a global annual celebration of the environmental movement. The day and its activities date back to 1970.The environmental push over the past four decades hasn't skipped big business, which have contributed to concrete advances in new forms of energy, among them wind and solar. Companies have also introduced many new products that run on advanced engine power — power that gives off few if any emissions, especially compared to older, related products that run on fossil fuels.Near the top of the list of products that are using energy more efficiently or using alternative energy are cars. While motor vehicle sales are an important part of the economy, their engines have long contributed to air pollution. Close to 15 million cars and light trucks will be sold this year alone in the U.S. And still the great majority of these continue to be powered by gasoline.The reasons that people are interested in "green cars" go beyond environmental advantages. Gas pri...

Read More ›

  1. Toyota -brand Sales Slip In March; Lexus Sales Jump

    Toyota Motor said its U.S. sales rose 1% in March from a year ago to 205,342 units. Sales for the first quarter were up 8.7% to 529,444 vehicles. Sales at the Toyota...

  2. Mahindra Introduces E2o Electric Vehicle At INR596,000

    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (500520.BY) Monday introduced its new electric vehicle e2o, in a bid to expand into the hybrid vehicle segment that the government is trying...

  3. Small Gas Car Beats Hybrid on Fuel, Loan Costs?

    It probably won't come as a surprise that when gas prices go up, car buyers shift their purchases to more fuel-efficient cars. What might surprise you is that the ca...

  4. Carmakers think outside the box as electric dreams shatter

    Carmakers are going back to the drawing board in the hunt for fuel-saving technologies as hopes that electric vehicles will be the silver bullet for CO2 emissions lo...

  5. Electric Dreams Shatter, What's Next for Carmakers?

    Carmakers are going back to the drawing board in the hunt for fuel-saving technologies as hopes that electric vehicles will be the silver bullet for CO2 emissions lo...

  6. Redefining the 'Green' Car with Hyper-Hybrid LaFerrari

    Billionaire industrialist Ratan Tata pored over every inch of the new million-euro ($1.3 million) LaFerrari on the Italian supercar maker's stand at the Geneva auto ...

  7. Toyota readies executive reshuffle, aims for rapid response culture

    Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> will reshuffle its top executives as soon as this week, people familiar with the plan say, as President Akio Toyoda tries to dismantle a r...

  8. VW putting XL1 plug -in hybrid car into production

    Volkswagen is to put into production one of the most exotic vehicles ever to carry the German group's badge - a two-seater with many features normally only seen on c...

  9. Insight: Electric cars head toward another dead end

    Are electric cars running out of juice again?Recent moves by Japan's two largest automakers suggest that the electric car, after more than 100 years of development a...

  10. Toyota Reclaims Crown as World's No 1

    Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO) on Monday retook the title of world's largest auto maker, posting a 23% gain in global sales to a record 9.75 million vehicles in 2012.T...

  11. Ore., Va. Propose Per-Mile Tax

    The Car Coach Lauren Fix on the impact the per-mile tax would have on driving and vehicle sales.

  12. Toyota , BMW to research lithium-air battery

    Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> and BMW AG will jointly research a lithium-air battery expected to be more powerful than the lithium-ion batteries used in many hybrid and...

  1. Toyota readies U.S. production of Lexus ES by 2015

    Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> plans to assemble the Lexus ES 350 sedan at its Kentucky plant in 2015, marking the first time the Japanese automaker has built a vehicle ...

  2. Toyota's Hybrid Sales Surpass 5M Globally

    Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) has sold more than five million hybrid vehicles over the last 13 years in a sign it says proves there is demand for next-generation fuel-effic...

  3. Are You Ready to Buy a Hybrid or Electric Car?

    With an ever-expanding number of plug-in hybrid cars and fully electric vehicles on the market, it's easy to wonder if plugging in is a better alternative to filling...

  4. Timeline: Major global recalls in the auto industry

    Here are details of some recent major recalls.January 2010 - Toyota issues a series of recalls covering 5.6 million vehicles in the United States due to sudden accel...

  5. Analysis: Rethinking the lithium-ion battery revolution over cost, safety

    TROY, Michigan (Reuters) - For nearly two years, a team of former Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius engineers has been working on the next big thing in electric cars: ...

  6. Battery Fires Fail to Frighten Auto Makers

    Two incidents last month of lithium-ion batteries in Japanese cars burning or melting ended a multiyear streak of safe operation for the technology's use in cars, bu...

  7. Rallying Auto Sales Signal Improving U.S. Economy

    With U.S. auto sales rallying, all signs are pointing to a broader improvement in the economy as consumers open their wallets to pricey hot-ticket discretionary purc...

‹ Prev12345…Next ›
Freebase CC-BY
Source: Toyota Prius on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under the GFDL