Hydrogen Future Rolls On: Toyota Mirai Taxis Launched in Dubai
The Hydrogen fuel cell Future keeps Rolling On: a fleet of fuel cell powered Toyota Mirai Taxis is being Launched in Dubai to compete against Tesla taxis.
Continue readingThis Toyota Prius Was Built to Autocross (w/ Video)
With a Lotus and a Porsche as his weekend cars, this Toyota Prius owner was hoping for a bit more from his daily driver, so he made it something more.
Continue readingToyota May Scale Back Its Prius Lineup Due To Slow Sales
With sales falling and a new RAV4 Hybrid on the market, the Prius V may be dropped. The Prius C is also in danger of being discontinued.
Continue readingFord, Toyota Hybrid Pickup Truck Partnership Ends Badly
Ford and Toyota have ended their working relationship for hybrid pickup trucks. Toyota feels it was taken advantage of and Ford did not honor its promises.
Continue readingSpeed Dating: the 50 MPG 2016 Toyota Corolla S
After a full week and nearly 300 miles of driving in and around Chicago, my 2016 Toyota Corolla tester got better than 50 (fifty!) MPG.
Continue readingUS Emerges As The Biggest EV Innovator
The US automobile industry has emerged as the biggest innovator in the field of electric vehicles according to a recent analysis of patent and intellectual property data. The analysis of global…
Continue reading2015 Toyota Auris — 3rd Date
Wondering what I discovered on my 2nd and 3rd dates with the 2015 Toyota Auris? I didn’t think so, but I’m going to tell you anyway, and I do have some…
Continue readingIs This Why Toyota Is Really So Anti-BEV?
I’ve been planning to write this article for months. Maybe a year? Toyota has been perhaps the most anti-EV mass-market car company out there by some standards (perhaps excluding Fiat due…
Continue readingThe Evolution of the Electric Car
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Following up on my articles on the history of solar power science, history of solar power policy, history of solar power manufacturing, history of wind turbines,…
Continue readingBMW i5 Could Arrive As Tesla Rival By 2018
Originally posted on CleanTechnica Unlike many of its rivals, BMW decided to do its plug-in cars properly by developing standalone platforms for the i3 and i8. The result was the…
Continue readingLaser Ignition Boosts Efficiency 27%
Engineers at Princeton Optronics say they have figured out a way to use lasers in place of spark plugs in internal combustion engines. Why is that important? Because using lasers increases…
Continue readingThe Biggest Problem With The Toyota Mirai? It’s Boring
This is not going to be your typical “Chris complains that hydrogen cars are inefficient and silly” story. No, today I want to take some time and complain about the…
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