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Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf earn Top Safety Picks in first IIHS electric vehicle crash tests

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Safety , Hatchback , Chevrolet , GM , Nissan , Electric Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Crash Tests – Click above for high-res image gallery The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has completed its first test of mainstream plug-in vehicles, and both the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and the 2011 Nissan Leaf have were named “Good” for their front, side, rear, and rollover crash protection. Testing procedures for these plug-in vehicles were exactly the same as for any other automobile the IIHS tests, as they should be. The two plug-in pioneers join 80 other 2011 vehicles in earning the Top Safety Pick title, thanks to their fine performance in instrumented crash testing and their standard electronic stability control. For what it’s worth, other fuel sippers like the 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Honda Insight have also been named Top Safety Picks in the past.

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Everybody Panic: California dealers reportedly running out of Prius models

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Filed under: Hybrid , Plants/Manufacturing , Hatchback , Toyota 2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery The Japan earthquake and tsunami has left the vast majority of Japanese auto plants without parts or power at least temporarily, and the good folks of California are beginning to feel the pinch. The Los Angeles Times reports that the Toyota Prius is in very short supply in The Golden State, leading many car buyers to move up their purchases in fear of not being able to get their precious hybrid at a later date. It’s no surprise California would feel the pinch of limited Prius inventory first, as the state is the largest market for the ultra-efficient hatch. Many dealers have less than a two week supply, while others have zero models in stock

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Report: More quake-related production delays for Toyota, Honda

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Filed under: Japan , Plants/Manufacturing , Honda , Toyota 2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery Japan’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami continue to impact the nation’s auto industry, as Automotive News is reporting that Toyota and Honda have again extended factory shutdown timelines. Toyota will apparently idle its 18 domestic plants through March 26, while Honda will keep factory doors closed at least until March 27. With plants shuttered, Toyota will have to make due without its hot-selling RAV4 , Prius and Corolla , and Honda won’t be able to import the Fit and CR-V stateside.

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A decade on, survey suggests buyers still don’t understand hybrid cars

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Filed under: Hybrid , Technology , Electric 2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery In this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama proclaimed that there would be one million electric vehicles on the road in the United States by 2015. Toyota recently celebrated the building of the company’s three millionth hybrid worldwide. More and more automakers are turning to the battery pack and electric motors to improve fuel economy or remove petrol from the equation altogether, but do Americans know what any of this means? Not really, at least according to a recent study

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Toyota passes three million hybrid mark

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Filed under: Hybrid , Plants/Manufacturing , Lexus , Toyota Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota has sold just over three million hybrids globally since it introduced its first, the Toyota Coaster Hybrid EV bus in 1997, followed that same year by the first-gen Prius . More impressive is the fact that more than a million of those sales have come since August of 2009. Toyota offers 16 different hybrid models around the world, and it’s about to introduce several new variations of the Prius to our shores. Toyota’s Lexus luxury division has augmented the company’s hybrid movement, offering a gas-electric electric option on the RX , GS and LS models, and two dedicated hybrids, the CT and HS

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Analyst: It’s time for a Toyota Prius price drop

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Filed under: Car Buying , Hybrid , Japan , Hatchback , Toyota , Earnings/Financials Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery With the first year of this decade only a month behind us, Toyota is, according to a report from Bloomberg , ready to make sales predictions for the year 2020. The automaker is apparently confident that the Prius will continue to hold its spot as Japan’s best-selling model. However, Fumikazu Kitagawa of Nomura Research Institute seems to think that the Prius’ exceptional sales volume may drive Toyota to drop its price. Kitagawa claims Japanese car buyers consider the mainstream Prius as a “friendly” model and not a “leading edge” vehicle.

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