The Toyota Prius plug-in will not hit dealer showrooms by 2012. Before that happens, Toyota is getting ready to produce an "add-on for the vehicle, but it's one you will not be taken to do with the car. What are we talking about? A home charging station.
Up to $ 2,045 (200,000 yen) Priced when you install, two charging stations are available: a mounted to an exterior wall and one should keep in a garage.
The Chargers will reportedly compatible with other car brands (provided they use the same plug-standards, we would guess ...) and the automaker expects 20000-30000 sell in the first year alone. That's a lot of electrifying, right?
The world can now rest easy. Toyota have officially adopted "PRII" as the plural of Prius. The Japanese automaker made the announcement over the weekend at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show after the general public to the phrase that best match to the company new crop of hybrids fit. The voting kicked off January 10 at the Detroit Auto Show, and while Prius, Prius, Prium and Prien appeared all as possibilities, PRII took home the majority of the votes with 25 percent of the more than 1.8 million votes were cast.
On this occasion his Dictionary.com Prius listing with the appropriate word for more than a Prius hybrid has updated.
Toyota wants has made it clear that the company grow to the Prius family in the near future with the addition of production versions of the seven-passenger Prius Prius compact V and C Concept. Now we need to figure out just what to call Prius drivers in polite society.
Toyota has announced that the company will be showing off a new concept in next month's Geneva Motor Show. The Japanese tangible has big plans for the B-segment in the near future, and these belong to bring a full-hybrid system to some of the smallest cars on the road, and we all get a glimpse of how the automaker is planning to to do with the Yaris HSD Concept. Details are remarkably dull at the moment, and while we can look forward to everything about the vehicle propulsion and fuel economy, it looks like we just have to wait until the vehicle gets its official unveiling next month.
The Japanese automaker hopes to hybrid efficiency to the most popular segment in Europe to bring, even though the Yaris HSD need to show some pretty incredible fuel consumption figures and performance to the best small displacement diesel mainstays of the game market over the pond.
Toyota will also show the Prius + the seven seats at the show. Hit the jump for the full press explosion.
First is the Toyota Prius G Sport Concept could love the kind of gaping maw only the Cylons Mama features. Rounding out the offering is the Toyota Auris TRD GT Concept, which we think actually looks kinda nifty, with its subdued body kit and dazzlingly bright yellow color.
Lexus was not from the process either the left and the machine probably more interesting than its mother ship. There is the F-Sport CT 200h (a future production model) at the center, with its unique alloy wheels, body kit and Recaro seats, which is connected to the IS F Club Circuit Sports Racer and a number of Club Performance Accessories for the IS F that Front and rear spoiler and a carbon fiber hood.
Last but not least, the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA supercar that last year drove the 24 hour Nürburgring race. See both types of vehicle madness in our high-res image galleries below, then you see all details in the press releases after the break.
