How Lexus Makes You Fall in Love with Hybrids
1 Mar 2014, 18:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When the first hybrid went on sale, the first generation Toyota Prius, there was a bit of a problem regarding its desirability – it was looking like a dishwasher. However, things have moved on...
Toyota Camry Hybrids Adding to Dubai Taxi Fleet
25 Feb 2014, 18:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Dubai - the capital of sun and supercars. What could you want more? Even the cops there have supercars to chase down speeders. It’s almost like Need For Speed. However, the backbone of the ...
Posh Car for Ladies: Lexus CT 200h F Sport Redline
25 Feb 2014, 17:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Lexus though a bit more at its female customers this year and the upgraded Lexus CT 200h now comes with a new body color adding to the lineup and going under the name of “Redline.” Su...
Toyota Yaris Hybrid Goes Flowery for Paris Fashion Week
24 Feb 2014, 17:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, if you thought the new Toyota models are starting to finally look good, girls might have another opinion and the automaker already came with a solution for them. Toyota teamed up with some ...
How to Increase Your Plug-In Hybrid Range In the Future – The Mad Max Way
23 Feb 2014, 00:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, if you're in the future right now reading this, it might be because humanity failed at some point with other alternative ways of powering vehicles, like hydrogen fuel cells or other great...
NHTSA Wants Bigger, Plain Language Badges for Alternative Fuel Vehicles
21 Feb 2014, 13:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a new rule that would force manufacturers to place bigger, plain language badges on their vehicles that run on alternative fuels. ...
UK Mommies Approving the Toyota Prius
19 Feb 2014, 19:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most moms out there don’t really care about how much horsepower the family car makes, how fast it's doing the 0 to 60 or how the exhaust sounds. No, they care about how safe it is, how mu...
Nearly Half of Cadillac Dealers Won’t Sell 2014 ELR
17 Feb 2014, 14:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nearly half of Cadillac’s dealers across the United States, mostly those located in areas where sales volume is low, have decided not to sell the 2014 ELR, Edmunds reports, quoting Jim Vurpill...
Here’s How the Toyota Wireless Charging Will Work
13 Feb 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota just release a new video showing how owners will be able to charge their hybrid plug-ins or electric vehicles’ batteries using the company’s future wireless charging technology. ...
Toyota To Start Wireless Vehicle Charging System Testing
13 Feb 2014, 09:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Transmitting energy without wires is not a new thing. In fact, renowned scientist Nikola Tesla demonstrated wireless energy transmission by means of electrostatic induction back in 1891. Despite ...
Toyota UK True Value Offers Giving Hybrids for Peas
12 Feb 2014, 10:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Starting with the little iQ and going up to the mighty Land Cruiser V8 or Hilux, Toyota’s lineup has a car for every taste. And among its 14-model range, Toyota UK also offers 5 distinct Hy...
Toyota Auris Hybrid Original Pictures
10 Feb 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One would expect Toyota’s Auris Hybrid to run out of mojo on the highway, but the petrol-electric does a decent job at transporting you on these kind of roads. Of course, the advantage of th...
2014 Lexus CT F Sport Stands Out at Chicago Show · Live Photos
10 Feb 2014, 10:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite the fact that almost all vehicles brought by Lexus at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show are white, you simply can’t miss the refreshed CT 200h. The 2014 Lexus CT on display is the F Sport ...
FT-1 Confirmed to Spawn Next Toyota Sportscar
10 Feb 2014, 10:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We got a bit frustrated when the Toyota FT-1 was said to be only a design study, but it looks like the concept will find its place in the real world soon. Recently, Toyota president Akio Toyoda w...
Bored? Toyota Hybrid and Bubble Wrap To the Rescue
7 Feb 2014, 13:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Who doesn’t like to pop bubble wrap? That feeling when you squish the little plastic bubble between your fingers and then pops out must be the best anti-stress measure ever. But what if you...
Thor Likes the Toyota Prius
6 Feb 2014, 12:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, Thor is the god of thunder and lightning, which is basically electricity. So it’s natural for him to have a gasoline-electric Toyota Prius, right? Maybe the upcoming FCV will be a better...
Toyota Auris Hybrid Touring Sports Goes to See the Northern Lights
4 Feb 2014, 12:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Apart for a reason to see the beautiful Northern Lights, the other reason for going so far north was to test the new Toyota Auris Hybrid Touring Sport’s performance in well sub-zero temperatur...
2014 Lexus CT and the Seven Red Stigs
4 Feb 2014, 10:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This has to be the automotive equivalent of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, using an Ultra White Lexus CT F Sport and seven red Stigs. Lexus UK just posted these amazing photos to advertise...
2014 Toyota Auris Hybrid Tested by autoevolution
3 Feb 2014, 10:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Auris was the first car on the market to be offered with three different powertrains - gasoline, diesel and hybrid - another great achievement Toyota unlocked about four years ago. In ...
Toyota Auris Hybrid Tested
3 Feb 2014, 00:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Toyota Prius is well into its third generation, the Japanese carmaker has decided to give Europeans a Prius that’s... not a Prius. Sure, Lexus has done this before with the CT ...