Toyota Prius

Outselling the Toyota Prius with a cheaper Prius C

By stop network ⋅ March 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Prius C off to a good start, but will it drive Toyota hybrid sales much higher?
A lot of hype on Friday over the first 3 days of Toyota Prius C sales. With 1200 units sold, the Prius C topped February sale’s totals for both the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, many pointed out. While [...]

Hybrid explosion when Toyota brings Prius production to US?

By stop network ⋅ March 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

A hybrid win for Ford as well?
If the Toyota Yaris hybrid is successful in Europe, Toyota plans to move Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain production to Europe. As a result, the production of batteries and other hybrid components would move from Japan to Europe, a move that would bring down hybrid costs in Europe according to [...]

Maybe the Chevy Volt was hyped a little too much too early

By stop network ⋅ March 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

OMG. Did you hear? A Chevy Volt burped!
It seems like the Chevy Volt has been around for years already, yet it’s only been on the market for a little over a year, and hasn’t even achieved 10,000 total sales. Still, the Volt is in the news almost daily.
GM and fans of the Volt might claim [...]

An EV pullback in China could put a nasty kink in the entire plug-in chain

By stop network ⋅ September 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Would a Chinese shift to hybrids slash plug-in forecasts and crush suppliers?
Here in my home state of California, a few solar companies are hot. Unfortunately, the hottest companies don’t produce solar technologies. Instead, they lease them to homeowners and businesses. Sounds great, except that many of these companies are using Chinese-made solar panels as US [...]

Toyota Prius C takes new shape

By stop network ⋅ June 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

New compact Prius hitting the streets
Affordable fuel economy. With 50 percent of Americans already cutting back on some purchases because of higher gasoline prices, cheaper and more fuel efficient cars make sense to more car buyers than ever before. Unfortunately, when it comes to the most affordable vehicles, hybrid cars just don’t make the list.
However, [...]

The Toyota Prius is available, but are dealer markups coming?

By stop network ⋅ April 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Are Prius supplies really adequate?
My local Toyota dealership isn’t the biggest SoCal dealership, but it isn’t small either. On a normal day, for instance, finding 30 or more Toyota Prius hybrids on the lot isn’t unusual. Of course, these aren’t normal days.
Thanks to rising gas prices and a tsunami-caused supply constraint, today my local dealership [...]

More proof Toyota needs to add a 3rd row of seating to the Prius V

By stop network ⋅ March 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Is Toyota blowing a big opportunity?
According to the car folks over at InsideLine, the larger Toyota Prius V is a better car than the current Prius, offering not just more cargo and passenger room, but also a better overall driving experience.
More interesting, however, is that those willing to offer a positive comment about the Prius [...]

2010: The Year in Marketing

By Auto Observer ⋅ December 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

By Dale Buss
Economics, politics, finance and safety engineering all took the front seat for the auto industry at various times during 2010, diminishing the primary roles that products and marketing typically assume during good times.
But when it…

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