Toyota Prius in India Updates

[Sushubh]

Toyota to launch a cheaper variant of Prius Hybrid CarJapanese automaker Toyota has said that they are going to launch a new “standard” version of its Prius gas-electric hybrid for the 2008 model year.This model would cost $20,950, not including destination charges. This is incidentally $1,225 cheaper compared to the lowest-cost 2007 model.Customers would be [...]

Toyota to launch a cheaper variant of Prius Hybrid Car

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota Prius has sold more than 1 million unitsJapanese automaker Toyota has revealed that they have now sold more than 1 million Prius cars around the world.The company had sold 1.028 million Prius cars by the end of the last month.Prius is a popular model from Toyota which comes loaded with hybrid technology. It is [...]

Toyota Prius has sold more than 1 million units

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota Prius coming to India next year!Economic Times is reporting that Japanese automaker Toyota would bring their superstar hybrid model Prius to Indian market next year.This could be their response to the upcoming launch of Honda Civic Hybrid in India.The company is likely to bring the car to India as CBUs (completely-built-up units). This would [...]

Toyota Prius coming to India next year!

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota Prius coming to India next year!

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota Prius to get solar panels?Nikkei business daily has reported that automaker Toyota is considering plans to add solar panels to the roof of their next-generation Prius model.The power generated by these panels would be used for air-conditioning.The report said that these panels could be added to the higher end models of the next generation [...]

Toyota Prius to get solar panels?

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota to add solar panels to some Prius hybrids


Tokyo, 07 July 2008: Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on some Prius hybrids in its next remodelling, responding to growing demand for "green" cars amid....

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota would boost next generation Prius manufacturingJapanese automaker Toyota would boost the manufacturing capacity of their next generation Prius which should be out in the market next year.The company aims to boost the capacity of their plants to manufacture 480,000 units annually.This was revealed in a news article in the Nikkan Kogyo.Currently, most of the [...]

Toyota would boost next generation Prius manufacturing

 

[Sushubh]

Toyota Prius coming to India for sure Toyota has confirmed that they are going to launch their Prius model in the Indian market in the coming years. Toyota Prius is the most well known hybrid car in the world and it is also one of the best selling in this segment. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd vice-chairman Vikram [...]

Toyota Prius coming to India for sure

 

[vebk]

Hah... it will flop here.

And I have always been suspicious of how eco-friendly it is. Today I found this:

Hummer vs. Prius
Some environmentalists call the nickel mine in Sudburry, Ontario, one of the world’s worst environmental messes, saying it is the largest single point source for acid raid-causing chemicals in North America.

It is also the place where Toyota gets the nickel for the batteries that run its hybrid vehicles.

The nickel is smelted, removed from the rock and then it is shipped by container ship to Wales for refining. Its trip takes it to China where it is turned into nickel foam, then on to Japan to Toyota’s battery plant.

The trip, start to finish, is more than 10,000 miles, mostly on heavy polluting container ships.

And of course, no one is going to buy the Honda Civic Hybrid at Rs. 21.5 lakhs (about 9 lakhs more than the highest variant of the petrol Civic!!!!) The reason they got that car to India apparently is so that they can glorify themselves and advertise to death how "eco-friendly" they are.

 

[Sushubh]

well they need it just for the sake of having it in competition to honda civic hybrid... it's more of an ego thing for the two japanese companies. and prius is expected to be a big hit amongst the celebrities in india who would boast of it on page 3...