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The Toyota Prius (XW10) is a subcompact hybrid car that was produced by Toyota between 1997 and 2003 in Japan. [2] The XW10 is divided into the NHW10 and its NHW11 counterpart, both of which represent the first generation of Prius series. The Toyota Prius is the first mass-produced hybrid car, and was released 2 years ahead of other ...
2007 Swiss government named Toyota Prius the world's greenest car in a draft study of over 6,000 cars. [41] 2008 "Green Engine of the Year" from International Engine of the Year Awards. [42] 2008 JD Power and Associates "Most Dependable Compact Car", [43] and again in 2009 [44] ABC News Top 10 Innovations of the Decade. [45]
The classification is based on producing 90% fewer emissions than the average gasoline-powered vehicle. [1] The SULEV standard is stricter than the standard for LEV ( low emission vehicle ) and ULEV ( ultra-low-emission vehicle ), however not as strict as PZEV ( partial zero-emissions vehicle ) which meets the SULEV standard for tailpipe ...
The Prius was developed by Toyota to be the "car for the 21st century"; [1] [2] it was the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, [3] first going on sale in Japan in 1997 at all four Toyota Japan dealership chains, [3] and subsequently introduced worldwide in 2000. [4]
The Prius in Japan is equipped with G-Book as of May 18, 2009. [48] The XW30 Prius was awarded the 2009 Japan Car of the Year. [49] In South Korea, Toyota has marketed the Prius since 2014 as a hybrid taxi since Hyundai and Kia at the time did not manufacture or sell any hybrid taxis. [50]
The following table compares official EPA ratings for fuel economy (in miles per gallon gasoline equivalent, mpg-e or MPGe, for plug-in electric vehicles) for series production all-electric passenger vehicles rated by the EPA for model years 2015, [1] 2016, [2] 2017, [3] and 2023 [4] versus the model year 2016 vehicles that were rated the most efficient by the EPA with plug-in hybrid ...
[12] Singapore. The Prius c was launched in Singapore in January 2012, costing about S$115,988 (~ US$93,257) for the base trim and about S$118,988 (~ US$95,670) for the Snazzy trim with a COE of S$64,209 (~ US$51,625) as of March 2013. [83] Taiwan. Toyota launched the Prius c in Taiwan in March 2012, starting at a price of NT$859,000 (US$29,100 ...
CAFE 2016 target fuel economy of 34.0 MPG (44 sq. ft. footprint) compares to 2012 advanced vehicle performance of Prius hybrid on the compliance test cycles: 70.7 MPG, Plug-in Prius hybrid: 69.8 MPGe and LEAF electric vehicle: 141.7 MPGe. The compliance fuel economy of plug-in electric vehicles such as the Plug-in Prius or LEAF is complicated ...