Researchers at Kyoto University working with Toyota say they have developed a solid state fluoride-ion battery with 7 times the energy density of a lithium-ion battery.
Toyota is testing high efficiency solar panels supplied by Sharp to extend the range of its Prius Prime.
Dear Toyota USA Executives,
Why do you struggle so much with what is pretty clear to many of us?
There is a narrow assumption about the “class” Tesla vehicles are in that misses the broader Tesla story and the electric transition narrative. Yes, Tesla is surely pulling in a lot of consumers who would otherwise be driving a BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Jaguar, Porsche, etc. Below is a chart from my last article about that.
With sales of hybrids slowing in the US and declining in the bellwether state of California, the king of green signaling vehicles is shifting to the Tesla Model 3 from the Toyota Prius hybrid.
This is a special edition of the #CleanTechnica Top 20 — I’m listing the top 20 CleanTechnica articles of the last week and the top 20 CleanTechnica articles of April. Have a gander:
For those interested in Tesla, there are valuable lessons to be learned from Toyota’s history. Whitelaw Reid (via UVA Today) turns his attention to the Toyota Prius case study. Why? The history of Toyota’s Prius may uncover tell-tale clues about the electric vehicle future and, in particular, Tesla. He notes, “Two decades ago, Toyota’s Prius sedan rolled out of factories and into Japanese showrooms, becoming the first mass-produced gasoline/electric hybrid in an automotive landscape dominated by internal-combustion fuel engines.”
Global plug-in electric vehicle sales were up 46% year-on-year during the first half of 2017 (as compared to the first half of 2016), according to the most recent figures from our friends over at EV-Volumes.
The top 20 CleanTechnica stories of the week included a handful of blockbusters. Check out the stories below if you somehow missed them.
As the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime rolled up, I was skeptical. I had owned a Prius for 6 years, and this was just a newer Prius with fancier screens, cleaner carpets, and no melted crayons in the back seat. Boy, was I wrong.
