Toyota is going the hybrid path after it’s hybrid models especially the Toyota Prius have shown tremendous success.
Toyota Prius
Toyota has sold 425,000 hybrid cars since 1997, which include the Toyota Prius Hybrid car, Toyota Camry Hybrid sedan,Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV and a hybrid Toyota Coaster bus. Toyota Prius sales ahve gone up 133% in the first 8 months this year.
Hybrid models are to be made more mainstream from now on and now just to serve a niche environmentalist market. Toyota’s President Katsuaki Watanabe says Toyota aims to cut production costs and halve the USD $5,000 price premium on such vehicles over the normal models.
Toyota Executive Vice President Kazuo Okamoto also said Toyota plans for a 100% hybrid future, where all cars from Toyota will be hybrids. But he did not go into details on the timeline for this 100% hybrid model line-up.
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when will Toyota Prius or any other hybrid cars arrive here?
cool.. tho i dont fully understand the concept of hybrid cars.. all sorts of story goin around im gettin confused with hydro electrolysis and fuel cells
danishbrad: hybrids are a combination of gasoline engines and electric motors, as opposed to systems like fuel cells which do not use gasoline engines at all. hence the term hybrid, which means a mix.
thy are very popular in the US wer ppl are environmentally conscious,i tink in asia thy wont be much success , we dont have the mindset for those type of cars , noting than an evo ralliart tuned to produce 450 bhp wil excite us..!!
e-Nabill:
I think you speak for yourself. One of the most technological environmental country is in Asia. cue Japan. Besides, we are talking bout a different market. This is an environment friendly car, not a performance car.
ya japan ONLY,u serously tink thy will be selling the prius like hot cakes in thailand.indonesia,philipines??? nt now anyway,maybe in the next 5-to 10 yrs…
Yeah man… The new "black" when it comes to modifying cars is getting the most mileage out of one gallon/litre of fuel. I remember reading this one article in Yahoo a couple of months back where this American engineer dude managed to modify his hybrid to get a fuel efficiency of 150-200 miles per gallon! Imagine that man! Refuel once every two to three weeks! Walau eh!! :D
I hope Toyota will also provide means for owners of older Toyotas, like us VIOS owners, to transplant the hybrid system into our cars. That would just be the best thing ever…
Go Hybrid GO!
Err.. Is it difficult to maintain a Hybrid? If so , I take back my words. I'm aiming for an easy to manage car. No hassle , just enjoyment.
Hi guys, at last we talking hybrid. just click on hybrid cars in tahoo or google we are into the new world of auto motoring. I thought people are alreay talking 'how many kms per litre?'. This is great….
We can think or performane – speed, torque etc, but then there are some of us who also think of km per litre. I go to work day in day out, think of km per litre.
I go see the sunset at weekends in PD, I think speed, rev and torgue. he he, can we get thebest of both world??
Maintenance? well, we need a new set of mindset oon this, the petrol engine is as how vvTi (on Toyota Prius) is always maintained. the electric motor is electric motor as in any. I hope we don't go to two separate mechanics in Malaysia.
The main problem is, like diesel and petrol, in Malaysia. Diry fule.. minyak campur. That's why we will not see it in malaysian soil for a while. And the battery has short lifeline. But Prius can go 55mpg average city and highway driving (what's that in kmpl?) almost double than other cars.
we want hybrid!!
If everybody effort to buy one HYBRID car, definately soon or later the Fuel demand will drop and then the Fuel price will goes down too. But I am still concerning about the maintenance cost of it. Hope it will not be higher than combustion engine too. If not this HYBRID cars will still only be good for Environment and not to fight for Fuel price up. Don't you all think so!
I think I'll start discussing the hybrid topic once m'sian government figure out that it's actually a good thing to bring hybrid in… sigh… when will we ever see hybrid cars in m'sia…
I think it'll be successful if hybrid cars is sold right here(just if Prton REALLY made one….because Cheap!!!!)with the oil price yet lowest in the region…still many rich people(most people has 2 cars) complain…….
think about it…maybe?
Bad fuel consumption, who wants a Hybrid?
Hi guys. Can somebody please help me defined the meaning of hybrid? still can't understand the whole of it.thanks.
anywan want to know hybrid check out www.nyhridcars.com just serach any site for hybrid car.
good luck
Charger: Uhmm bro…. "Bad fuel consumption, who wants a Hybrid?" Care to explain your statement? Because I'm sure there are others here who are just as confused as I am. Hybrids have "Bad fuel consumption" ??? How do you figure? Do you consider the fact that the car DOES NOT guzzle petrol as compared to normal engines as "bad fuel consumption" ?
Maybe I'm reading your comment wrongly bro. Hope you can explain… :D
MutantTomato: Top Gear did a review on Hybrid car before (it should be Avensis, if I m not mistaken). Hybrid was supposed to be very good on fuel consumption, for the fact that it runs on battery too. But it turns out that the FC was much lower than existing gasoline cars and the results were laughable.
Charger: Oh really ah bro? Oh ok… But I guess a lot also depends on how you drive right? No matter how good fuel economy is, if one drives like an idiot, no fuel will be saved.
Take the VIOS for example. On a full tank (approx 45 litres) I can get between 550-600km. This is when I drive properly, i.e. gradual acceleration, no sudden stops, nothing above 110KM/h, etc. However, when I "tekan" the pedal and do some "rally" style driving, I get only about 450km per full tank.
Another thing bro, if you could give us a rough estimate of when Top Gear featured the Hybrid, I'd be much obliged. Maybe when you saw it, or which season it was or something like that la. A video clip would be the best!
Cheers bro! :D
So that be it. Why would Toyota go 100% hybrid then? Is this a trick to get concumer to use more FUEL. NOT!!!
The big Q here is fuel (petrol, diesel). Check out Peak Oil as we can't afford to look for oil below the eary surface anymore. The process gets more expensive and it causes greater environmental problems.
I am all for electric car, solar car if possible. Hybrid is a transition. If Toyota VIOS can do 500km per full tank, the Prius can do 800-1000km (I think 45litre tank as well) depending on driving condition (and style – as MutantTomato pointed out).
TopGear (and NYTimes at some point) tried to talkdown Prius – but without success. It is the hottest selling car in the US 3 months running, and Japanese producer of the engine for Toyota can only produce so much. So Other countris have to wait, it is all Japan and US for now, for Prius production. Maybe some in Australia and UK, but not too many. They have to wait.
we want hybrid.. the only way to go. for NOW
Oh yes, from Toyota Australia website.
"In Australian Government Standard testing, the Prius achieved fuel consumption of 4.4 litres / 100 km under the combined cycle*. That's up to 50% less consumption than a comparably-sized family car. One tank of fuel could theoretically get you over an
astonishing 1,000km. "
* Fuel consumption and emissions tested to ADR81/01 under controlled factory conditions. Actual fuel consumption may vary depending on driving style and conditions.
Yes, we want it NOW in Malaysia!!
Hybrid cars still have not taken off in Singapore yet because they are much more expensive than their petrol counterparts. Even in the States, the amount that can be saved will take 15 years to realise before the premium paid for it breaks even. So unless you're a greenpeace activist or someone who genuinely loves the environment and doesn't want to contribute to its pollution, i'd say, "Stick to your petrol cars."
when toyota sell this to u , they are losing money actually.
but as mentioned by many sources, they trying hard to reduce the production cost.
the price for the car in down under is not too bad actually with around 35grand which is about the price of smart vehicle in msia.
gov should provide tax incentive for those who buy hybrid car. i believe it would be a hit if sold around rm100k
>(it should be Avensis, if I m not mistaken)
Sorry, I meant Prius. Typo there. :(
MutantTomato: Sorry, don't have the clip anymore, watched and delete. Maybe Paul can look for it?
I can't remember the exact details, it could be FC compared to Diesel is laughable or, they were merely referring to the FC meter as shown in the car. Anyhow, their verdict was, it doesn't save as much fuel as it should.
Do understand, I've got nothing against Hybrids.
they will not start the hybrid sale here
there is only one reason, petrol is being subsidise by our own G
there is no value-add and not enough incentive for pple to go for hybrids
anyway, hybrid with too many battery packs requires charging everday, you will still need to foot a substatial amount of electricity cost(ok i know it is still being subsidise…).
until the oil well in malaysia dried up I see no future of a hybrid here.
Ok, Prius works this way. If you are going at a certain speed and below, it's powered by the electric motor. But if you hit certain speed and above, the petrol engine will take over, and the batteries are being charged then.
So, if there's a balance between these 2, you might be need not recharge your battery so often. :)
Prius is the most sold car in the world, that if im not mistaken, read it somewhere though…hybrid is interesting, at the rate of drastic increment of fuel prices, hybrid has to be introduced in Malaysia, but then again maybe not due to dirty forking politics in Malaysia, we'll never go far in the automotive industry, we dont even have much mitsubishi models for forks sake, everything has been planned for, everything is being controlled, dirty dirty politics man, we can dream of hybrids to be introduced somewhere around 2017 or so. dream cars, dream technology, heck, forking dream on.