Posts Tagged Toyota Prius
Posted on February 17, 2010 with No Comments
More complicated problems with regard to car electronics founded on consumer charges and study by an electronics engineer along with the escalating criticism of mechanical glitches in its cars is being faced by Toyota. The electronics engineer is familiar with the history of accelerator control of Toyota.
At the same time political issues also continue to heap up for the company. All this is taking place when the car company has already recalled 6.5 million vehicles which include recent Camry’s, Corollas, and RAV4s. Simultaneously the 2010 Prius has ‘Electronic Throttle Control System with intelligence (ETCS-i)’ claims Toyota.
The Department of Transportation in the U.S. increased the force on Toyota. This happened when the head of the agency and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, informed owners of called back fomites to stop driving them. But later on Ray with drew the above statement and said that what he had actually meant was only that Toyota possessors who are concerned about their cars ought to take them to dealerships.
Authorities in Japan ordered Toyota to scrutinize reports of defective brakes on its high-profile Prius hybrid car. This was done immediately when the federal safety governors in the U.S. started a fuller probe into Toyota’s electronic systems.
The Prius also did not escape scrutiny the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak arrogated that he had been going through abrupt speedup in his 2010 Prius due to a so-called “software” bug. This alleged statement whether it is valid or not it does posses a question on the electronic systems of Toyota.
Tags: Corolla, Electronic Throttle Controle System, ETCS-i, Prius, RAV4, Toyota, Toyota Camry, Toyota Prius
Category: Electronic Throttle Controle System, Toyota, Toyota Camry, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Corolla 2007, Toyota Prius, Toyota Prius 2010, Toyota Rav4
Posted on February 4, 2010 with No Comments
Official press release:
Updated Statement From Toyota Regarding Prius Brake Issue
TORRANCE, Calif., February 4, 2010 – Toyota is aware that NHTSA has opened a Preliminary Evaluation centered on owner complaints of a braking issue with the 2010 model year Prius. Toyota will cooperate fully with NHTSA’s investigation.
Some customers have complained of inconsistent brake feel during slow and steady application of brakes on rough or slick road surfaces when the anti-lock brake system (ABS) is activated in an effort to maintain tire traction. The system, in normal operation, engages and disengages rapidly (many times per second) as the control system senses and reacts to tire slippage. A running production change was introduced last month, improving the ABS system’s response time, as well as the system’s overall sensitivity to tire slippage.
This preliminary evaluation addresses owner complaints specific to the 2010 Prius. This condition is not related to either the floor mat entrapment recall or the sticky pedal recall currently in action.
Toyota will continue to evaluate the condition as it relates to owner complaints and will keep NHTSA informed of its progress.
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Source: Toyota Press-room
Posted on July 11, 2009 with No Comments
China’s auto market is on the path of recovering after the government launch of a slew of stimulant actions earlier this year.
To profit from the back up policies and gather the emergent market demand, FAW Toyota has determined to elevate its
sales goal of this year from 380,000 vehicles to 400,000 units.
Since the Chinese government halved the sales tax to 5% on small cars with 1.6 liters and less engines beginning from January 20, sales of FAW Toyota’s vehicles with these engines have increased. The sales of 1.6L Corolla, Corolla EX, and
Vios sedan models have also increased considerable. These makes may add 40% to the aimed sales of 400,000 units for this year.
FAW Toyota’s RAV4 SUV obtained 12,072 orders in 20 days from the time when it was launched on April 10 this year. In the first fourth month, the company had sold 50,746 Corolla cars and 13,195 Corolla EX cars.
Posted on July 9, 2009 with No Comments
The new Toyota Prius has brought back an hard to believe 2.64 litres/100km (107mpg) ranking in Japanese tests.
Toyota has stunned the driving world by declaring its new Prius formally averages out 2.64 litres/100km (107mpg) – an unprecedented high for new cars.
The new model will be on sale in some markets during the month of May. It has presently been qualified in Japan with the impressive fuel utilization figure. The intercrossed petrol-electric car gives out just 61g/km of CO2. The credit goes to the many inventions of its new 1.8 litre engine system.
The expelling figure is quiet below any other new car on sale and this includes the minute Smart ForTwo diesel, and Honda’s new Insight hybrid.
The consumptions figures for the European markets are yet to be established and if they are also as eye-opening as this, the rivalry is in for a challenge.
Posted on July 2, 2009 with No Comments
Toyota unveiled the renovated Prius on Monday. It announced that it already has 80,000 advance orders in Japan. This advance order for revamped hybrid is amidst the increasing competition with Honda’s rival the Insight. The world’s largest automaker states that it has a goal of selling nearly 400,000 units all over the globe in a year.
The Prius is the top selling gas-electric hybrid in the world. It has a cumulative record sale of 1.256 million units in more than 40 nations and regions. The new Prius is believed to be sold in 80 nations and regions.
But at present the giant automaker is facing a challenge from Honda Motor Co., whose more economically priced Insight has sold rapidly since its introduction in Japan in the month of February.
The price for Pirus in Japan would start at 2.05 million yen, or around $21,600, less than its ancestor model’s Japan base price.
Posted on March 19, 2009 with No Comments
Toyota is not under pressure and it does not see Honda’s new 2010 Insight compact hybrid as its competitor. The bigger and costlier mid-size Prius no doubt has long been the world’s best-selling gas-electric car.
Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper states that there is serious talk inside Toyota Motor Corp. for releasing a base model of the forthcoming 2010 Prius that is 250,000 yen cheaper around $2,575 at today’s exchange rate than the least expensive 2009 model Prius which is now sold in Japan.
U.S. Plans
The restyled 2010 Prius is intended to go on sale in the U.S. in late May or early June and its price is yet to be announced.
Toyota has planned to hold up make public of the base, or “standard” trim level of the new Prius for 3 to 6 months. The new model is likely to have less standard equipment than the other models and a price that is closer to the Insight’s. The ’09 Prius in the U.S. starts at $22,720 including the destination charge.
Posted on March 8, 2009 with No Comments
Toyota is gearing up itself for a most important showdown with fellow Japanese automaker Honda over the two companies’ hybrid vehicles. When the new 2010 Toyota Prius is set in motion to achieve 49 miles per gallon on the highway and 50 mpg in the city. That is a standard 50mpg according to Toyota officials cited by Detnews. These estimates grossly underrate the 65 mpg US that was accounted last month as being the figure achieved from original testing.
