Solar-powered car – we drive the 2000GT SEV
This mouthwateringly beautiful Toyota 2000GT has been converted into a solar-powered car – and we got to drive this electric vehicle.
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How to make a solar-powered car – Naohiko Saito
Who better to tell us how to make a solar-powered car than Naohiko Saito, who has overseen the 2000GT Solar Electric Vehicle project?
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Keiichi Tsuchiya interview – we meet the drift king
Keiichi Tsuchiya, the man who inspired films like The Fast and The Furious and Initial D, comes to Britain.
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THUMS up for Toyota as future safety systems revealed
Toyota has announced the development of four new technologies that focus on protecting pedestrians and the elderly in the event of an accident…
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Here comes the sun: Toyota’s solar switch-on
Toyota broke new ground with the installation of one of the UK’s largest solar panel ‘arrays’ at its Burnaston plant in Derbyshire. Now, the array has been officially ‘switched on’…
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Toyota embraces solar tech at UK car manufacturing home
What would you do with 4,600,000 kWh of energy? To put it into perspective, that’s about enough power to make 150 million cups of tea every year. Now, we like a good cuppa at the Toyota UK blog, but even we think it could be put to better use…
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Toyota FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell car in the UK
Hydrogen is often promoted as the ideal clean fuel of the future and recently we had a rare chance to see it in action when Toyota brought its FCHV-adv (Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-advanced) to the UK for the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge…
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Toyota RAV4 EV Concept revealed at LA Auto Show
Toyota has lined up a world-first at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. On 17 November the wraps will come off the RAV4 EV Concept, an all-electric version of the compact SUV that’s been developed by Toyota with American electric vehicle specialist Tesla…
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Toyota Deeside – behind the scenes of engine plant
We take a closer look at Toyota Deeside plant, the first Toyota factory outside of Japan to have the honour of building a hybrid vehicle engine.
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Toyota Hilux conquers the Eyjafjallajökull volcano
Discover how scientists tracking Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano used a modified Toyota Hilux to set up monitoring equipment.
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Toyota FT-CH – a dedicated compact hybrid concept
The Toyota FT-CH, a concept car with a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain, was unveiled to the world in 2010.
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Toyota Auris is to be first British-built hybrid
What was the first British-built hybrid car? It was the Toyota Auris, produced at the Burnaston plant in Derbyshire from 2010 onwards.
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Recycling hybrid car batteries in the Toyota Prius
Recycling hybrid car batteries is a topic that’s cropping up with regularity. Here’s how it relates to the third-generation Toyota Prius.
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Toyota iQ fuel economy put to the test
How good is Toyota iQ fuel economy? We decided to put the city car’s frugality to the test on an efficiency drive around the UK.