All-New Toyota Prius
If you do some research on hybrid vehicles, and specifically trying to learn everything you can about the Toyota Prius, it should be a great place to start. Over the next few weeks, I will write a series of posts about the most popular hybrid cars in a relatively short history of hybrid cars. Rather than start with the first and oldest Prius model, and will move forward, we begin with a preview the next version and finish, returning in time.
Rumors about what we supposedly know so far.
Firstly, the new generation Toyota Prius gets much-needed increase in the engine, the transition from the 1.5-liter engine we’ve seen from 2004-2009 to 1.8 liter power plant.
In addition, the new Prius is an inch wider and and inch shorter. Statements were made by Toyota, the next generation Prius could include some form of hybrid option (aka PHEV) and lithium-ion battery. Lithium batteries are said to be more powerful and lighter than nickel units in the last year model Prius.
Not so much … yet.
Probably the best available information about how the next Toyota Prius will be different from what we’ve seen over the past 5 years comes from a test drive and an article in Popular Mechanics. Thus, the prototype mentioned in this article has 1.5L engine, along with two (2) Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries – the same used by the current version. The driver was able to reach speeds near 50 miles per hour, using only batteries and estimates that this prototype will be able to travel 3-4 km, never bringing the gas engine.
Does anyone have a clue?
Next Generation Prius features sophisticated three-link independent rear suspension, exceptional rigidity due to extensive use of high-strength steels, and high crash-safety evaluation.
Three Toyota Prius “are better than one.
Finally, I ran across a post on Motor Authority with reference to another article in a car magazine that referred to plans for Toyota to release three new Prius hybrid cars are labeled B and C, with new models due in the next few years. So … that you have. After reading and scanning of almost a hundred pages of pure speculation about secret Prius, I do not really feel that we know anything else. Unless that changes, we will keep you the good stuff.
How is today, Prius hybrid continues to beat.