There’s an understanding in the automotive industry that there’s a certain something that sells, and as important as super-efficient drivetrains can be, they are not it. That thing, in a word, is beauty. Toyota appears to be adding another attribute to their list of values (reliability, efficiency, safety) by going after sleeker, more visually appealing […]
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Man Powers House Through Prius’s Battery
There’s long-lasting power, and there’s unbelievably, ridiculously long-lasting power. A man in Toronto used his Toyota Prius to power the furnace, lights, refrigerator and TV in his house for almost a full day during a power outage on December 21, 2013. An ice storm had knocked out electricity in Bob Osemlak’s Toronto neighborhood of Thornhill, […]