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It's Electric: Toyota to Bring First Hybrid Powertrain Production to U.S.

It's Electric: Toyota to Bring First Hybrid Powertrain Production to U.S.

Toyota just upped the stakes to remain the top manufacturer of hybrid vehicles worldwide with a $373.8 million investment in five U.S. manufacturing plants that will support production of its first American-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. Each of the projects is scheduled to begin this year and all should be operational by 2020.

The investments will include adding new production of hybrid…
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Toyota Creates Amazing Electric Truck Prototypes That Could One Day Clean Up Marion Highways

Trucks are something we all have to deal with when commuting down I-57. We don't mean pickup trucks, like the Tundra or Tacoma—we mean semi trucks. Tractor trailers. Big-rigs.

They groan along the highway like slow-moving, yet terrifyingly massive whales, blowing smoke instead of water out of their tops.

Thanks to Toyota's "Project Portal," one day, things could be different.

In the wake of launching the hydrogen-fueled Toyota Mirai, the...

 

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Toyota and Shell One Step Closer to a Hydrogen Refueling Network in California


The California Energy Commission (CEC) posted a Notice of Proposed Award (NOPA) outlining subsidies to support hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California. Shell, in partnership with Toyota, will be considered for the installation of hydrogen refueling equipment into seven retail stations in the state of California and an award of $16,362,500 to develop those stations.  
 
The NOPA marks an important step forward in California’s aspiration for broader deployment of low-carbon fuels and vehicle…
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How You Can Help Keep the Giant Panda from Becoming Endangered Again

The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has been in trouble for longer than most of us can remember. It was listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 1990, but the species has suffered from hunting and habitat loss as early as the 1930s. At one point, the number of pandas in the wild dwindled to about 1,000.

Though many people are convinced the Giant Panda is doomed for extinction thanks…

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Toyota Donates $1 million To Help Fund Yellowstone Youth Campus


Toyota donated $1 million on Thursday to the Yellowstone Park Foundation to support the development of a new Yellowstone Youth Campus.

The facility will be a "living" environment that will be home to immersive youth programs at the park.

It will replace an existing Youth Conservation Corps. Campus, providing four additional classrooms, new residential buildings and staff housing on-site.

Designed by Hennebery Eddy Architects of Portland, Ore., the new campus aims to be the first…

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Toyota is Helping Protect Wildlife, and You Can Too!

Toyota Motor Corporation recently announced that it is entering a five-year partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to fund at least 28,000 new species assessments to be added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The Red List is a global resource that provides detailed information about the habitat, and conservation status of almost 80,000 species around the world...

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Toyota Headquarters Will Use 100% Renewable Energy


Toyota says it will use 100 percent renewable energy at is new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas.

Earlier this week the automaker announced that the $1 billion campus, slated to open in May 2017, will include a 7.7-megawatt solar array that will provide a quarter of its power needs.

Toyota is seeking LEED Platinum certification — the US Green Building Council’s highest level — of the new campus.

Yesterday, MP2 Energy said it has…
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With Hydrogen, Toyota Aims To Reclaim The Green Image Stolen By Tesla


At a swanky Tokyo hotel in 1997, as birds flitted across the sky on giant video screens, Toyota Motor introduced the Prius to the world. It wasn’t exactly sexy: a funny-looking compact sedan with itty-bitty wheels and a sloping nose. But under the hood was something new: a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine mated to an electric motor, fed by a 274-volt battery stuffed under the rear seats.

As new car introductions go, this one…
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The Toyota Mirai is making waves

These days it's much easier to make a conscious effort to help out our environment. Toyota's latest model, the 2016 Mirai, is the first hydrogen powered vehicle, sure to start a new and powerful alternative fuel movement.

The Toyota Mirai hasn't made its debut on our showroom floor here at Marion Toyota just yet, but you better believe that w…

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