#toyota hybrid prius

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What a difference 26 years makes juxtaposition of Toyota Prius, 1997 & Toyota Prius, 2023. The new 5th generation of the world's first series production hybrid has been revealed in Japan. It will be available in HEV and PHEV configurations. Over the last two and a half decade total cumulative sales of the Prius worldwide have reached about 5.05 million units. Following Japan, the new Prius will be launched in North America, Europe, and other countries around the world. 

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So, uh... this post was answering an ask, but then the saving glitched or something and now the post is in the drafts but it no longer has the ask in it, but the ask isn't in the inbox either. So I don't know if it vanished completely or if it will appear in this post upon posting. And perhaps more importantly, I don't know if the asker will get a notification when I hit post. I guess this is a good moment to ask you all to please avoid asking questions anonymously if possible, so I can reach out if need be (especially considering the months I tend to take to answer, har har).

Well, great, my quest to write a brief post is off to a great start. Oh, I know!

*ominous clattering sounds*

So, ever seen Speed? The movie, not the phenomenon. I haven't, but from what I heard, it's a movie where a bus driver finds out there's a bomb that will go off if they go slower than 50mph. I've gotta see it just to find out what prompted that, did a passenger get frustrated with how slow it- see?!?! I'm doing this again! But no more, thanks to this nifty device I've fitted, that will blow up if this post's word count reaches 2000 words. Yes, that's a pretty high bar, but you know, we tryna stay alive, like Wyclef Jean said. Wait, no, I don't think he ever actually says the song's title in the lyrics. But surely he mentioned its title at some point, right? I'm doing it again aren't I. What was the question anyway?

Do I- Okay, let's not repeat the "do I have thoughts on that" line. Last time it didn't end well.

But yeah, of course! I wrote about the Corolla previously, and who could forget the first mass production hybrid car?

Well, most of the people who drove one, probably - and likely even some that are currently involved in driving one. And, as I went over, I think that's to Toyota's credit.

Now, in my post about hybrid powertrains (definitely a recommended read to anyone who's giving a shit right now) I forewent one of the few important distinction between an F1 car's KERS system and my mom's Toyota - since the former can never run purely on electric power it's a mild hybrid, whereas Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD for friends) is a full hybrid system since it can. So essentially the reason her Toyota is not like an F1 Ferrari is that it's more capable. (And also it burns down less.) So the car could be using only the electric engine, or only the combustion engine, or both, or energy could be getting generated through regen braking or even by the engine(???) and I'm not even sure that's it. There's even a little animation you can toggle that shows you what the drivetrain is doing and what energy is going where. And I always thought that was a bit of a test-drive-only gimmick, not realizing that in my reaction lay proof of the system's brilliance: you don't ever really notice nor care what it's doing! Thanks to the smoothness of a very clever CVT made of planetary gears that I vaguely assume I understand, you barely ever feel any of those goings on. Aside from shifting into B when you need engine braking -even that a very smooth affair- all you ever experience is the variation in noise from the silence of EV mode to, should you ever be so unlucky as to encounter a road that points up...

(credit to @ggrtl1)

The HSD system now being in most of Toyota's range makes it easy to forget how it was a Prius exclusive for the longest time, and how starkly the Prius stood out when that was the case. But if we look back with that in mind, the Prius being an environmentally conscious choice that doesn't actually require you to have a clue about shit, and a car that almost actively dodges your attention, it's clear how it immediately became extremely popular… almost as much as it was maligned.

Car enthusiasts, as I already went over (oh sorry, I'd already linked this one), hated the Prius with unfathomable passion. I grew up in car meme circles and counting the jokes at the Prius' expense was akin to counting your breaths. To this day you can probably spot peeling "Prius repellent" stickers atop the exhaust pipes of the most insulting trucks of the Walmart lot. And really, I think there's more to why than what I talked about. For one, the Prius's architecture and marketing attracted and created drivers without much eagerness to get out of their own way, and by extension the cars behind them's. But really, people hated on Audi drivers tailgating and BMW drivers being seemingly unaware of the turn signal stalk's presence, and that never translated into cheering at pictures of M3s and RS4s engulfed in flames. There also was the idea of the Prius driver as someone eager to rub their environmental consciousness in your face - and I believe that gets closer to the point, but again, however much you can hate a driver, that doesn't really translate into hating the car with such memetic reliability that a key mechanic in my favorite gaming series ever involves finding pink Priuses and blowing them up.

It's something about the car itself. Or rather, what it represented.

I believe the Prius was the vegan of cars.

It was never just about what it did or how, but about how its existence implied that our way of life (in our case our acoustically, socially and environmentally obnoxious gas guzzlers) was bad, was wrong. It was an attack on how we rolled. And so we attacked back: "No, fuck YOU. You're nerdy, and uncool, and boring, and ugly. Go die." And really, it's interesting how those were the angles the Prius was attacked by - even though it was clearly never concerned with being cool or exciting to drive and, if I do say so myself, the Prius never looked that bad in the years when that hate developed.

I mean, even this interior is neat if you ask me!

Really, I think the reason those angles were chosen goes beyond the car. Nerdy, uncool, boring, ugly. What image does that conjure up?

Exactly.

And just like that emoji, those are comebacks you huck at someone who's getting in the way of your good time. But how did someone else's car get in the way of our good time? Simple: by highlighting the problems with our good time. Again, the vegan of cars. And just like them, this opposite faction was also seen as a threat. If this view wins, we feared, our vehicles for The Good Time will get banned or canceled or neutered beyond recognition. We were arguably living through the start of such events and they did get worse with time.

But still, our approach was misguided, handling serious environmental issues with the same maturity of children being reminded of their homework by their parents. The solution was not to try and boo the issue away, as though a relative handful of enthusiasts could drown out environmentalism, but to recognize that our smaller number and the masses' different priorities could have been assets: get out of this tunnel vision whereby everyone needs to have what you like and let others have a Prius; hell, encourage others to get a Prius, because the more people buy fuel efficient cars on their own accord, the less governments will feel the need to force them to do so with bans! Because bans? They SUCK. Not being able to use your car or go some place no matter how much you're willing to pay and how many hoops you're willing to jump through SUCKS. And it's unfair to everyone: the greener choice should be the better choice, because if not you're short changing people, and that betterness should be communicated well to the people, so they know they're not getting short changed. At which point you wouldn't need a ban anyway because the only people who wouldn't pick the greener thing of their own accord are us, the handful of weirdos who'll gladly stick with something worse for The Experience™, whose impact will be too small to be worth restricting everyone's freedom over.

We were too few to matter, but instead of using that as the asset it was we fought against that idea. And that's understandable: we all like for our opinion to be popular, we all like to push people to be more like us because we like the idea that it's a good thing to be the way we are. So it's tough to embrace the idea that the fewer people like us there are the better. And perhaps we were too proud to admit that our passion really is problematic at scale and thus have that conversation altogether. Or we just didn't feel like dealing with that problem. Again, kids not wanting to do homework.

But now that half of all Toyotas sold (in the U.S. at least, but that's always been the cultural trends dictator anyway) are hybrids, funnily enough, it all seems okay. I mean, whose vitriol is being spent on the Corolla Hybrid? And it's not because the Corolla name did get slapped onto enough different cars that eventually it landed onto something with some enthusiast cred...

...because that never made enthusiasts hold the "normal" Corolla in any higher regard than 'boringly sensible, nondescript transportation only ever interesting as a way to justify any unwise sportscar purchase of a similar buy-in price' ("Can you believe I got this V10 twin turbo Audi RS6 for the price of a new Corolla?", usually said a month before the first night spent under a bridge). And even if it did, it would be all the more reason to curse the HSD powertrain for "ruining" it, or whatever. People don't hate on the RAV4 Hybrid, the Sienna Hybrid, the whatever Hybrid nowadays. (Or maybe they are and I'm just hanging around more mature people now, but I do feel like a cultural shift has gone on.)

Is it because hate struggles to spread itself too thin, especially across vehicles whose hybridness isn't their whole personality as the Prius's was? Maybe, but I doubt it looking at all the positive sentiment around the fifth gen Prius, surprising a glowup as it may have been.

(Y'ain't really fuck with me way back then girl

how 'bout now)

It could also be that a threat is often worse than the event itself, because focusing on a threat makes it feel like an all-encompassing hypothetical that must be avoided at all costs or how will we manage, but when we live through it it's just one of the many things going on in our lives, and we find out we manage just fine. Many cars we barely cared about to begin with are hybrid now, so what. Those seeking to avoid hybrid powertrains just... do that. Some cars are canceled, so we buy used or look elsewhere. That Prius was not a harbinger of doom, just a precursor of a trend that it didn't cause, and didn't really kill us all. But maybe it's the move that we're currently fearing will kill us all, electrification, that has not just shifted attention away from hybrids, but framed them more positively by comparison. But perhaps there's an even bigger, show-stealing enemy, doing what we feared hybrids would do and what we're fearing electrification will do: SUVification. Sure, people raged at things like the Honda NSX becoming a hybrid or the Mazda MX-5 announcing electrification, but travesties like the new "Capri" really make that rage look silly, as if we lost the focus of what was really vital, like i did with the word count oh no

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2023 Toyota Prius 🔥

Toyota introduced the 5th Generation 2023 Toyota Prius to their Prius lineup. It’s more fuel efficient than the previous models. Producing 196 hp, the 2023 Toyota Prius is the most powerful Prius Toyota has ever produced.

Read full story: 2023 Toyota Prius first look review: Images and details discussion!

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Now I really do hope it's at least two more years before we buy a battery-electric car

Last week, we won a weird old-car-ownership lottery by having the hybrid battery of our Toyota Prius fail–after about 17 and a half years and just over 126,000 miles. That more than doubled the eight years covered by Toyota’s warranty and comfortably exceeded the warranty’s alternate minimum of 100,000 miles, a threshold we crossed in February of 2018. Back when we bought this then-cutting-edge…

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The Prius and Sarah

Chapter 1: The Great Journey Begins

As the sun rose over the horizon, the small Toyota Prius awoke from its slumber, ready to embark on a great journey. It had been waiting for this moment for years, biding its time as it sat idle in the garage, waiting for the chance to prove its worth.

The Prius had always been an oddball among the other cars in the garage. It was a hybrid, after all, with the unique ability to harness the power of both gasoline and electricity. Its sleek and aerodynamic body was designed to cut through the air with ease, while its advanced hybrid system allowed it to conserve energy and reduce emissions.

But despite its many advantages, the Prius had always been overshadowed by the flashier and more powerful vehicles in the garage. It had never been given the chance to truly shine, and it yearned for the opportunity to show the world what it was capable of.

Finally, the day had arrived. The Prius's owner, a kind and eco-conscious young woman named Sarah, had decided to take a cross-country road trip to visit her grandmother on the other side of the country. She knew that the Prius would be the perfect companion for the long journey, with its fuel efficiency and low emissions making it a cost-effective and eco-friendly choice.

So, with a full tank of gas and a bag packed with snacks and supplies, Sarah and the Prius set off on their great adventure. They had no idea what challenges lay ahead, but they were ready to face them together, as one unstoppable team.

As they made their way down the highway, the Prius hummed with excitement and determination. It was finally getting the chance to prove itself, and it was going to make the most of it. The journey had only just begun, but already, the Prius knew that it was destined for greatness.

Chapter 2: The Open Road

Sarah and the Prius had been on the road for hours, and already, they had crossed several state lines. The Prius was loving every minute of the journey, reveling in the freedom and adventure of the open road. It had always dreamed of this moment, and it was determined to make the most of it.

As they drove, Sarah and the Prius chatted and sang along to the radio, enjoying each other's company and the beauty of the passing scenery. But as they wound their way through the mountains, the Prius couldn't help but sense a change in the air. The skies were growing darker, and the wind was starting to pick up. The Prius knew that a storm was coming, and it knew that it would have to be ready to face whatever challenges it brought.

Just as the sun was starting to set, the Prius's sensors detected a problem on the road ahead. A truck had broken down, blocking the lane and causing a traffic jam. The Prius quickly alerted Sarah, who deftly maneuvered the car around the obstruction and onto the shoulder of the road.

As they passed the truck, the Prius couldn't help but feel a twinge of pity for the stranded vehicle. It knew firsthand what it was like to be overlooked and underestimated, and it wanted to do whatever it could to help.

Sarah, sensing the Prius's concern, pulled over and offered to help the truck driver. She grabbed her toolkit and got to work, quickly identifying and fixing the problem. The truck driver was grateful for the assistance, and as Sarah and the Prius drove off into the sunset, they knew that they had made a difference, no matter how small.

The journey had only just begun, but already, the Prius and Sarah were making a positive impact on the world around them. They were unstoppable, and nothing could stand in their way.

Chapter 3: The Night of the Storm

As the night fell, the storm that the Prius had sensed earlier in the day arrived with a vengeance. The skies turned dark and ominous, and the wind began to howl. Sarah knew that they needed to find shelter fast, or risk being caught in the storm.

The Prius's advanced sensors picked up on a nearby cabin, and Sarah quickly turned off the main road and headed towards it. As they drove, the storm intensified, and the Prius's headlights struggled to cut through the driving rain and gusts of wind.

But despite the challenges, the Prius remained steady and focused, using its advanced traction control and stability systems to maintain control on the slippery road. Sarah, meanwhile, kept a steady hand on the wheel and a calm head, trusting in the Prius to keep them safe.

Finally, they reached the cabin, and Sarah breathed a sigh of relief as she parked the Prius in the dry garage. They were safe, at least for now. The storm raged on outside, but inside the cozy cabin, Sarah and the Prius were warm and dry, grateful for the safe haven.

As the night passed, the Prius and Sarah huddled together, listening to the storm and dreaming of the adventures that awaited them once it passed. They knew that no matter what Mother Nature threw their way, they were ready to face it together, as one unstoppable team.

Chapter 4: The Great Divide

Sarah and the Prius had been on the road for weeks now, and they had faced all sorts of challenges and obstacles together. They had weathered storms and encountered all sorts of strange and dangerous situations, always finding a way to overcome them.

But despite their close bond and shared experiences, Sarah and the Prius had a disagreement that threatened to divide them. It started as a small argument over the route they should take, but it quickly escalated into a full-blown conflict.

Sarah wanted to take the scenic route and see more of the country, while the Prius argued that they needed to stay on the main road to make better time. Sarah accused the Prius of being too practical and lacking in adventure, while the Prius accused Sarah of being reckless and irresponsible.

The argument raged on for hours, with neither side willing to give in. Sarah and the Prius were at an impasse, and it seemed that their great journey together was about to come to an end.

As the sun began to set, Sarah and the Prius sat in silence, each lost in their own thoughts. The Prius couldn't believe that their disagreement had come to this, and it couldn't understand why Sarah was being so stubborn. All it wanted was to keep them safe and make the most of their journey.

Sarah, meanwhile, was feeling hurt and frustrated. She felt like the Prius was trying to control her and limit her adventures. She wanted to see and do more, and she didn't understand why the Prius couldn't see that.

As the night fell, Sarah and the Prius remained at an impasse. They had reached a crossroads, and they knew that they had to make a decision. But they couldn't seem to find a way to reconcile their differences and move forward.

As they sat in the darkness, lost in their own thoughts, they couldn't help but wonder if their journey together was really over. They had faced so much together, but this disagreement seemed insurmountable. Would they be able to find a way to move past it, or would their great journey come to an end here?

Chapter 5: The Road to Resolution

Sarah and the Prius had been driving for hours, each lost in their own thoughts and still at an impasse over their disagreement. The tension between them was palpable, and they both knew that they needed to find a way to resolve it or risk ruining their journey together.

But as they drove down a winding mountain road, the Prius's sensors picked up on a problem. A large rock had fallen from the hillside and was blocking the road ahead. Sarah had no time to react, and the Prius knew that it had to act fast.

Using all of its advanced systems and capabilities, the Prius swerved to avoid the rock, narrowly missing it and coming to a stop on the side of the road. Sarah was shaken, but she knew that the Prius had just saved their lives.

Despite this close call, Sarah was still angry and hurt, and she couldn't bring herself to apologize to the Prius. She felt like the Prius had been trying to control her and limit her adventures, and she couldn't let go of her resentment.

The Prius, meanwhile, was also struggling with its own emotions. It knew that it had been stubborn and narrow-minded, but it couldn't understand why Sarah couldn't see its perspective. It wanted to make amends, but it didn't know how.

As the hours passed and the night fell, Sarah and the Prius remained locked in their own thoughts, unable to find a way to reconcile their differences. They had reached a crossroads, and they knew that they had to make a decision. But they couldn't seem to find a way to move past their disagreement.

It wasn't until the next morning, as the sun was rising, that Sarah and the Prius finally had a breakthrough. Sarah had a vivid dream in which she saw the Prius as a sentient being, with its own thoughts and feelings. She realized that the Prius had only ever acted in their best interests, and that its practicality and caution were born out of love and concern

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Keep your Tesla, I want the new Prius as my next ride.

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2025 Toyota Prius Hybrid: Redefining Efficiency and Style

The 2025 Toyota Prius Hybrid is the latest evolution in Toyota's iconic hybrid lineup, blending cutting-edge technology with sleek design. Boasting an impressive fuel efficiency of up to 56 MPG, the 2025 Prius Hybrid offers exceptional savings at the pump without compromising on performance.

Under the hood, the Toyota Prius 2025 features a refined hybrid powertrain, delivering smooth acceleration and a quiet ride. The redesigned exterior is not only aerodynamic but also eye-catching, with sharp lines and a modern look that stands out on the road.

Inside, the 2025 Prius Hybrid is packed with advanced features, including a large infotainment touchscreen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and a host of driver-assistance technologies like adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist. The spacious interior and versatile cargo space make it perfect for both daily commutes and weekend getaways.

Whether you're an eco-conscious driver or simply looking for a reliable and stylish vehicle, the 2025 Toyota Prius Hybrid is a top choice. Visit our dealership today to experience the future of driving with the all-new Prius Hybrid.

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The Toyota Prius Hybrid Teaching Training is a comprehensive program designed to educate individuals on the features and benefits of the Toyota Prius Hybrid. Participants will learn about the advanced hybrid technology, fuel efficiency, and environmental impact of the vehicle.

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