Google Goes Electric, Sets Up 70 Charging Stations at its California Headquarters

Internet-giant Google has just adopted the largest workplace charging installation for electric vehicles in the U.S. with the completion of 70 “ChargePoint” stations at its Mountain View, California headquarters.

The new charging infrastructure will support both employee-owned EVs and “GFleet” plug-in vehicles such as the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF. And there are 250 more charging stations on the way, with the goal of making Google’s HQ parking facilities 5% EV-ready.

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Eric Leong’s Radical 2015 Toyota Prius Design Study

As part of last year’s Toyota Design Internship, industrial designer Eric Leong produced this interesting take on the fourth-generation Toyota Prius for the year 2015.

By acknowledging that wind resistance is one of the key factors in improving vehicle economy, Leong’s Prius III hybrid is extremely slippery. Described by the designer as moving, “through [the wind], not into it”, this design study channels air over its surface through a series of vanes.

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Toyota Recalling 106,000 Prius Hybrids Globally Over Steering Wheel Issue

The newest Toyota recall affects approximately 106,000 Prius hybrids globally built from 2001 to 2003 for a fault with the electric power steering system. The Japanese automaker said the voluntary action affects around 52,000 Prius models sold in the United States.

“If the steering wheel is repeatedly and strongly turned to the full-lock position, there is a possibility the nuts securing the pinion shaft in the steering gear box assembly may become loose,” Toyota said in a statement. The company added that if the owner leaves the condition uncorrected, over time they will gradually notice significant increased steering effort when making a left turn.

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The Toyota Prius

You can experience what others are experiencing and that is relaxation. When you know you made a right choice at the right time, it just feels so good. When you are driving down the freeway and your car drives so smooth, it makes you feel like you taking care of your business and don't have to worry about the problems that other vehicles can provide to you. The Toyota Prius has been tested and tested over and over so you will not have any problems as far as accidents are concerned. The air bags are safe and secure and will work properly if anything was to happen.

The Toyota Prius was produced and privately imported to New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom between the years of 1997-2001. The Toyota Prius have very good advantages because it is a Hybrid and not like those other conventional vehicles out there. There has been a rising fuel cost lately and you shouldn't want any part of it. Hybrid cars are environment friendly with lower toxic emissions as the conventional cars are powered by gasoline and that's why hybrid vehicles use less gas. The Toyota Prius is environmentally friendly because it does not cause as much pollution as those conventional vehicles that are available.

Hybrid cars can offer you more savings because you can get tax incentives for your purchase. This has been done in 2005 when President Bush signed an agreement to give all citizens a tax relief incentive. You would always get an outstanding experience when it comes to the Toyota Prius.

Carter told Autoweek that while the company has not made a final decision yet, the concept of a true 7-seater Prius minivan for the North American market is “being seriously studied”. He added that the three-row Prius would have to be based on a dedicated platform and meet certain criteria such as feature an aerodynamic shape, be able to return at least 40mpg and have a strong value-price equation.

Another Toyota executive, corporate manager of product planning Ben Mitchell, confirmed that his team has put several proposals for new hybrid vehicles in different segments on the table, including that of a larger 7-seater Prius as well as hybrid versions of the Sienna minivan and Venza crossover.

The Toyota Prius

You can experience what others are experiencing and that is relaxation. When you know you made a right choice at the right time, it just feels so good. When you are driving down the freeway and your car drives so smooth, it makes you feel like you taking care of your business and don't have to worry about the problems that other vehicles can provide to you. The Toyota Prius has been tested and tested over and over so you will not have any problems as far as accidents are concerned. The air bags are safe and secure and will work properly if anything was to happen.

The Toyota Prius was produced and privately imported to New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom between the years of 1997-2001. The Toyota Prius have very good advantages because it is a Hybrid and not like those other conventional vehicles out there. There has been a rising fuel cost lately and you shouldn't want any part of it. Hybrid cars are environment friendly with lower toxic emissions as the conventional cars are powered by gasoline and that's why hybrid vehicles use less gas. The Toyota Prius is environmentally friendly because it does not cause as much pollution as those conventional vehicles that are available.

Hybrid cars can offer you more savings because you can get tax incentives for your purchase. This has been done in 2005 when President Bush signed an agreement to give all citizens a tax relief incentive. You would always get an outstanding experience when it comes to the Toyota Prius.

Carter told Autoweek that while the company has not made a final decision yet, the concept of a true 7-seater Prius minivan for the North American market is “being seriously studied”. He added that the three-row Prius would have to be based on a dedicated platform and meet certain criteria such as feature an aerodynamic shape, be able to return at least 40mpg and have a strong value-price equation.

Another Toyota executive, corporate manager of product planning Ben Mitchell, confirmed that his team has put several proposals for new hybrid vehicles in different segments on the table, including that of a larger 7-seater Prius as well as hybrid versions of the Sienna minivan and Venza crossover.

Toyota Mulling a Larger Hybrid Minivan than the Prius V with Seating for Seven

The all-new Prius V five-seater minivan isn’t due to arrive in U.S. showrooms until this fall, yet Toyota is already looking into the development of a larger model capable of seating seven passengers as well as carrying their luggage, according to Bob Carter, Toyota Division general manager. The larger Prius won’t be based on the Japanese market Prius Alpha nor the European specification Prius+, both of which pack a retractable third row of seats into the Prius V’s cargo area.

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Viva Las Vegas: Google Lobbies to Legalize Self-Driving Cars in Nevada

Internet and software bigwig Google has begun lobbying the state of Nevada to legalize driverless cars. The move comes on the heels of some very promising results in California, where Google had mapped out the terrain and sent a couple of its autonomous Toyota Priuses (Prii? Priora?) on an epic jaunt from Mountain View to Santa Monica.

The California-based company is keen to point out the claimed benefits of self-driving cars over their human-driven counterparts including better safety, improved fuel efficient and greater environmental friendliness.

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Toyota Prius Name

"Prius" is not a verb but a Latin comparative adjective or adverb, the neuter nominative singular form of the adjective whose corresponding masculine and feminine nominative singular forms are prior (see also Latin declension - Irregular adverbs and their comparative and superlative forms) with meanings "ahead, in front, leading; previous, earlier, preceding, prior; former; basic."A Toyota