Toyota brought in the eccentric Blue Man Group to promote its eccentric little hybrid car built for eccentric earth-saving hippies. Here's the first official video of the 2010 Toyota Prius set to debut at the Detroit Auto Show next month. It features none other than the Blue Man Group. Oh ...

If you happen to be the owner of a Toyota Prius, or any other battery-packed hybrid car, you can use it as a surprisingly effective emergency generator. After a storm knocked out power in his...

Connect by Hertz, the company's new car-sharing service, lets consumers snag an i-Pod-enabled and GPS-equipped car for a few hours at a price not weighed down by the typical rental car usage fees. Sound familiar? The Hertz Connect service, just launched in New York, London and Paris, is ...

Among the small clutch of green autos on view at the Detroit auto show early next year, Toyota will be debuting an as-yet-unnamed all electric car concept. This is meant to demonstrate the company's commitment to electric, a move which only makes sense, seeing as the whole "peak oil" thing ...

Rumors come and go, but as we told you back in August , this one has merit. Lexus is slowly letting the cat out of the bag about the HS 250h , its new dedicated-hybrid model. We told you back in August that Lexus was developing its own dedicated hybrid model to sell alongside Al Gore’s ...

Rumors come and go, but as we told you back in August , this one has merit. Lexus is slowly letting the cat out of the bag about the HS 250h , its new dedicated-hybrid model. We told you back in August that Lexus was developing its own dedicated hybrid model to sell alongside Al Gore’s ...

The exhausting and inconsequential teaser series surrounding the 2010 Toyota Prius continues and now we get to see something that matters — the Hybrid Synergy Drive nestled snugly in its engine bay. Along with the engine bay shot we get a peek at such hugely exciting bits as the ...

The exhausting and inconsequential teaser series surrounding the 2010 Toyota Prius continues and now we get to see something that matters — the Hybrid Synergy Drive nestled snugly in its engine bay. Along with the engine bay shot we get a peek at such hugely exciting bits as the ...

Toyota has managed to associate its brand with the green movement, thanks largely to its influential Prius hybrid. It's also looking to green up its cars in other areas such as interior plastics. This is why Toyota plans to increase the vehicles’ interior components to 60% ...

Japan reported yesterday that its exports plunged a record 27 percent in November, signaling a dramatic deterioration in the world's second-largest economy and the collapse of the export-led boom that had lifted many Asian nations.

According to the WSJ , Toyota plans to unveil a "small battery electric-car concept" at next month's Detroit Auto Show alongside the new Prius . Is this a GEM or GEM Peapod competitor or something more? With the race on to get away from icky gasoline, Toyota has announced in addition to ...

Will your 2009 Chrysler be a collector's item someday? Will the Chevy Volt ever really make it to the nation's car lots? These are some questions that could be answered within the next few months, as the US auto industry reacts to the slumping economy and a paralyzed credit system. Here at the ...