In 2009, Toyota commissioned Haden to perform three songs for television commercials for the third-generation Toyota Prius, including an a cappella version of the Bellamy Brothers 1970s song " Let Your Love Flow ".

Here, the battery acts as a temporary energy store, allowing e. g. the implementation of regenerative braking and switching off the hydrocarbon engine when idling or stationary ( as used in automobiles such as the Toyota Prius ).

A typical hybrid automobile battery for a Toyota Prius requires 10 to 15 kg ( 22-33 lb ) of lanthanum.

For example, drive electric motors of each Toyota Prius require one kilogram ( 2. 2 pounds ) of neodymium per vehicle.

* The Hybrid vehicles market, which became somewhat popular towards the middle of the decade, underwent major advances notably typified by such cars as the Toyota Prius, Ford Escape, and the Honda Insight though by December 2010 they accounted for less than 0. 5 % of the world cars.

* The Toyota Prius, the first hybrid vehicle to go into full production, is unveiled in Japan on October 24, and goes on sale in Japan on December 9.

The Hyundai Elantra was Consumer Reports ' top-ranked 2008 vehicle among 19 other compacts and small family cars, beating out the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Prius.

* Power Split Device, part of the Hybrid Synergy Drive on a Toyota Prius

In the past, he has opted to fly on commercial flights instead of chartering private jets, he owns an electric Tesla Roadster, Fisker Karma plug in hybrid, and a Toyota Prius.

High power Ni-MH battery of Prius | Toyota NHW20 Prius, Japan

Hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, Ford Escape Hybrid, Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, and Honda Civic Hybrid also use them.

The superior power-to-weight ratio of the gas turbine and its fixed speed gearbox, allows for a much lighter prime mover than those in such hybrids as the Toyota Prius ( which utilised a 1. 8 litre petrol engine ) or the Chevrolet Volt ( which utilises a 1. 4 litre petrol engine ).

In hybrid vehicle applications, wear on braking systems is greatly reduced by energy recovering motor-generators ( see regenerative braking ), so some hybrid vehicles such as the GMC Yukon hybrid and Toyota Prius ( except the third generation ) use drum brakes.

* Toyota Prius

Due to falling gas prices, the Toyota Prius will no longer be produced there, but rather the Toyota Corolla which was previously produced at NUMMI.

These encompass such vehicles as the Saturn Vue, Toyota Prius, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Honda Insight, Honda Civic Hybrid Lexus RX 400h and 450h and others.

The Toyota Prius is a series-parallel hybrid.

Typical passenger car installations include the Toyota Prius, the Ford Escape, Ford Fusion, the Lexus RX400h, RX450h, GS450h, LS600h and CT200h.

In early February 2000, Mihdhar and Hazmi rented an apartment at the Parkwood Apartments complex in the Clairemont Mesa area of San Diego, and Mihdhar purchased a used 1988 Toyota Corolla.

In February, Mihdhar purchased a used 1988 Toyota Corolla.

Japan's biggest shipping line Nippon Yusen and Nippon Oil Corporation said solar panels capable of generating 40 kilowatts of electricity would be placed on top of a 60, 000 tonne car carrier ship to be used by Toyota Motor Corporation.

Private military contractors also use technicals and the United States military used modified Toyota Tacoma pickups ( purchased from auto showrooms in the USA and modified before delivery ) as well.

* Toyota Hilux, a vehicle often used as a technical.

The original 6Ms used by the Toyota Production System have been expanded by some to included the following and are referred to as the 8Ms.

During World War II US B-29 bomber attack destroyed Tōkai Seiki's Yamashita plant in 1944, and the Itawa plant collapsed in the 1945 Mikawa earthquake, and Soichiro Honda sold the salvageable remains of the company to Toyota after the war for ¥ 450, 000, and used the proceeds to found the Honda Technical Research Institute in October 1946.

The first single released in Japan was " Set Your Heart " which gained significant airplay there and was used in the advertising campaign for the 2008 Toyota Car Model ( Mark X ZIO ) starring actor and singer Takeshi Kaneshiro.

* Toyota has since used metal matrix composites in the Yamaha-designed 2ZZ-GE engine which is used in the later Lotus Lotus Elise S2 versions as well as Toyota car models, including the eponymous Toyota Matrix.

This left Toyota with a major problem as they had to scramble to relocate some of the tooling that was jointly used to produce the Matrix in another factory.

In 2007, however, the company was left without a partner when Williams chose to switch to Toyota power, and Scuderia Toro Rosso made the switch to Ferrari engines ( as used in 2006 by their mother team Red Bull Racing ).

The 1ZZ & 2ZZ Toyota engines used have a Lotus ECU with their own fuel mapping.

Prior to the use of the Toyota Tundra silhouette in the Craftsman Truck Series, MG was reported as the last foreign brand to be used in NASCAR.

Some manufacturers, including Acura, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo, have also used straight-5 configurations.

Straight-6 engines are used in some models from BMW, Ford Australia, Chevrolet, GMC, Toyota, Suzuki and Volvo Cars.

Flat-twin engines were used in several economy cars, including the Citroën 2CV, the Panhard Dyna X and Dyna Z, Steyr-Puch 500, DAF Daffodil, BMW 600, several Jowett cars between World Wars I and II, and the Toyota Publica and Toyota Sport 800.

The Toyota B engine series of diesel engines varies in displacement from 3. 0-4. 1 L. The largest engine in that series was used in the Mega Cruiser.

The management thinker and translator of the Toyota Production System for service, Professor John Seddon argues that attempting to create economies by increasing scale is powered by myth, in the service sector.

Popular bases for these are not limited to large sedans, but also minivans and even pickup trucks by companies like Nissan and Toyota.

The Jeep has been widely imitated around the world, including in France by Delahaye and by Hotchkiss et Cie ( after 1954, Hotchkiss manufactured Jeeps under license from Willys ), and in Japan by Mitsubishi Motors and Toyota.

On September 12, 2001, the Toyota Corolla purchased by Mihdhar was found in Dulles International Airport's hourly parking lot.

An account of Musashi's life, the Niten-ki 二天記, was published in Kumamoto in 1776, by Toyota Kagehide, based on the recollections of his grandfather Toyota Masataka, who was a second generation pupil of Musashi.

Full-time all-wheel drive was introduced to North American minivans in 1990 with the Ford Aerostar's E-4WD option, followed in 1991 by the Toyota Previa All-Trac, and in 1992 on models made by Chrysler.

* Desafio Corona 2004-2007 ; now NASCAR Corona Series Presented by Toyota

* Toyota Winglet, a self-balancing two-wheeled scooter by Toyota

However, the Taurus would be outsold and dethroned by the Toyota Camry starting in 1997, which became the best selling car in the United States for the rest of the decade and into the 2000s.

Hird's winning goal was the focus of a popular installment of the Toyota Memorable Moments advertising campaign, and the hug is captured in Jamie Cooper's painting the Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.

These were followed by the more ' modern ' Jeep Wagoneer ( 1963 ), International Harvester Scout II ( 1971 ), Ford Bronco ( 1966 ), Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-55 ( 1968 ), the Chevrolet Blazer / GMC Jimmy ( 1969 ), and the Land Rover Range Rover ( 1970 ).

Toyota's vice president in charge of powertrain development also believes that all Toyota cars produced will be hybrid vehicles by the year 2020.

Manufacturers represented by privateers include BMW, Vauxhall, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen and Audi.

The Japanese manufacturers have also been frequent visitors to the US sports car scene ( Nissan and Toyota in particular during the heyday of IMSA ) and to the European scene, in particular Le Mans, where despite many years of trying by all the man Japanese marques the only victory to have been scored by a Japanese marque was by Mazda in 1991.