Category Archives: Prius Drivers

One month of dreary sales figures doesn’t signal the end of the hybrid, but the numbers reported for August hint that without a rise in gas prices, hybrid vehicle sales will likely continue to suffer. Overall hybrid sales dropped 40.4 … Continue reading →

Alex Severinsky, a Soviet emigrant who began his career developing antitank-warfare instrumentation, patented a system for powering gas-electric hybrids in 1994. Toyota used his system for the Prius without permission or payment. Until this week. Alex Severinsky recieved his master’s … Continue reading →

A Minneapolis driver’s claiming a dog driving a Toyota Prius t-boned his VW Jetta in a parking lot. Wrap your noodle around the silliness while we explain how this is actually possible. According to a forum member at Star City … Continue reading →

A Toyota spokesperson said on Thursday that Prius models sold before the end of January have this brake system design problem, but that the problem has been corrected on models sold since then, according to the Associated Press. The announcement … Continue reading →

Toyota admits there’s a problem and, oh Lord, it’s a software issue. There’s a “disconnect” in the ABS and it’ll lag one second before it starts braking. Fortunately, Toyota changed the software in January so new Prius hybrids don’t have … Continue reading →

The electronic throttle system uses sensors, microprocessors and electric motors, rather than a traditional link such as a steel cable, to connect the driver’s foot to the engine. In recent interviews, two former NHTSA administrators, Ricardo Martinez and Joan Claybrook, … Continue reading →

I have a very busy schedule and I’m usually free at midnight to deal with things like this. The NHTSA online reporting form doesn’t fit my case. It asks things like the date of an accident. On the phone they … Continue reading →

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told a crowd today of an unintentional acceleration problem with his 2010 Toyota Prius, which isn’t under a recall. “This is software. It’s not a bad accelerator pedal,” he told the crowd. “It’s very scary.” When … Continue reading →

A Toyota Prius crashed into a utility pole around 1AM, knocking out power to 4,000 residents of Ellington, CT. The driver then fled the scene on foot. At least he was being green. Read the entire article at: http://jalopnik.com/5319390/prius-knocks-out-power-to-connecticut-town

Casual Maffia proves that tree-hugging, stinky crunchies roll deep and are much harder than you might think, beatboxing mad styles about the most liberal car to ever exist; the ultra-smug Toyota Prius. [via autoblog.nl] Read the entire article at: http://jalopnik.com/5272308/ya-wont-see-me-ever-hit-e-with-my-mpgsin-my-prius