SAE Transactions, Vol. 110, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (2001), pp. 1931-1943 (13 pages) Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) may have key fuel economy and emissions advantages over current conventional ...

Since its U.S. release in 2000, the Toyota Prius has been the subject of both mockery and admiration. While some deride the hybrid for its inconspicuous look and lack of traditional power, others ...

The other day, I sat down in my Prius and pressed the Start button on the dashboard. That’s how you turn on the ignition in a Prius — usually. This time, nothing happened. The remote fob in my pocket ...

"I was drag racing in a Prius. I don't win a lot." While just about every line from a Hollywood movie ends up as a meme today, in the case of Jason Bateman in 2011's Horrible Bosses, the joke's ...

Drivers everywhere recognize Toyota's Prius as the vehicle with the best fuel economy in America. How does it achieve that mileage, though? On its corporate blog, Toyota recently explained how the ...

You may not hear about the thermal efficiency of engines much: It's the ratio of how efficiently they use the energy in the fuel they burn. Conventional gasoline engines have long run about 25 percent ...