TOKYO (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday announced details of its fourth-generation Prius sedan, promising improvements in battery, motor, lower wind resistance and weight mean better gas mileage for the hybrid vehicle more sale of the world.
The car gave up to 40 kilometers per liter (over 93 miles per gallon) in tests conducted in Japan, an improvement of 20% compared to 2015. In the US model, has a performance of 55 miles per gallon if tours of city and highway, an improvement of 10%.
The new model combines Prius, which first debuted in 1997, goes on sale in Japan in December and in the United States and other markets early next year. A price not yet announced, but is expected to remain in the same range. In the United States costs about $ 24,000 today.
An alternative hybrid between the gasoline engine and electric to give a super-efficient driving, but frequently is challenged by more and more futuristic technologies, such as vehicles fully electrical and fuel cells. Both are zero emissions.
Representatives of Toyota said the Prius engine efficiency increased 40% due to friction is reduced and combustion is improved, while their new batteries are 10% smaller but yield 28%. Battery engineer, who was in the trunk, is now under the rear seat, so now there is more room in the trunk.
“We started from scratch, seeing all possibilities” to improve said chief Koji Toyoshima told reporters at a showroom in Tokyo.
The 2016 Prius was exhibited at the auto show in Las Vegas, but the Japanese automaker did not disclose details then.
Toyota says which it has sold about 4 million Prius globally, but its popularity is more limited to the United States and Japan. He said that the recent decline in oil prices has not helped sales.
“The Toyota Prius is the most successful in the world hybrid, but that success has not spread to other hybrids and even this model has struggled to maintain sales in recent years, “said Karl Brauer, an analyst at Kelley Blue Book
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