Comments on: Toyota announces hybrid Camry production

By: Davo

Davo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:32:35 +0000

Conservative,vested interest views have always been in denial on a range of issues & this is another.
So what if the battery pack needs replacement after a decade of service,repair & refurbish is far more green than
having the latest.
Bring on the purely electric plugin rechargeable station wagon with a small LPG powered back up engine & I will gladly say goodbye to technology from last century.
Internal combustion engines as the primary source of powere for cars must be on borrowed time.I hope.

By: Myth Buster

Myth Buster — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:07:29 +0000

Mathew, do your research before circulating such stale urban legends around.

Quote – “The production of batteries in Ontario has resulted in the area around the production-plant to become dead due nickel – a component of the electric car battery.”

For your information, Toyota purchases a tiny fraction of the plant’s nickel output for not only Prius batteries, but for many other components in all of their models. In fact almost every other auto manufacturer in the world purchases nickel from the Inco plant. This provides the high strength steel frames in your vehicle to increase the safety of the occupants.

Here is the reality of this myth:
“In fact any damage occurred more than thirty years ago, long before the Prius was made. Since then, Inco has reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than 90 per cent and has helped to plant more than 11 million trees.

The company has won praise from the Ontario Ministry of Environment and environmental groups. Sudbury has won several conservation awards and is a centre for eco-tourism.”

Here is the entire article:

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/.....ctory.html

By: homegrown

homegrown — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:25:46 +0000

Cobra – Yes diesel may use barley no fuel to idle at lights but Hybrids use NO fuel to sit at lights.

By: homegrown

homegrown — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:24:31 +0000

The Hand up… BMW Supercar Hybrid when will see this car?? And why are the other manufactures standing back, are they also watching how GM has got Hybrid so wrong and dont want any part of it

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:38:45 +0000

TR yep, the public are buying gas guzzling dinosaur engined toyotas buy the boatload. Hilux anyone?

By: toyota rules

toyota rules — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:28:57 +0000

the whole camry hybrid thing is great new’s for australia! we will all have a choice to go green with the toyota range of fuel effecient cars or buy the petrol guzzling dinosaur engine range from holden or ford, the public have already made there choice with toyota now selling more than holden and ford combined this will just put the icing on the toyota cake! oh what a feeling!!!!!!!!!

By: homegrown

homegrown — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:42:59 +0000

To date in Australia on 2 batterys have been changed in Toyota Prius and both where for Commercial use on Taxi’s in Darwin. So this proves that Prius are not affected by high temps and that to date no consumer vehicles have had there battery’s replaced.

By: homegrown

homegrown — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:22:39 +0000

Camry Hybrid prices will approx only be 5k more expensive as annoucned in Toyota pressroom, so infact you can step into a base model for approx 35k.

By: toyota rules

toyota rules — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:57:21 +0000

glen where do you get your info from the back of a corn flakes packet! i just priced up a battery pack for a 3 year old prius and it is $3,740 “inc gst” and there has not been one sold for a current body shape prius in australia! prius are being used by taxi company’s in queensland because they are doing 100,000 km and all they are replacing is the front brake pads way more reliable than falcons & commodores and less than half the fuel bill’s! the new hybrid camry will be every bit the same level of reliability!and i hope will be around the $35,000 area.

By: trackdaze

trackdaze — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:51:22 +0000

TTR Says:
June 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
“I can believe that a diesel is more fuel efficient on the open road, but around town & stopped in traffic the motor continues to run, the hybrid does not.

Needless to say the hybrid’s advantage is were most people drive, in traffic.

Toyota is making a small step to helping car use become a little more environmentally friendly”

That’s were your wrong. In europe there are already diesels with much of hybrids technology without having to lug around big heavy batteries.

Just look at the mini diesel. It’ll stop the engine at a set of traffic lights and fire up when you take off. It uses regenerative braking to charge the electrics. its brilliant. Land Rover has a stop/start diesel on the cards for next year. BMW have a few on the market already with more to come.

Mazda also have a very clever stop/start facility in the making that doesn’t use a starter at all. It’ll turn the engine over with a little squirt of the direct injection and a spark. Again, Brilliant.

Hows the mini go? Brilliant infact in a four way comparo it returned 57mpg. The PriArse? low 40’s. A Ford focus diesel split them.

If there was a country that didn’t fit the hybrid model it would be Australia. Outside of the CBD postcode a petrol electric hybrid doesn’t make sense dragging batteries around the countryside isn’t my idea of fun.

By: reality

reality — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:01:42 +0000

No Name, What qualifies as a “good diesel”? I just went to the green vehicle guide website and compared a Hyundai i30 man diesel and a corolla auto hatch petrol and while the Hyundai has it all over the Corolla in terms of fuel economy and CO2 emissions, the Corolla scored better in terms of air pollutants. I’m not doubting your statement, I’m just looking for information.

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:01:07 +0000

Aaaaaarrrggghhhh – how many times do I have to type “A good diesel has a particulate trap or post combustion exhaust treatment”. Therefore fewer particlates comprable to a guzzling petrol car.

By: The Handup Kevin Rudds back..........

The Handup Kevin Rudds back.......... — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:53:19 +0000

Wait till you see what BMW has to offer on the Hybrid front of Supercars……….Toyota look like T Models……but we knew that,I guess thats why the other car manufacturers have been standing back and laughing at Toyota trying to be pioneers……….

By: reality

reality — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:50:44 +0000

Diesel is great on the open road and is more fuel efficient compared to similar sized petrol engines. What it saves on in regards to greenhouse gas emissions, however, is offset by the larger amount of carcinogenic particles it produces as opposed to petrol engines. (even with modern particulate filters) We are caught in a “choose your poison” game of either killing the environment first, then us or killing us first, then the environment. Hydrogen may be the safest bet but will probably still be a few years off before mass acceptance.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:44:53 +0000

Diesel engines run on the smell of an oily rag at idle. They use far less fuel at idle (eg. stopped at lights) than the equivalent petrol engine.

By: TTR

TTR — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:38:47 +0000

I can believe that a diesel is more fuel efficient on the open road, but around town & stopped in traffic the motor continues to run, the hybrid does not.

Needless to say the hybrid’s advantage is were most people drive, in traffic.

Toyota is making a small step to helping car use become a little more environmentally friendly.

By: silky

silky — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:08:01 +0000

You guys need to relax, this is a product, no different to your v8. Its an alternative way to reduce emissions and fuel usage. Its a wip not a final product. Other posters here feel the same way about the environment and their wallet and have bort a diesel. Whatever works for you, its your money.

By: Phill

Phill — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:37:38 +0000

Glen hit the nail right on the head,theres plenty of oil.Thats what the invastion of Afganistan was about,kick out the Taliban because they would not let oil companys build a pipeline from the newly dicovered oil feilds in russia,though Afganistan to the persian gulf for export,so they had to go

By: Good Move Toyota

Good Move Toyota — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:06:21 +0000

Reality : The Toyota Prius has a reputation of being able to travel inexcess of 300 000km’s with little or no attention bar regular / scheduled servicing.

Infact, the Prius was ranked No.1 in the recent 2008 UK JD Powers Quality / Customer Satisfaction Survey fending of over 100 other models. It was reported that customers were particualrly pleased with the quality and reliability of the car.

Toyota also advertises that the batteries are good for the life of their hybrid cars wether it be a Prius, Camry or Lexus. Question is … what is the life of the car !!

Eitherway, it proves Toyota has engineered an exceptionally reliable, dependable and durable hybrid system.

Foogy : The ATO and Toyota resolved thier differenaces long ago, get over it !!

By: PoisonEagle

PoisonEagle — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:38:22 +0000

TP when was there ANY mention of Falcon hybrid or any government funding for a Falcon hybrid? Further proof you haven’t a clue. Commodore hybrid is all but confirmed. I am looking forward to seeing how this car turns out.
But enough of the small time perpetual crap- CARADVICE I HAVE A MISSION FOR YOU. Find out the truth behind hybrids=
*Are the batteries recycled? or are they made in extremely high polluting factories like reported?
* Are they really capable of high mileage without failure? or are they too complex and erroneous?
* Is the ‘hybrid’ thing just cachet?
I’m not talking comparisons with different sized vehicles with obscure variables, I’m talking pure investigative journalism to cut the BS once and for all. This topic has opened up a can of worms on various blogs and we need definitive FACTS. How about it CarAdvice?