Toyota Prius 1.5 T3 (2004)

Toyota Motor Corporation The company Toyota has the rumour of producing the most comfortable, nicest and fastest cars in the world. Is that the reason behind their high sales these recent years? Or is it, the recent desire to produce environmentally friendly cars. In 2004, the guardian produced a list of its top green cars and Toyota Prius 1.5 T3 was one of the top cars; beaten only by the Honda Civic 1.3 IMA Executive. However, recent Toyota Prius models like the 2007 model will be larger inside and out, now a mid-size vehicle, has even better fuel consumption, and is a hatchback.

Other Toyota Hybrid Models

Internal of a Hybrid Car

Sustainable Technology? A question asked by people is; what has an environment friendly car got to do with sustainable technology? The answer is simply that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a problem and is increasing and it needs to be dealt with. Therefore, these cars keep the air cleaner and is a step away from causing global warming.

Emission of CO2

Graph Explained The bar graph was data from 1990 and 1999; comparing the emissions of CO2 each year and it is clear that the emission of petroleum is the highest and increasing savagely as well. This shows that we as a world can reduce CO2 Emission by using environment friendly cars which uses Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and BioDiesel. These fuels reduces emissions by a vast amount and causes less wear and tear to vehicles.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2020

Pie Chart Explained This pie chart shows what is going to happen if we continue the way we do. It clearly shows that oil is practically half the reason for so much Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Petrolum is one of the fuels derived from oil. This go back to the point suggesting that; by using environment friendly cars we can reduce CO2 emissions by a vast amount.

Advantages of The Prius Simply Brilliant Very Quiet Easy Car Large Inside Family Car Super Low Emissions Eco-Friendly Image

Disadvantages of the Prius Expensive! Yes! These environment friendly cars come at a high price, but there is a solution to that problem. There is plenty of second hand cars that have been argued to work as good as a brand new ones. A brand new Prius cost between 20,000 to 23,000, but you can get second hand ones for as low as 10,000 which is practically half of the new price. Apart from that, the Prius is a winner and they are getting better and better as the years go by.

References Internet Books Toyota Prius, '01-'07 - Haynes Editorial Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design – John Fenton Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology Developments Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles - Society of Automotive Engineers