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Here's the full 24-minutes-long 911 tape between the California Highway Patrol dispatcher and the runaway Prius driver. Dissect away. NSFW language. More »
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The dramatic 911 emergency call from James Sikes, the driver of yesterday's runaway Toyota Prius, indicates how frightened he was and how aware CHP dispatchers are of the procedure needed to stop a Prius. Audio below the jump. More »
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The super-best number one awesome automaker from the land of the rising sun is planning to flood the world with smug, cranking up output of its gas-electric Prius Hybrid 70% by the end of next year, according to the Nikkan Kogyo industry daily. If Toyota achieves its goal, annual Prius output would be somewhere north of 480,000 units. We don't question their ability to succeed, but will battery and hybrid electronics suppliers be able to keep up with Toyota's ambitions? More »
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The manly men over at World Car Finns snagged themselves a closer set of shots of the 2009 Toyota Prius than the ones we showed you a few weeks ago. These new shots show in much greater detail the minor nature of the mid-cycle refresh of the world's number one super awesome hybrid, showing a grin that could make anyone smile as well as a new cut-line in the happy little hybrid's hood. We're a wee bit unimpressed at this point but we're sure the Prii fans of the world will embrace it as the next best thing since sliced bread. You know, as long as they're happy — right? We'll be happy when it's starting to look more like this.
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