{"id":14753,"date":"2011-05-17T09:32:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T09:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/toyota-launches-prius-five-and-seven-seat-models-in-japan.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T10:00:49","slug":"toyota-launches-prius-five-and-seven-seat-models-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/toyota-launches-prius-five-and-seven-seat-models-in-japan.php","title":{"rendered":"Toyota launches Prius \u03b1 five and seven seat models in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/17\/Toyota%27s-Prius-Alpha-1.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/17\/Toyota%27s-Prius-Alpha-1.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=866,height=650,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toyotas-Prius-Alpha-1-thumb-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Toyota's-Prius-Alpha-1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nGiven that the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/toyota-prius-sales-top-1-million-mark.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Prius<\/a> worked oh so well in the automotive market world over, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/toyota-to-release-electric-suv-in-2012-with-a-tesla-drivetrain.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Toyota<\/a> decided to give the little electric car a bit more flesh and bone, launching the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/toyotas-new-bunch-of-prius-a-minivan-a-hatchback-and-a-plugin-join-the-family.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Prius \u03b1&#8221; hybrid minivan<\/a> in Japan. Just like its smaller version, the iconic and loved Prius, the Prius \u03b1 uses a lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery and is available in two models. While the five-seat model sports a nickel-metal-hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable battery, the seven seat Prius uses the same system like the original Prius. Costing \u00a52.35 million (approx US$29,066) and \u00a53 million for the five- and seven-seat models respectively, both the Prius \u03b1 models boast fuel efficiencies of 31.0km\/L.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/toyota-sells-one-million-prius-hybrids-in-the-united-states.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Toyota\u2019s looking forward to selling about 3,000<\/a> of these on a monthly basis, and we\u2019re pretty sure the Prius \u03b1 will grab just as many hearts as its predecessor.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/17\/Toyota%27s-Prius-Alpha-2.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/17\/Toyota%27s-Prius-Alpha-2.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=866,height=650,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toyotas-Prius-Alpha-2-thumb-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Toyota's-Prius-Alpha-2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/17\/Toyota%27s-Prius-Alpha-3.php\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/entry_images\/0511\/17\/Toyota%27s-Prius-Alpha-3.php&#039;,&#039;popup&#039;,&#039;width=866,height=650,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#039;); return false\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toyotas-Prius-Alpha-3-thumb-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Toyota's-Prius-Alpha-3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/techon.nikkeibp.co.jp\/english\/NEWS_EN\/20110516\/191782\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Techon<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given that the Prius worked oh so well in the automotive market world over, Toyota decided to give the little electric car a bit more flesh and bone, launching the &#8220;Prius \u03b1&#8221; hybrid minivan in Japan. Just like its smaller &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/toyota-launches-prius-five-and-seven-seat-models-in-japan.php\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Continue reading3 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[95,29,327],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toyota launches Prius \u03b1 five and seven seat models in Japan -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/transport\/toyota-launches-prius-five-and-seven-seat-models-in-japan.php\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toyota launches Prius \u03b1 five and seven seat models in Japan -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Given that the Prius worked oh so well in the automotive market world over, Toyota decided to give the little electric car a bit more flesh and bone, launching the &#8220;Prius \u03b1&#8221; hybrid minivan in Japan. 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