Kwa Toyota sebeveze imininingwane yeToyota Prius entsha. Yazi intuthuko uhlobo lwaseJapan olulungiselele isizukulwane esisha.
IToyota Prius, kusukela esizukulwaneni sayo sokuqala, yethulwa ngo-1997, isiqoqa umlando wabo bobabili abalandeli abakhulayo, nakuba imibono ingavumelani ngalo mklamo. Lapho sebezofinyelela esizukulwaneni sesine, iToyota ikhiphe imininingwane yale modeli “esebenza kahle kakhulu ngaphandle kokuxhumana namapayipi amakhulu”.I-Prius entsha “esithule” yethulwe nenjini entsha kaphethiloli esesilungiswe kabusha icabanga ukusebenza, isisindo kanye nomnotho, ethembisa ukonga ngo-18% uma iqhathaniswa nesizukulwane sangaphambili futhi isebenzisa cishe u-2.7l/100km. Injini entsha inenjini engu-four-cylinder 1.8, ekwazi ukuletha u-97hp ku-5200 revolutions kanye ne-torque engu-142Nm, iphinde isebenze kahle ngo-40% ekufudumaliseni injini.
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Ngokuqondene ne-motor kagesi, izoletha i-73hp futhi izoba nobukhulu obuncishisiwe, kanye namabhethri e-lithium-ion, ukwandisa isikhala somthwalo kuze kufike ku-502 amalitha (amalitha angu-56 ngaphezu kwalowo owandulelayo). Futhi mayelana nebhethri, incane kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi kubi kakhulu, ngokuphambene nalokho: ivumela ukuzimela okukhulu kwimodi ebalulekile kagesi.
Mayelana nomklamo, sibona ingaphakathi eliklanywe kabusha nengaphandle elinemininingwane eminingi ye-aerodynamic. Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-Prius izokhishwa ngenguqulo kagesi i-All-wheel-drive (E-Four), efanayo naleyo esetshenziswa ku-Lexus NX 300h.
IToyota Prius entsha izotholakala ngo-Okthoba 28 embukisweni wezimoto iTokyo Motor Show.
