Comparison of Toyota hybrids - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

By the end of 2006 there were about 15 hybrid vehicles from various car makers available in the U.S. By May 2007 Toyota sold its first million hybrids and had sold a total of two million hybrids at the end of August 2009.

Below is a comparison of the Toyota hybrid models.

Features	Prius Toyota Prius The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation...	Prius Toyota Prius The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation...	Prius Toyota Prius The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation...	Camry	Highlander	Highlander
Release date	1997 (Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... ) 2000 (worldwide)	2004	mid-May 2009 (Japan) early June (US)	May 2006	July 2005	September 2007
US model year Model year The model year of a product is a number used worldwide, but with a high level of prominence in North America, to describe approximately when a product was produced, and indicates the coinciding base specification of that product....	2001–2003	2004–2009	2010-	2007-	2005–2007	2008-
Base price
EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress... -estimated city fuel economy	42 miles per US gallon	48 miles per US gallon	51 miles per US gallon	33 miles per US gallon	28 miles per US gallon (2WD) 27 miles per US gallon (4WD-i Four Wheel Drive The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, more often known as Four Wheel Drive or just FWD, was founded in 1909 in Clintonville, Wisconsin, as the Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company by Otto Zachow and William Besserdich.-History:... )	27 miles per US gallon
EPA-estimated highway fuel economy	41 miles per US gallon	45 miles per US gallon	48 miles per US gallon	34 miles per US gallon	25 miles per US gallon (2WD) 25 miles per US gallon (4WD-i Four Wheel Drive The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, more often known as Four Wheel Drive or just FWD, was founded in 1909 in Clintonville, Wisconsin, as the Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company by Otto Zachow and William Besserdich.-History:... )	25 miles per US gallon
EPA-estimated drivers fuel economy	45 miles per US gallon	47.5 miles per US gallon	48.7 miles per US gallon	36.6 miles per US gallon		24.5 miles per US gallon
Engine	1.5 L 1NZ-FXE Toyota NZ engine The Toyota NZ engine family is a straight-4 piston engine series. The 1NZ series uses aluminum engine blocks and DOHC cylinder heads. It also uses SFI fuel injection, and has 4 valves per cylinder with VVT-i.-1NZ-FXE:... I4 Atkinson cycle Atkinson cycle The Atkinson cycle engine is a type of internal combustion engine invented by James Atkinson in 1882. The Atkinson cycle is designed to provide efficiency at the expense of power density, and is used in some modern hybrid electric applications.-Design:...	1.5 L 1NZ-FXE Toyota NZ engine The Toyota NZ engine family is a straight-4 piston engine series. The 1NZ series uses aluminum engine blocks and DOHC cylinder heads. It also uses SFI fuel injection, and has 4 valves per cylinder with VVT-i.-1NZ-FXE:... I4 Atkinson cycle	1.8 L 2ZR-FXE Toyota ZR engine The ZR engine family, introduced in 2007 by Toyota Motor Corporation, uses a DOHC 16-valve cylinder head with a 4-cylinder die-cast block. Engines displace either 1.6 liters, 1.8-liters or 2.0-liters. All engines in this family are equipped with Toyota's dual VVT-i technology that optimizes both... I4 Atkinson cycle	2.4 L 2AZ-FXE Toyota AZ engine The Toyota AZ engine family is a straight-4 piston engine series. The AZ series uses an aluminium engine block with cast iron cylinder liners and aluminium DOHC cylinder heads. The engine series features many advanced technologies including slant-squish combustion chambers,offset cylinder and... I4 Atkinson cycle	3.3 L 3MZ-FE Toyota MZ engine The Toyota MZ engine family is a V6 piston engine series. The MZ series has an aluminium engine block and aluminium alloy DOHC cylinder heads. The cylinders are lined with cast iron, and is of a closed deck design . The engine is a 60 degree V6 design... V6	3.3 L 3MZ-FE V6
0-60 mph (97 km/h) acceleration	12.6 s	10.8 s	10.0 s	7.3 s (R&T, 5/06)	6.6 s (Motor Trend Motor Trend Motor Trend is an American automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, issued by Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles, and bearing the tag line "The Magazine for a Motoring World". Petersen Publishing was sold to British publisher EMAP in 1998, who sold the former Petersen... )	n/a
Engine output	70 hp (52 kW) / 82 ft·lbf (110 Nm)	76 hp (57 kW) / 85 ft·lbf (115 Nm)	98 hp (73 kW) / 105 ft·lbf (142 Nm)	147 hp (108 kW) / 138 ft·lbf (187 Nm)		156 kW (208 hp)
Electric motor output	44 hp (33 kW) / 258 ft·lbf (350 Nm)	67 hp (50 kW) / 295 ft·lbf (400 Nm)	80 hp	45 hp
Net power	60 kW (80 hp)	80 kW (107 hp)	110 kW (134 hp)	140 kW (187 hp)		201 kW (270 hp)
Traction battery power	33 kW	21 kW	27 kW	30 kW	45 kW	45 kW
Requires premium fuel (91 octane Octane rating Octane rating or octane number is a standard measure of the anti-knock properties of a motor or aviation fuel. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating... (R+M)/2 )	No	No	No	No	No (however, premium recommended)	No
EPA/CARB California Air Resources Board The California Air Resources Board, also known as CARB or ARB, is the "clean air agency" in the government of California. Established in 1967 in the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, CARB is a department within the... emission certification		Tier II Bin 3/AT-PZEV	Tier II Bin 3/SULEV	Tier II Bin 3/AT-PZEV	Tier II Bin 3/AT-PZEV	Tier II Bin 3/SULEV
Smog forming emissions compared to average new vehicle	75% less	80% less	80% less	80% less	80% less	80% less
Maximum seating	5	5	5	5	7	7

Note: Miles per gallon estimates are those provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
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(EPA) and are the 2008 revision of the original numbers.

Hybrid access to US HOV lanes varies by US state. Factors can include total/average miles per gallon rating from the EPA, type of technology used, and/or date of vehicle registration with the relevant state authorities. (Several states have begun restricting HOV lane access by hybrid and clean-fuel vehicles due to crowding.)

Traction battery power is the amount of power available from the electric portion of the Powertrain
Powertrain
In a motor vehicle, the term powertrain or powerplant refers to the group of components that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air. This includes the engine, transmission, drive shafts, differentials, and the final drive...

without the aid of the Internal combustion engine
Internal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...

(ICE). This is generally limited by the Traction battery rather than the electric motor(s).

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