How did Toyota's Prius save 5 BILLION gallons of fuel?

The Toyota Prius isn’t the coolest car on the block. If you’re ordering a Lyft or an Uber, chances are one of these will turn up to whisk you away. And with the world gravitating towards electric vehicles, the hybrid Prius seems like just another Toyota misstep, like their attempt to sell us cars using hydrogen fuel cells. | But the Prius’ economical hybrid powertrain has likely saved more than 5 billion gallons of petrol from being burned since it was introduced. Just why did Toyota start looking into hybrids, and are hybrids really a dead end technology?

Excellent videos describing how a hybrid works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xCssR8qQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=racnrH5X0QM

"Robot Cantina" Honda Insight & lawnmower engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL2FKDtpRt8

To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me using Patreon from just $1 or 80p a month at https://www.patreon.com/bigcar

Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv
Big Car Merch (t-shirts, mugs): https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv

My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner%E2%80%93Porsche
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g15377976/what-came-before-the-real-history-of-the-toyota-prius/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership_for_a_New_Generation_of_Vehicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xCssR8qQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=racnrH5X0QM
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a27887943/toyota-ev-rollout-plans/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN5AYGogJu4
https://www.toyota.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escape
https://www.hybridcars.com/general-motors/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Company
https://global.toyota/jp/detail/4061096/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient
https://global.nissannews.com/en/releases/210226-01-e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL2FKDtpRt8
https://media.toyota.co.uk/product_info/prius-gt/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_MC_platform
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_warning_sounds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius_C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius_V
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Entune
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius_Plug-in_Hybrid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt
https://www.toyota.com/
https://www.honda.com/
https://www.designboom.com/technology/solar-panelled-toyota-prius-08-07-2019/
https://www.best-selling-cars.com/europe/2020-q3-europe-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-car-sales-per-eu-uk-and-efta-country/

#bigcar

Видео How did Toyota's Prius save 5 BILLION gallons of fuel? канала Big Car