Toyota and Rehlko have signed a supplier agreement to bring hydrogen fuel cell generators to commercial power applications.

Unlike the Hybrid MAX drivetrain offered in the Toyota Crown and Lexus RX500h, the 2025 4Runner does not use a second electric motor in the back to power its rear wheels. Instead, it offers part ...

Since its U.S. release in 2000, the Toyota Prius has been the subject of both mockery and admiration.While some deride the hybrid for its inconspicuous look and lack of traditional power, others ...

Toyota calls this the "power-transfer" device. There are two motor-generator units, which are referred to as MG1 and MG2. Attached to the sun gear is MG1, is the smaller of the two motors.

The engine and one or both motors delivered power under different circumstances and, crucially, one motor acted as a generator to recapture otherwise wasted braking energy when the car was slowing ...

Parallel Hybrids . In a parallel hybrid system, both an engine and an electric motor can power the wheels, together or separately. Toyota's system, first introduced in a Japan-market Prius in 1997 ...

This, in turn, is connected through a planet carrier to the starter-generator, or the motor-generator 1, and to a wet clutch that, finally, connects to the internal combustion engine.

The Toyota 4Runner ditches its ancient 4.0-liter V-6 in favor of the 2.4-liter turbocharged i-Force 4-cylinder engine with optional hybrid power. Here are all the facts and figures you need to know.