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Many motorists chuckle smugly after giving their cars a little extra gas to leave a Toyota Prius or some other in the dust.

在给汽车加上一脚油门，将丰田普锐斯或其它环境友好的汽车甩在烟尘中以后，许多开车的人会得意地咯咯作笑。

Now American officials are investigating the brake system on the twenty ten Prius.

现在,美国官员正在调查普锐斯的刹车系统.

Sales of the hybrid Prius remain strong although the company's larger SUVs like the4Runner are down.

混合动力车普锐斯（Prius）的销售依然强劲，但4Runner这样的较大SUV车型销量有所下降。

Also similar to the Prius, it can be had with a solar roof that powers a cabin ventilation fan.

而与Prius类似，Auris的顶棚很可能也装有太阳能电池，这些电池产生的能量将用于驱动车内的鼓风机。

The Prius is priced at about 20000 dollars and will likely be the first in what may be many eco-cars on the horizon.

Prius定价约2万美元，在可能即将出现的众多环保车中它很可能是最出色的一款。

For example, Toyota is still building another family of its hybrid car the Prius, set to hit the market between summer of 2011 and 2012.

比如，丰田仍然在制造其混合动力车普锐斯（Prius）的另一系列，该车预计于2011年夏季到2012年间投放市场。

And the volt is made in America while the Prius comes from Japan.

此外，Volt是美国制造，而普锐斯来自日本。

Mr ITO said Honda would launch a "plug-in" hybrid in the US and Japan in 2012 to compete with the next generation Toyota Prius, which is to go on sale next year.

伊东表示，本田将于2012年在美国和日本推出“插电式”混合动力车，与下一代丰田普锐斯（prius）竞争，后者将从明年起销售。

There was also a Nissan Skyline GT-R the only current Japanese supercar and two Mercedes Benz, while the cheapest involved in the crash was the Toyota Prius hybrid.

还有一辆尼桑地平线GT-R&日本当前唯一超级跑车和两辆梅赛德斯奔驰，同时包括事故中最廉价的丰田普鲁斯混合动力车。

They are aware that the market at the moment is not huge: Toyota makes the Prius hybrid car in China but the vehicle has recorded only modest sales.

它们明白，目前这一市场的规模不算巨大：丰田汽车在中国生产了普瑞斯（prius）混合燃料汽车，但这款汽车的销量平平。

One of the vehicles in the mat recall was the Prius, the world top selling hybrid.

脚垫召回中的一款车型是普税斯这一世界最畅销混合动力车.

Toyota's Prius car is still short supply, the purchase must queue.

丰田的普锐斯车依然供不应求, 购买的人必须排队等候.

Toyota has dominated the hybrid segment since it introduced the Prius in 1997, but its engineers have called the Insight, a redesigned version of a car Honda had scrapped in 2006, its first real competition.

自1997年推出普锐斯后，丰田一直主导着混合动力车市场，它的工程师们将Insight视为第一个真正的竞争对手。

So on trips of 13 miles or less, the Prius plug-in and volt deliver the same all-electric mpg: zero.

因此，在13英里或更短的车程中，普锐斯插电汽车和Volt依靠纯电动每加仑燃油行驶的里程相同：都是零。

Toyota also started selling its electric-hybrid Prius in 1997, a decade before GM sold theirs.

Toyota也于1997年开始生产油电混合性轿车,领先了GM十年.

Smith says the Prius has become a status symbol for people who want to show support for the environment.

史密斯说，普锐斯车已经成为人们支持环保的一种象征。

Honda Motor is to offer US drivers the first petrol-electric hybrid vehicle priced at under$ 20,000 as it seeks to draw recession-hit buyers away from the segment-leading Toyota Prius.

本田汽车（Honda Motor）将向美国驾车者提供首款价格低于2万美元的油电混合动力汽车，寻求从占据市场主导地位的丰田普锐斯（Toyota Prius）手中抢走受到经济衰退冲击的消费者。

One of which is a Prius plug-in hybrid, which, unlike an electric car, doesn't require a special charging station.

其中一款就是普锐斯插电式混合动力车。该车不像电动汽车，它无需特别的充电站。

That system delivers 51 miles per gallon in the city and 48 mpg on the highway in the standard Prius.

在一台标准普锐斯上，这一系统在市区道路上每加仑燃油可行驶51英里，在高速公路上这一成绩是48英里。

New Yorkers will get their first glimpse of the all-new Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrids.

全新的ToyotaPrius和HondaInsight混合动力车都将在本次纽约车展上首次进入人们的视野.

What about the pioneer of the Prius hybrid, Toyota Motor ( TM)?

丰田汽车公司（Toyota）的绿色动力先锋、混合动力车普锐斯（Prius）情况如何？

The volt feels and drives more like a conventional car, while the Prius still has that Jetsons space capsule air about it.

Volt感觉上和驾驶起来都更像传统汽车，而普锐斯还带着杰森一家（Jetsons，美国著名科幻动画片，描写未来的科技世界&译注）里的太空舱一般的感觉。

The Matrix offers more cargo capacity than the Prius, for a lower price.

矩阵提供了更多的货运能力比普锐斯, 对于以较低的价格.

Last year researchers at the University of Chicago took the Prius down a peg when they turned their attention to another gas guzzling consumer purchase.

去年芝加哥大学的研究人员，把焦点由Prius转向另一种消费者所购买的耗油产品。

The measure would affect a wide range of models including the Camry, Corolla and Prius.

这一措施或影响包括凯美瑞（Camry）、卡罗拉（Corolla）和普锐斯（Prius）在内的大批车型。

Even as Toyota steps up marketing for its Prius hybrid in North America, Honda is promoting its Civic hybrid as" a great opportunity for growth", says Mr Fukui.

福井威夫表示，即使是在丰田加大“普瑞斯“（Prius）”的北美推广力度之际，本田也在推销其“思域”（Civic）混合动力车，并称其为“一个伟大的增长机遇”。

The patrolman pulled his car in front of the Prius as a precaution.

为小心起见,那位巡警将自己的车停在了这辆肇事车前面.

BEING green can be expensive, as any driver of a Toyota Prius can tell you.

追求环保可能意味着付出昂贵的代价, 任何驾驶丰田普锐斯的司机都会让你领略到这一点.

Prius drivers told dealers the brakes were failing or working insufficiently.

一些普瑞斯车主对经销商说，他们的车刹车失灵或不完全起作用。

For instance, compare the Volt to the best selling gasoline-electric hybrid, the Toyota Prius.

比如，将Volt同最热卖的油电混合动力车丰田普锐斯（Toyota Prius）进行一下比较，就可见一斑。