Is this the next Toyota Prius? — leaked images

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If these images prove to be genuine, it looks like Toyota still doesn’t understand the impact of wheel height on efficiency.

Although it resembles the Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle in that respect


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Claimed fuel consumption of 2.5 l/100km is extraordinary.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/61892/toyota-prius-images-and-specs-for-all-new-model-leaked / Toyota’s all-new Prius hybrid range Tokyo Motor Show images may given the game away Japanese carmaker next generation next-gen Prius Toyota Taiwanese website Autonet published images reportedly scanned from official Toyota literature new Prius’ technical specifications green hero fuel consumption report claims official figure 2.5 l/100km 2.5 litres per 100 kilometres kilometers improved improve improvement fuel petrol gas gasoline gasolene current model of 1.4 l/100km based on its Australian figure 36 percent fuel consumption new plug-in hybrid PHEV version 1.42 l/100km all-electric range up to 50km Toyota two-tier approach styling next Prius PHEV version syling take cues new Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell Prius grow in size weight will drop power output 1.8 litre four-cylinder petrol engine 78kW constantly variable transmission CVT automatic development develop hybrid powertrain /

Pluto — best image to-date from NASA’s New Horizons

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And there is more to come — the image above was taken on 07 July 2015, from just under 8 million kilometres — NASA’s New Horizons is getting closer to Pluto — closest approach will be at 11:50 UTC on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-a-heart-from-pluto-as-flyby-begins

But — why is this necessary? Hubble can get detailed views of distant galaxies — why not Pluto?
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/02141014-hubble-galaxy-pluto.html?referrer=https://www.google.com.au/ / New Horizons interplanetary space probe launched NASA's New Frontiers program Applied Physics Laboratory Southwest Research Institute Alan Stern spacecraft launched study Pluto moons Kuiper Belt performing flybys Pluto system Kuiper Belt Objects KBOs New Horizons project Pluto 350 project Alan Stern Fran Bagenal Pluto Underground 1990 lightweight cost-effective spacecraft flyby Pluto construction several delays launch site New Horizons launched January 19, 2006, Cape Canaveral Earth-and-solar-escape trajectory Earth-relative speed 16.26 kilometers per second58,536 km/h; 36,373 mph record highest launch speed of a human-made object from Earth brief encounter asteroid 132524 APL New Horizons Jupiter closest approach Jupiter flyby gravity assist New Horizons speed velocity general test returning data about its atmosphere moons magnetosphere post-Jupiter voyage hibernation mode preserve on-board systems brief annual checkouts first flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015 /