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Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX recalled for engine replacement

Author’s chatty style starts to grate, but interesting recall story, late-model Toyata/Lexus engine replacement campaign: Toyota Tundra, Lexus LX...

Jul 27, 2024 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Toyota halts all Japan assembly plants due to glitch

in the news: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66643936.amp

Aug 29, 2023 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Toyota's thoughts on EV adoption

Interesting article, considering how to spread the battery resources: predominantly pure EV's vs a mix with more plug-ins and hybrids. Toyota...

Feb 1, 2023 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

University of British Columbia discovery could lead to viable lithium production

UBC researchers develop way to produce lithium for EV batteries | Vancouver Sun

Feb 5, 2022 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Canoo Truck

Canoo’s 200-mile electric pickup is a compact truck with a full-size bed A smaller (though tall) EV pickup, utilitarian, purported range 200 miles.

Mar 12, 2021 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Plug-In Hybrids Polluting more?

Not sure if this has been posted before, seems familiar? Maybe similar news article. Anyway, this was posted yesterday on Green Car Reports:...

Dec 10, 2020 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel

In the news: B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel | CBC News A spokesman was on CBC radio yesterday morning, was saying...

Jun 8, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Automotive imports the latest peeve?

Hopefully just a passing whim? Automakers: Trump asks for security investigation of vehicle imports

May 24, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Electric Buses coming to Vancouver

Not much info, but interesting: Are fares electric? TransLink unveils battery-powered bus | CBC News

Apr 13, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Ads on the infotainment screen

Oh joy: Telenav Creates In-Car Infotainment Advertising for OEMs | News | Car and Driver | Car and Driver Blog Telenav Offering In-Car Ad...

Mar 12, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Driving Aids in the news

Not specific to Prius, Hybrid, or EV specifically, but related to radar cruise, lane departure, blind spot monitoring systems, and some possible...

Mar 7, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Road salt

Lots of reasons to hate the stuff. Rusting cars, infrastructure (bridges, concrete, especially rebar), changing fresh water lakes/rivers, to the...

Jan 26, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Phantom Traffic Jams, and a new type of Adaptive Cruise Control

Clot-busting on the roads, Toyota is involved in the research: Sick of traffic jams? Stop tailgating - Home | Spark with Nora Young | CBC Radio

Jan 17, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Touch Screens

Interesting article, on the dubious benefits of touch screens. The Problem with Touch controls in the Automotive Industry - SlashGear

Jan 7, 2018 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Bricked Toyota in the news

Have we gone too far? Family loses irreplaceable keys on holiday, forced to abandon van in Victoria - British Columbia - CBC News One thing...

Jun 11, 2017 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

GPS use bad for your brain?

I recall coming back from the Tsawassen ferry terminal one time, battling my way through the labyrinth that is Richmond, decided to ask Garmin to...

May 17, 2016 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

CBC Marketplace episode tonight: Thieves stealing cars with electronics

Not sure how much is new, airing tonight at 8pm in Canada, on CBC tv: How thieves use electronic devices to steal cars - Business - CBC News

Apr 1, 2016 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Self-heating battery article

In the news, regarding lithium-ion battery performance in the cold, quickly heating them: Battery for electric cars self-heats when it's...

Jan 24, 2016 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Something on kids Cobalt mining for lithium-ion batteries :(

There's some stir in the news on this. Just one link, there's quite a few. Cobalt mined with child labour used by Apple, Samsung, Sony & others,...

Jan 19, 2016 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes

Using Iron as an alternate fuel?

Ever burnt a piece of steel wool? And more slowly, rusting, oxidation, is a slow variation of the same process. Here's a CBC Quirks and Quarks...

Jan 16, 2016 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News

Featured Threads by Mendel Leisk

Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX recalled for engine replacement

Toyota halts all Japan assembly plants due to glitch

Toyota's thoughts on EV adoption

University of British Columbia discovery could lead to viable lithium production

Canoo Truck

Plug-In Hybrids Polluting more?

B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel

Automotive imports the latest peeve?

Electric Buses coming to Vancouver

Ads on the infotainment screen

Driving Aids in the news

Road salt

Phantom Traffic Jams, and a new type of Adaptive Cruise Control

Touch Screens

Bricked Toyota in the news

GPS use bad for your brain?

CBC Marketplace episode tonight: Thieves stealing cars with electronics

Self-heating battery article

Something on kids Cobalt mining for lithium-ion batteries :(

Using Iron as an alternate fuel?

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