Toyota's redesigned website pushes back nationwide PiP availability; crashes computer

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by lensovet, Jan 30, 2013.

Page 1 of 2
  1. lensovet

    lensovet former BP Brigade 207

    Joined:
    May 23, 2009
    2,615
    496
    0
    Location:
    Burlington, NJ
    Vehicle:
    2018 Tesla Model 3
    Model:
    N/A
    Toyota recently launched a completely redesigned site. Two things of note:
    –EV Mode description has a footnote which reads: "Prius Plug-in EV Mode is a blended operation of electricity and gas and can work under certain conditions up to 11 miles on a full charge. Quick acceleration and braking, road and vehicle conditions, or climate control use may prevent or limit usage or effectiveness of EV Mode." However, if you don't read the footnote, you'll be hard-pressed to expect "EV" mode to use gas: "EV Mode 7 8 is great for those shorter trips. Prius Plug-in has an EPA estimated driving range of 11 miles in EV Mode range, and you'll be able to cover them quickly since it's capable of traveling up to 62 mph on electric power alone."
    –Availability information has been updated to say that a nationwide rollout won't be happening until "late 2013". Who knows, maybe we won't see deep incentives like we last year because they'll redistribute excess vehicles? lol
    Oh and finally, the site is so heavy on multimedia and dynamically laid out content that it brings my relatively new Macbook Pro to its knees. I wonder what hardware the Toyota web dev team tested their work.
     
    #1 lensovet, Jan 30, 2013
  2. Paradox

    Paradox Prius Enthusiast / Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2005
    29,110
    8,591
    201
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius v wagon
    Model:
    Five
    Oops on their part, they show a PiP with regular liftback taillights next to the "Versatility" part as you scroll down...
     
    #2 Paradox, Jan 30, 2013
    Alice Mya and lensovet like this.
  3. lensovet

    lensovet former BP Brigade 207

    Joined:
    May 23, 2009
    2,615
    496
    0
    Location:
    Burlington, NJ
    Vehicle:
    2018 Tesla Model 3
    Model:
    N/A
    haha nice catch. my favorite though is this picture:
    [​IMG]

    note the unbelievably crappy and blatantly obvious photoshop job to change the battery SoC and EV miles remaining graphic!
     
    #3 lensovet, Jan 30, 2013
  4. JamesBurke

    JamesBurke Senior Member

    Joined:
    May 19, 2009
    1,222
    493
    27
    Location:
    Morgantown, WV
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    Site works just fine on my yr2000 xp machine. Yeah that is odd.

    Check out the paint on the concept Corolla. [​IMG]
     
    #4 JamesBurke, Jan 30, 2013
  5. Paradox

    Paradox Prius Enthusiast / Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2005
    29,110
    8,591
    201
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius v wagon
    Model:
    Five
    I must like funky colors but I always thought a Prius would look good in one of those orange rust colors.
     
    #5 Paradox, Jan 30, 2013
  6. john1701a

    john1701a Prius Guru

    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2004
    12,788
    5,265
    57
    Location:
    Minnesota
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    The wording on the webpage says: "Availability will open up to all other states in late 2013." That basically just tells us the expansion will be here & there throughout the year, but don't expect availability everywhere until later.

    We pretty much already knew that would happen anyway. Even within the new states could be spotty. I was told not all dealers around here would get inventory at the same time. We have also been told that the domestic market (Japan) would get priority as well. Since the EV market here has been so wishy-washy and loaded with political rhetoric, that isn't much of a surprise.

    The market is no longer choiceless like it was when Volt first rolled out. The this-or-nothing situation no longer exists. Ford offers a choice of two different plug-in hybrids. Honda offers one too. None of them resemble GM or Toyota in operational characteristics. Confused feedback from consumers already is reason to focus on existing markets more than expanding to new ones.
     
    #6 john1701a, Jan 30, 2013
  7. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    111,169
    50,602
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    my two year old dell couldn't operate the old site, i'll give the new one a try.
     
    #7 bisco, Jan 30, 2013
  8. Paradox

    Paradox Prius Enthusiast / Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2005
    29,110
    8,591
    201
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius v wagon
    Model:
    Five
    Site worked fine for me on my 2 year old machine, but it's an Alienware, i7 win7 blah blah
     
    #8 Paradox, Jan 30, 2013
  9. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    111,169
    50,602
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    just tried. complete nightmare, just like the old one. could it be any more difficult to navigate? try to look through the eyes of the typical consumer, not those of hi tech workers which many are here. also, tried to build avalon hybrid, kept taking me to base avalon. figured it wasn't available here and that's why, so i tried hycam, same situation. oh well.
     
    #9 bisco, Jan 30, 2013
    lensovet likes this.
  10. usbseawolf2000

    usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2004
    14,487
    3,000
    0
    Location:
    Fort Lee, NJ
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    The site works fine for me. I am using Google Chrome browser.
     
    #10 usbseawolf2000, Jan 30, 2013
    ElectronFlux likes this.
  11. AvLeg

    AvLeg Junior Member

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2012
    54
    11
    0
    Location:
    Ventura, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    Worked for me as well... on my 2006 1st gen MacBook Pro.
     
    #11 AvLeg, Jan 30, 2013
  12. SJ PiP

    SJ PiP Member

    Joined:
    Oct 19, 2012
    190
    35
    0
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    site allows you to compare specs between Prius and Volt/Leaf but Cargo space is curiously left out of the listing... seems that would be a big advantage for Prius
     
    #12 SJ PiP, Jan 30, 2013
  13. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

    Joined:
    May 11, 2005
    111,169
    50,602
    0
    Location:
    boston
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    i wonder if it's my settings? i don't have trouble with anything else.
     
    #13 bisco, Jan 30, 2013
  14. Drake

    Drake Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2012
    71
    16
    0
    Location:
    Quebec, Canada
    Vehicle:
    2013 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    Works fine on my Macbook Air using Chrome
     
    #14 Drake, Jan 30, 2013
  15. retired4999

    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2011
    2,652
    625
    15
    Location:
    Eau Claire, Wi.
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    Seems to work fine on my 2007 running vista!
     
    #15 retired4999, Jan 30, 2013
  16. usbseawolf2000

    usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2004
    14,487
    3,000
    0
    Location:
    Fort Lee, NJ
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    It said a comparably equipped Volt (to a Base PiP) is $42k.
     
    #16 usbseawolf2000, Jan 30, 2013
  17. lensovet

    lensovet former BP Brigade 207

    Joined:
    May 23, 2009
    2,615
    496
    0
    Location:
    Burlington, NJ
    Vehicle:
    2018 Tesla Model 3
    Model:
    N/A
    Well, it might work fine if you aren't a heavy user. I have about 15 tabs open in safari alone, along with something like 10-15 other applications in the background.
     
    #17 lensovet, Jan 30, 2013
  18. AvLeg

    AvLeg Junior Member

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2012
    54
    11
    0
    Location:
    Ventura, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    I just use this old clunker for web and email... 2 gb max ram and old 2.0 ghz intel core duo wont let me do much else. Photoshop really throws it under the bus. With the cost of $2500 back in the day I'm going to use it till it quits...

    Still works better than the iPad though for web browsing.
     
    #18 AvLeg, Jan 30, 2013
  19. 2k1Toaster

    2k1Toaster Brand New Prius Batteries

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2010
    6,035
    3,855
    0
    Location:
    Rocky Mountains
    Vehicle:
    2006 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    I am using a good PC laptop that is 2 years old with FF. I have 4 windows open, each with 30 to 50 tabs at any given time. Most are doing AJAX requests constantly, some are streaming constantly. Lots are PDF windows too. I currently have 2 other virtual machines running in addition to my host OS, my CAD software going, my PCB route/layout software, 2 instances of Visual Studio, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and 2 remote sessions to my server and validation PC. It is a standard PC with 8GB of RAM and an i5. It serves this up with no problems.

    The new site and old site worked perfectly. Their bad photoshopping techniques are another story though...
     
    #19 2k1Toaster, Jan 30, 2013
  20. drinnovation

    drinnovation EREV for EVER!

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2011
    2,027
    586
    65
    Location:
    CO
    Vehicle:
    Other Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    Wow.. that implies they added an upgrade to 16KW battery, that's an amazing change for 2013, I figured battery upgrades were not until 2015 ;-)
     
    #20 drinnovation, Jan 30, 2013
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2