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More Owners Keep Their Toyota Prius Long-Term - Torque News

Prius Hybrid and RAV4 Hybrid Top Combined Sales Of All EVs In America – Here’s why. - Torque News

This week’s news… russell Finally some sense…which, probably won’t last past the 20th russell Tonight we lose viewers in Oklahoma Tony China halts over 100 coal power projects russell The joke that continues to be called faraday future Mark Is a Lithium-Ion battery shortage coming? Paul Prius Prime Being Dumped On By Some Toyota Dealers […]

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Source: Yearly “EV fees” to replace lost gas tax revenue are less reasonable than they seem; Indiana the latest to scapegoat EVs | Electrek

this is not exactly news (except it's news to me), but i didn't know where else to put it.

Toyota Prius Reliability - Dashboard Light

Apparently, FCA is considering a Hybrid Wrangler & a pick-up variant. I dod not see any mention of a Hybrid Pick-up variant, though.

A hybrid Jeep Wrangler could be in the cards for new generation - Autoblog

This week’s news and links… Mark NAIAS wrap up and slideshow (You can watch or listen to the entire 2017 Detroit Auto Show review here) Tony Indiana wants to charge EV owners and this russell I call bullshit on autonomy AND Autonomous cars won’t work russell VW’s ID Buzz is bullshit Evan VW’s Oliver Schmidt […]

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Chrysler Says Pacifica Hybrid Has 31% Less Impact On Environment Than Previous Gen Minivan

(Why does Yuan and Yen have to use the same symbol?!?)

Le français suit:

(TORONTO, ON – JANUARY 12, 2017) Visit the Toyota booth at the Montréal International Auto Show and discover Toyota’s vision for bringing a better future to Canadians and the communities in which they live.



Highlights of the Toyota booth include:

• The Canadian premiere of the sexy and sporty Toyota C-HR high-riding coupe.
• The Canadian auto show debut of the all-new Toyota Prius Prime.
• The Canadian auto show debut of the Toyota FCV Plus Concept.
• The Toyota Mirai – Toyota’s production model hydrogen fuel cell sedan.
• The Toyota TS0 Hybrid racing car, built to the FIA World Endurance Championship prototype specs.
• The Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) virtual reality simulator.
• Plus a North American Premiere.

In addition, the Toyota booth will have a full range of vehicles on display – including the Toyota Corolla sedan and Toyota Corolla iM hatchback, the refreshed Toyota Highlander midsize crossover, the updated Toyota Sienna...

A great hour on this year’s Detroit Auto Show with Mark Coughlan, our man on the scene.

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It seems even some Toyota dealerships are unaware that the Prius Prime is being sold nationwide. It's probably understandable due to the Prius Prime's predecessor, the Plug-in Prius, only normally being available in certain states.

And some dealers probably assumed the Prime was going to be the same thing, despite Toyota having said repeatedly that it'll be available in all 50 states.

For those here in California who get their residential electricity from PG&E, PG&E is offering their customers with EVs a $500 Clean Fuel Rebate. This appears to include plug-in hybrids like the Prime and Plug-in Prius. Free money, not bad:

Clean Fuel Rebate for electric vehicles

I called PG&E (1-877-704-8723) and spoke to someone with their Clean Fuel Rebate program. They say there is no limit per household and all plug-in EVs each qualify for $500. That's $1000 I wasn't expecting between our Plug-in Prius and Leaf.

There are significant engineering challenges: World's first solar panel road opens in Normandy village | Environment | The Guardian


There are no guarantees and the engineering challenges are not trivial. It could very well be the next 'cold fusion.' Still, the opportunity to multitask roads and sidewalks as solar collectors . . . very interesting:


Bob Wilson

Seems they're following a similar suit for the Camry hybrid as they did with the Gen 4 Prius with offering two different packs. They didn't say what the mpg was yet, but I'm guessing it'll be in the mid to high 40's.

2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid: two different battery packs, 'best-in-class' fuel economy claimed

Source: Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen’s I.D. BUZZ EV Concept Van | Trucks.com








Hummm, the BMW i3-REx warranty ends January 2019 . . .My first car was a used, 1966 VW MicroBus with a 1500 cc engine.

Bob Wilson

Have just read that from CES, BBC News reports that several car manufacturers are taking up with Google, Amazon or Microsoft to get voice interaction with their future vehicles.

Toyota are not. They're going with a brand new in house development.

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	Model	12/15/16	11/15/16	10/15/16	09/15/16
1	Prius Liftback	7786	7284	5421	9790
2	Ram Pickup Diesel*	5693	4488	5092	5385
3	Model S*	5300	1800	1200	4100
4	RAV4	4773	3757	3551	4127
5	Transit Diesel*	4570	2583	3571	3780
6	Volt	3691	2531	2191	2031
7	Fusion Hybrid	3577	3372	4915	3776
8	Model X*	3300	1400	1000	2600
9	Accord Hybrid	3124	1879	1296	1160
10	Camry Hybrid	2181	1693	1802	1902
11	Leaf	1899	1457	1412	1316
12	Prius C	1644	1372	1543	1459
13	Prius Prime	1641	781		4
14	Sonata	1374	1867	1479	1815
15	Prius (another month	another lowercase v)	1373	1058	1168	1222
16	C-Max Energi	1289	721	571	689
17	Fusion Energi	1099	1817	1372	1652
18	Avalon Hybrid	1026	639	673	688
19	Highlander Hybrid	1018	483	356	383
20	RX 400 / 450 h	985	666	535	387
21	CT200h	968	550	564	638
22	Colorado Diesel	909	886	1056	1031
23	C-Max Hybrid	895	811	398	739
24	i3*	791	629	442	391
25	Malibu Hybrid	790	769	600	618
26	ES Hybrid	734	434	353	497
27	MKZ	667	552	450	460
28	A3 Plug In	589	394	348	312
29	Bolt	579	1
30	X5	569	436	406	482
31	Canyon Diesel	500	538	434	358
32	F-Pace	467	366	211	...

From Council deliberates vehicle charging stations | News | sanfordherald.com

City council deliberates over installing charging stations.

Duke energy offers $1m NC plan with grants to cities with aim to increase EV charging by 30%. The city (population ~28k) received a $10k grant.

What may be interesting are the costs being considered. Sanford is not a well off city.

Dual port charging station $6,489.

Installation $4k-$5k depending on location

Networking $900-$1200 per year

Networking with Chargepoint – free for the first year $560 per year thereafter

Energy meter $30 per month

Mentioned in the article that there are 23 electric vehicles in Sanford. 1400 in Wake County (Raleigh) and 600 in...

Great month for plug-ins including the Prime. So far looks like Toyota is selling them as fast as they can make them.



December 2016 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card