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The article states that additives can double the number of cycles while keeping the battery capacity at 95%. His goal was a million mile battery. I wouldn't be that he won't achieve it.
Tesla Patents New Chemistry for Better Batteries

Camry on top for years, then RAV4 takes the crown. Prius kinda in the middle to bottom.

No neat little Honda EVs for America, just for Europe.
Honda CEO says ‘There will be no dramatic increase in EV demand’ - Electrek

Can anyone recommend a good online calculator (or shared spreadsheet etc) for working out the potential savings or payback period of an electric car?

I've seached the web and I have found several calculators, but they all seem woefully inadequate. So far none are accounting for registration & insurance costs, which are turning out to be substantial for some EVs in some states & provinces.

Thanks!

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We wrap up the Tesla lawsuit, Kacey talks about his hardware upgrade from Tesla for FSD, new energy storage methods and whether or not Starlink satellites are a curse to astronomers. All that and more! CBC Videos: https://youtu.be/inhyl3lMslA https://youtu.be/9IngBHuwBoM https://youtube/P63ZKVOC8vM https://youtu.be/sUriPl497YE

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In this, the final episode of 2019, we discuss: 1) The environmental impact of our instant gratification economy. Is it better or worse when we can order almost any amount of almost anything online and have it delivered to our house? 2) The US House passed a new spending bill that extends credits for EV […]

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Here they are for the Endurance Pick-Up.
Endurance™ Electric Pickup Truck | Lordstown Motors Corp. | Lordstown, OH, USA

In blow to Tesla and GM, federal electric car tax credit not extended - Roadshow

Vermonters - now you can get $1500 state incentive if you buy a new PHEV. Have to earn <$92K/year.

State launches $1.1 million electric vehicle incentive | Vermont Business Magazine

Article posted last night. We made it in the article Didn't know there was a Prius Podcast.

Top Three Online Resources To Get Help For Your Toyota Prius | Torque News

Will gen 4 battery fit gen 3?

Great news!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/electric-vehicle-parking-fine-1.5394288

Also applies to EVs parked and not charging. I guess that means you can’t leave a sign saying “unplug me if needed” anymore, or you could run the risk of getting fined after someone unplugs you?

Great news nonetheless.

Several good points in this recent article. One notable point for me - “Yes, the plug-in hybrids or all-electric vehicles do cost more, but typically what the automakers have done is stagger their pricing, so that the high-end, all-gasoline version will be not too much less than the entry-level electric version,” Klippenstein said. “Almost no one really buys the bare-bones combustion version. And realizing that there’s a higher price point, automakers tend to stuff in more features for hybrids.”

Where you live and how much you drive may decide if hybrids are worth the cost &#8211; Coast Mountain News

I was reading the latest Consumer Reports and they said "Eliminating unnecessary engine idling of personal vehicles vehicles would reduce as many emissions and save as much fuel as taking 5 million vehicles off US roads." That's huge. How come the Government doesn't offer tax breaks for and incentivize hybrids?

We winter in Florida and I stopped to fill up our Odyssey yesterday at a new gas station that wasn't here last year. I was surprised that there were 5 fuel choices at each pump.
10% ethanol 87 octane @ $2.45
10% ethanol 89 octane @ $2.81
10% ethanol 91 octane @ $3.11
Straight 90 octane @ $3.15
Diesel @ $2.69

My daughter commented that she tried a tank of the Straight 90 octane in her Honda Element and it didn't seem to make a difference. I explained that it would probably only give her about 3% better mileage and for the higher price per gallon it wasn't worth it.

The biggest consumer was probably boaters as they have to pay upwards of $5/gallon at the dock for fuel. I would think that it is probably popular with motorcyclist and others like lawn mowing services that use small engines that don't take pleasure in rebuilding carburetors all the time.

I wish that they offered Straight 90 octane choice in Ohio as my Cub Cadet which I thought would burn almost anything runs rough...

We've been discussing hybrid vs PHEV vs BEV and here is an excellent Toyota hybrid example:


No, I'm not tempted as much as admire what Toyota has accomplished. It is a big car with ICE Camry mileage.

Bob Wilson

Happy Sunday folks. Sharing this just posted PHEV 101 video (3 minutes). Good to watch yourself or show folks that ask "what's a PHEV".