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TCI hybrids also set a November record with 1,790 units sold, up 102.3% - representing 10.9% of TCI’s total sales for the month. With the Prius family leading the way, Toyota brand hybrid sales were up 128.2% with 1,650 units sold.

	Vehicle	2016 MTD	2015 MTD	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
1	Prius c	452	125	261.6%	2996	2951	1.5%
2	Prius Liftback	364	126	188.9%	2573	1526	68.6%
3	Prius v	161	177	-9.0%	1972	2312	-14.7%

• Toyota Prius c, 452 units (up 261.6%, new November record)

It doesn't mention anything about Lexus brand hybrid sales. The Prius and Prius c outsells all Lexus passenger cars except the IS (at 2886 units this year)


Also, the RAV4 surpassed the Corolla as the best selling Toyota in Canada at 46,103 units YTD compared to the Corolla's 43,411 (which includes the Toyota-branded Corolla iM). We'll see if it can hang onto its lead to close out the year.

Lastly, the LX570 is up 131.7% (more than 2x)...

We've certainly come a long way in the modern era of electric vehicles. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next 10 years as well.

Modern electric cars at 20: from EV1 to Bolt EV, where are we now?

I wonder if there'd be any interest in other parts of the world for one of these...

Toyota Developing Plug-In Hybrid Corolla For Chinese Market

Plug-in electric car sales surge in Nov: Volt soars, Prius Prime arrives (final update)

Another excellent report from Jeff Cobb: November 2016 Dashboard

	Model	11/15/16	10/15/16	09/15/16	08/15/16
1	Prius Liftback	7284	5421	9790	10177
2	Ram Pickup Diesel*	4488	5092	5385	5235
3	RAV4	3757	3551	4127	4919
4	Fusion Hybrid	3372	4915	3776	3002
5	Transit Diesel*	2583	3571	3780	4198
6	Volt	2531	2191	2031	2081
7	Accord Hybrid	1879	1296	1160	890
8	Sonata	1867	1479	1815	1146
9	Fusion Energi	1817	1372	1652	1422
10	Model S*	1800	1200	4100	3200
11	Camry Hybrid	1693	1802	1902	2155
12	Leaf	1457	1412	1316	1066
13	Model X*	1400	1000	2600	1900
14	Prius c	1372	1543	1459	1459
15	Prius v (lowercase v... every month...)	1058	1168	1222	1346
16	Colorado Diesel	886	1056	1031	832
17	C-Max Hybrid	811	398	739	879
18	Prius Plug In	781		4	2
19	Malibu Hybrid	769	600	618	522
20	C-Max Energi	721	571	689	707
21	RX 400 / 450 h	666	535	387	574
22	Avalon Hybrid	639	673	688	775
23	i3*	629	442	391	1013
24	MKZ	552	450	460	541
25	CT200h	550	564	638	819
26	Canyon Diesel	538	434	358	340
27	Highlander...

Anyone looking for a Hybrid Minivan (and not the HiHy SUV variant) - you may find this interesting. The 2017 Pacifica is rated really well in safety and supposedly reliability. But the Hybrid *Plug-In* version seems to fair better. This is definitely going to take shares out of the cheaper Highlander Hybrid because now we're speaking of a MiniVan with the ability to go 33 Miles EST EV on each plugin (that's basically a gallon of gas for it). AND 32 MPG after the batteries dry up.

I can't see a negative in comparison, especially if your state has incentives and you can take advantage of the $7.5k federal tax credit (assuming it doesn't go away!) Wow...This is the 6+ seater I've been looking for.

2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Granted High Marks — EPA-Rated 84 MPGe Fuel Economy | CleanTechnica

How is FCA and Toyota undercutting their figures? Don't they...

Mark Bolt to lose $8-9k per car before ZEV Credits, to make $8-9k per car after credits Audi, BMW, Daimler and Ford team up to deploy fast chargers in Europe, 400 to start Tony Tesla doesn’t mind the GAAP Super-Cap-Battery Paul Volvo PHEV review Russell Hydrogen. It’s really, really dead for passenger cars and that’s […]

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Toyota Mirai needs 'help' to be sold locally

Europe is getting a network of ‘ultra-fast, high-powered’ EV chargers - The Verge
"BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford, and Volkswagen have entered into a partnership to create a network of high-speed charging stations for electric vehicles across Europe. The new chargers will be capable of doling out up to 350 kW of power — which would make them almost three times as powerful as Tesla’s Supercharging stations."

Daimler announces $11 billion investment in electric vehicles | Electrek

Going whole-hog, they admit that they made a mistake in not being a front-runner.

They admit falling behind in the electric vehicle segment, but maybe more to the point they could say they don't like their expensive vehicle sales being diminished?

Just a thought, but at least MB's admitting they've fallen behind with at least one electric on the road already, what does that say for manufacturers that ain't got squat ... much less, still in denial that they're behind.
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Jaguar Land Rover's electric car plans could prove game-changer for industry | Business | The Guardian

More to compete with Tesla really. I mean Toyota are committed to FCEV over BEV - if only hydrogen didn't cost more to fill up than petrol does on the Prius..

Toyota works to develop advanced electric-car battery| Reuters

I have a 2011 Prius bought new. Last night the indicator light began flashing. I don't know what to do about it. My manual does not talk about the light at all.

Source: USGS Estimates 20 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Wolfcamp Shale Formation

Ok,

I am skeptical of non-EPA reports of cars whose existence is documented by press releases and rewrites by automotive press. There are a few exceptions but for the most part, I am skeptical. However, I have grown fond of Robert Llewellyn's efforts over the years and I found something in his latest review:


Apparently Kia is feeding the electric motor power through the transmission. Today's EVs are often single gear-ratio transmissions. At low speed, the torque makes gears redundant but at higher speeds, the back EMF limits the power. If you want high speed, the motor needs to be geared for slow rpm and that is what Kia has done. But how fast do you need to go?

Recently there is a report that the Hyundai Ioniq has set a speed record for hybrids. Piece of cake if you run the motor through a transmission to gear it down.

Bob Wilson

CHAdeMO stations have been geting hit on occasion - but that just typically takes out 1 or 2. Now?
$hĭt's gettin' real;
Barstow, CA Tesla Supercharger Vandalized Before Thanksgiving Weekend (Update)
iirc, there are at least 8 chargers out there. Article states 'experts' had to do this - not just barstow meth heads, due to the fact your ordinary shmow would likely fry their self. Some suspect the neocons. Truth is, the cache of breakers were easily worth somewhere in the 5 figures - even used. Like catalytic converters, the products will probably have to be etched/stenciled from now on - so if someone tries to fence them, BOOM you got your bad guy.
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Russell The Drive loves and hates the Bolt Tony Tesla hack Mark Supercharger sabotaged in Barstow CA Russell Vast right wing conspiracy Paul hmmm, haven’t we all been saying this for years?? Russell It’s new but because it’s VW, I won’t believe anything they say about it Russell For Danny

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Skoda Confirms Plug-In Hybrid Superb Will Be Automaker's First Of Several Upcoming Electric Vehicles