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Russell One excellent point, “Prius has always poached above its weight class, winning customers who would ordinarily spend much more” -additionally, is this the beginning of the end for hybrid cars? Russell a mistake tesla (hopefully) won’t make again Tony Mercedes-Benz Unveils All-Electric Urban eTruck At IAA Russell This smells like some sweet, sweet bullshit […]

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Jeff Cobb of HybridCars.com has been putting this interesting graphic in several of his recent articles. As many of you know, it is hard to come by state-by-state data about sales of hybrids and plug-ins. So here we have a little insight courtesy the US Department of Energy.

My state VA, with among the least green car friendly policies, still shows pretty decent Plug_in sales. We still have some free HOV policies that long-time ("grandfathered") green car owners can qualify for, so that is one explanation. I've also seen several plug-ins with VA plates and CA HOV stickers (we got a lot of transplants re: military and defense).

Look at Georgia with the (defunct) $5000 credit for Nissan Leafs made in Tennessee.

I think I see Bob W, one of two Plug-in owners in his state...yes that's him!

What's the explanation for your state? Tell us below.

Source: Green Car Congress: Rome study finds Prius hybrids have zero tailpipe emissions for 74.2% of commuting journey time

Thoughts on this? I'm not a fan of the new looks, and many of the comments on the bottom of the article's page strongly suggests the same thing for some folks.

It's probably doing better in Japan because of their higher gas prices.

Toyota’s Prius Pays Price for Cheap Gasoline - WSJ

Source: http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2016/09/15/gov-bentley-declares-state-of-emergency-after-shelby-county-gas-spill/

I had nothing to do with it. Buying the 2040 BMW i3-REx was just a happy accident. BTW, the last time the Gulf Coast refineries where shutdown was Hurricane Katrina.

Bob Wilson

Eligible Vehicles - Single Occupant Carpool Lane Use Stickers
Per SB-838, and effective as of September 13, 2016, the Green Clean Air Vehicle Decal limit imposed by AB 95 has been removed.

Effective immediately, CA has removed the PHEV green HOV sticker limit for PiP, Prime, Volt, etc.
It was confusing because there were two Bills. The winning Bill was SB 838 and it simply removes the PHEV green sticker limit (formerly 85000 limit). In other words, both BEV and PHEV now enjoy equal unlimited numbers of HOV access stickers.

Left unanswered is the longer term future of CA's green and white HOV sticker programs, both of which are slated to end in early 2019 (correct me if wrong).

It's anybody's guess what happens in the next legislative session...

But my guess, it seems obvious that there will a serious effort to extend the plug-in HOV access past 2019. Perhaps a 3 to 5 year limit will be placed on...

WE’RE BACK! After a brief hiatus we return to talk about EVs for almost the entire show. Tony VW might not sell diesels in US anymore. http://fortune.com/2016/09/14/volkswagen-diesel-vehicles-sales/ VW says 300-mile range EV will charge in 15 minutes and cost less than gas version Mark Big Chevy BOLT News-238 mile (383km) Range My Chevy Bolt Preview […]

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Proterra's electric bus can travel 350 miles before recharging

Whilst not super impressive given the fact that they have whooping great big batteries (But also more weight to pull too), buses often only do travel locally, and have dedicated stations for them to charge at, at night time. It could of course mean that well the buses can run on all electric in the day, and just charge in their bus stations overnight

Though I reckon fare prices won't really go down, because well it does cost double the price of ordinary diesel powered buses, even if the cost of electricity is a heck of a lot cheaper than diesel. I can however see cities like London, New York, LA and some Chinese cities potentially buying something like this in the future. London...maybe not so much yet, because they have only fairly recently bought the Routemaster hybrid buses at a cost of £285,000 each (or say $400,000) to...

Whilst not strictly necessarily about hybrid, EV and alt fuel news, autonomous cars and EV cars tend to go hand.

Of course, this could potentially be added to ICE cars too

Geohot will sell a semi-autonomous driving kit this year

The Chevy Bolt will have a 238-mile range

I'm starting to get nostalgic for all those Chevys I grew up in!

Plug-in Gate? This is revolting.
Electric Car Corruption In China -- Who Knew? Chinese Officials "Shocked" | CleanTechnica

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Source: Tesla Model 3: Toyota is the latest automaker buying ads to convert Tesla reservation holders | Electrek


We should write letters to BMW, Nissan, and Toyota offering to give up our '$1,000 Tesla deposit' if they will give us a $2,000, manufacturer discount letter we can use at any dealer.

Bob Wilson

Source: APWorks' Light Rider is the first 3D-printed electric motorcycle




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Calling all EV Owners! This Saturday is EV Day. Join us for the "I Drive Electric" Cruise!

In celebration of National Drive Electric Week, Plug'n Drive invites you to cruise down to Toronto's Canary District in your EV, for a day of music, food, activities and free gifts!


This event is brought to you by Plug'n Drive and our Presenting Sponsors:

Ford Canada, Ontario Power Generation, Ontario's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Power Worker's Union and TD Bank

Non-EV and Hybrid owners are also welcome to visit for free test drives in the latest electric vehicles and to have all of your questions answered by actual EV owners. Note: on-site parking is reserved for plug-in electric vehicles.

More info here:...

Is Toyota Finally Shifting To Real Battery-Electric Cars? | CleanTechnica

Toyota hints it may be more friendly toward electric cars: report

If so. AMAZING! I love Japanese cars more so than European and American ones (save for Tesla motors)
Perhaps then, Toyota can do what it does best, which is to be the market leader

Source: August 2016 Dashboard

Another great report from Jeff Cobb and team.

	Model	08/15/16	07/15/16	06/15/16	05/15/16
1	Prius Liftback	10177	9930	8531	9389
2	Ram Pickup Diesel*	5235	4310	4437	4493
3	RAV4	4919	4692	3751	4185
4	Transit Diesel*	4198	3967	5053
5	Model S*	3200	2400	2800	1500
6	Fusion Hybrid	3002	3519	2542	1716
7	Camry Hybrid	2155	2214	1649	2055
8	Volt	2081	2406	1937	1901
9	Model X*	1900	1500	2000	2000
10	Prius C	1459	1402	1355	1909
11	Fusion Energi	1422	1341	1700	1453
12	Prius (as always	lowercase v)	1346	1358	1130	1215
13	Sonata	1146	1301	1242	2513
14	Leaf	1066	1063	1096	979
15	i3*	1013	1479	608	696
16	Accord Hybrid	890	565	31	15
17	C-Max Hybrid	879	1112	1486	1327
18	X5	876	649	583	500
19	Colorado Diesel	832	679	789	593
20	CT200h	819	849	785	797
21	Avalon Hybrid	775	707	619	660
22	C-Max Energi	707	755	630	538
23	ES Hybrid	692	705	646	735
24	Optima Hybrid	654	768	483	570
25	RX 400 / 450 h	574	684	684	719
26	MKZ	541	681	766	805
27	Malibu Hybrid	522	416	371	246...

10 Cars That Can Run For Over 250,000 Miles | Forbes

Lots of Toyota Motor Corporation Hybrids in this list, including the Prius.

10. Toyota Sienna
9. Lexus RX 350 / 450h
8. Mazda Mazda6
7. Volkswagen Passat
6. Audi Allroad
5. Subaru Forester
4. Toyota Prius / Plug-In Prius
3. Lexus ES 350 / 450h
2. Toyota Camry / Camry Hybrid
1. Scion xB

Hi my Plug-n Prius develops a bad smell in spring when the warm weather comes and again in autumn. The local Toyota seevicemen have repeatedly changed the coupe air filter and used some spray in the air vents to help out, but to no avail. The first time they changed the coupe air filter it was very wet and it didn't smell too good, but later filter changes had not shown a wet filter...

I have used an Omega spray to kill the "bugs and smell" from the AC system spring and autumn myself, and it does make the car smell good for a qouple of months time.

Yesterday I went to a Auto store nearby to get some more AC cleaner. I eas told that tis was no use as there must be some fault with my car and to contact Toyota and tell them to have this sorted out... I talked to the manager today and he says that this is not normal and that he will try to help.

Maybe someone here have some experience with the AC system on their cars?
I mostly use the electric mode in the warmer spring, summer and...