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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has contracted with Toyota to make a fuel-cell moon buggy with a 6,000 mile range! No word on North American availability.

https://www.space.com/japan-futuristic-moon-rovers-by-toyota.html

Plug-in America Editorial about Plug-in Road fees
Electric Vehicle Road Usage Fees

Wow they seem to have changed from (a few years ago) that plug-ins should *eventually* pay road taxes, to now it is unfair for the unforeseeable future. Gee I am not so sure it is productive to fight a reasonable fee.

It ain't over 'til it's over. They don't want to give up their diesels yet.
In the face of electric vehicles, some Germans fight for their diesel - The Verge

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For All The Talk About Electric Cars, Why Hybrids Are Still King of Green

Slashdot so consider the source:
Toyota Is Losing the Electric Car Race, So It Pretends Hybrids Are Better - Slashdot
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Subaru is surprising. I thought they were right up there with Toyota. Seems not.
Car Companies | Key Safety Systems - Consumer Reports

A bit long (use the YouTube and speed it up,) ICE engine development is being defunded for more EV design:


Bob Wilson

I guess it was Bond to happen sooner or later.
James Bond's next car will be the all-electric Aston Martin Rapide E - Electrek

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I found this interesting, although depressing.

This year probably won't be the year you buy an electric car

I am just wondering... Does the prius got artificial engine sound in the speakers? Im just asking cause ive seen some youtuber`s say they do and that the prius was the car that started this whole artificial engine sound b*llsh!t? The 2010 prius we had and the 2011 i have now for sure doesnt have it. So im wondering where these youtuber`s got that from? Does the american prius 2nd-4th gen got it? I know for sure BMW got it and had it quite a while... But ive never heard the prius having it? Wouldve been quite pointless aswell considering how noisy the real engine gets at high RPM`s...

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Would be nice for EV gatherings.

Nice styling.

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Global Sales In January 2019: Over 150,000 At 1.9% Market Share


This is truely impressive and much faster than hybrids grew. Think of this as 2006 in terms of hybrids - when only toyota, honda, and ford were selling volume. Part of it is the US, China, and Japan have all incubated the technology while in hybrids it was mainly Japan with lukewarm response of the US. In 2006 the gen II prius sold 185,600 units world wide which was over 4x what the gen I and II sold in 2003.

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Source: Polestar 2 EV Debuts With Estimated 275-Mile Range

A few pre-production I-Paces and journalist boondoggle to Portugal led to a lot of glowing reports. So January, 210 I-Pace were sold per InSideEVs, less than 1/4th of one day's production at Tesla....

I have had my car since 2016 (with 53,000 miles). Currently has 80,000 miles on this bad boy. Soon after buying it, I experienced vibration when on the highway and even at low speeds. The vibration is faster when I am driving faster, and slower when driving slower. Both the passengers and I feel it, and it doesn't occur when I am braking. this has been a 2 year long ordeal, trying to figure this out. Does anyone know if a bad caliper can cause something like this to occur? What makes it more of a challenge is it comes and goes; lately, since getting my car back (after someone hit the back and I had to get it fixed) and new brake pads, I notice it even more. It vibrates so much I sometimes do not feel safe. No light pop up on my dash; I have had 3 shops look at it.. The first shop said new rotors and calipers, but google says the vibration is felt when braking, which is not when the problem occurs. The second shop says it is a mechanical/computer or drive-train issue, and to not...

The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Has Killed the Prius And Stands Atop Its Grave

Those who frequent this forum know it's happening soon but we are in denial. The v is gone, replaced by the Rav4 hybrid. The C is on the way out. The hatch and prime aren't selling enough to justify continued development.