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Source: Toyota Mirai Chief Engineer Says Musk's Right About Electric Cars

Tanaka explained that the goal is to raise the car’s “practical range” to about 500 km (310 miles) due to the lack of charging infrastructure. As part of a joint effort with Nissan in Japan, the companies have built a network of 91 total hydrogen refueling stations, which is hardly enough to make the vehicles practical, regardless of range.

Editor’s Note: Because the obvious backstory is not being brought forward by Toyota, we’d like to take a moment to comment on the other and likely main reason the Toyota Mirai is still a “thing” in the US over a fully-electric option from the company.

A 300 mile FCV nets NINE California ZEV credits per sale – worth up to $5,000 a pop (~45k total) in avoided compliance charges, or these credit can be sold for cash to other non compliant OEMS. Not only that, these...

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Bob Lutz - Eating Crow?

Has GM's 'X' stodgy dinosaur finally taken look outside?

http://www.autonews.com/article/20171105/INDUSTRY_REDESIGNED/171109944/bob-lutz:-kiss-the-good-times-goodbye?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

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Toyota Prius Prime Will Likely Be The First Plug-in Hybrid To Outsell Chevy Volt

For the first year since major manufacturers began selling electric vehicles in the U.S., the Chevy Volt appears like it will lose its crown as best-selling plug-in hybrid behind a competitor with less than half its electric range.

That competitor would be the 25-mile EV range Toyota Prius Prime based on the long-established Prius “Liftback” hybrid, and through October it’s just 28 sales behind the 53-mile EV-range Volt, and gaining steam.

The Volt and Prius have traded places all year in monthly sales results, with the Volt being in its second year since a redesign, and the plug-in Prius, despite limited availability earlier this year, doing well in its first year as a revised model.

Through October, Chevrolet reported 16,710 sales, Toyota reported 16,682 Prius Prime sales, and Michigan-based analyst Alan Baum estimates by Dec. 31 the Toyota will have 20,300, and the Chevrolet will have 19,500.
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