Submitted by Danny on September 16, 2011 - 1:20pm.
Several years in the making, today Toyota announced final product information for the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In. The Prius Plug-In will have a 15 mile EV range, get 87 MPGe, and cost $32,000. When taking into account the $2,500 federal tax credit, the price comes down to $29,500.
Submitted by Danny on August 2, 2011 - 2:17pm.
The move to hybrid and electric vehicles is being adopted in greater percentages by white people than African-Americans or Latinos. I get that. But an article today in the Atlanta Post, "an online news site about African-American business news", shows the kind of ignorance and misinformation that gets passed around the African-American community as fact.
A few excerpts:
Submitted by Danny on June 16, 2011 - 10:20am.
When I first drove the Prius Plug-In "PHV" prototype last April, there were 3 real issues that I came away with: 1) No ability for the driver to select when to use the EV battery capacity, 2) No regeneration of energy was going back into the EV battery packs, and 3) The MPG read-out maxed out at 99.9 MPG. It looks like Toyota has solved 2 of my complaints.
Submitted by Danny on May 17, 2011 - 11:37am.
The What Drives Us podcast recorded live last night and featured special guest Mike Granoff of Better Place, a company "accelerating the transition to sustainable transportation". Mike hopes that his company will help drive us to an oil-free future.
Submitted by Danny on April 28, 2011 - 11:09am.
The What Drives Us podcast recorded live this past week. This week's episode discussed the automaker's push for additional federal money for hydrogen research, 5 things to hate about the LEAF, which automaker has the highest loyalty ratings, Prius resale values, and more.
We're now recording the show LIVE each week at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific if you would like to come on and join in the fun of a live chat room while we talk about all things with green cars. Visit us each week at http://whatdrives.us/live
Submitted by Danny on November 22, 2010 - 10:47am.
This week Danny, Russell and the whole crew talk about the outcome of Toyota Sudden Acceleration Claims, Nissan delaying the LEAF, and ask the question "Why won't Chevy reveal Volt mileage numbers?"
Hosts: Danny Cooper, Russell Frost
Panelists: Linda Weidemann, Jason Holder, Tony Schaefer, Jon B.
Episode #: 42
Submitted by Danny on November 17, 2010 - 7:00pm.
Toyota debuted today the new RAV4-EV at the LA Auto Show, complete with a 100 mile range and similar performance to the current V6 RAV4. It looks like this Tesla partnership is going to be good for Toyota fans as well as Tesla fans. Summary below and then a full information below that.
Submitted by Danny on August 31, 2010 - 11:47am.
In the face of an onslaught of advanced-tech vehicles coming out over the next year, the EPA has finally revealed the first versions of their revised fuel economy window labels. And they're looking for your feedback before the final labels are created.
As Autoblog Green reports,
Submitted by Danny on August 26, 2010 - 11:21am.
It looks like Nissan is about to blast the public with over 200 Million media impressions by the end of 2010, with a good percentage of those impressions being devoted to the Nissan LEAF. The screenshot above was sent to me by Nissan and is a sneak peek into a TV spot called "Polar Bear" that will debut on September 9th.
Submitted by Danny on August 24, 2010 - 11:25am.
It doesn't take much searching in the PriusChat forums to get an idea of how Prius owners feel about taking their silent "stealth" mode and turning it into a hybrid ice cream truck
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