Prius sales down 14%

Ok,

So from the article:

So let's take a look at the numbers:


There was a sales dip Sep 2013 to Apr 2014 but since then, sales have recovered. I'm looking forward to September and October 2014 numbers. If we don't see a repeat of the earlier dip . . .

Bob Wilson

 

The August peaks seem related to end of year and good deals. The Sept dips may be to due to new models and prices being back up. But why the July peaks?

 

Taxi companies have spent a wad of cash on new Prius cabs in recent years, so it's not so surprising that they may have backed off a bit, now that they have filled their fleets.

 

Once the G4 comes out, who will still want a G3?

 

Im super excited to pick up a cheap low mileage "out-dated" G3 when the G4's come out

I snagged my G2 the same way.

 

Smart

 

just saw an ad for leaf, $199/mo lease, not a bad deal.

 

How much at signing ?

 

missed that. i'll see if there's anything on line.

 

edmunds has 2k down, 3 year lease, 12k miles per year, .15/mile over. 2015 leaf.

 

Thanks for tracking down the details. The monthly payment + Capitalization works out to $255 a month. That sounds like a pretty good deal for the car if the electricity is cheap.

EV+PV is going to be a smart buy a lot sooner than most people (besides Musk) realize.

 

i'm paying .16/kwh all in. that's about half of 4 dollar gas (although gas just keeps going down) but i need 120 mile range so i can cover 80 in winter.

 

Me.

The G3 will be just as efficient and reliable as it is now.
As much as I prefer the G3 over the G2, I would buy a "new" G2 in a heartbeat if the price were right.

The G4?
Nobody knows yet, but the pattern suggests that it will be more expensive, a little bit more efficient, and it will have some minor bugs to work out.
There will be no waiting lines a 'leftover' G3.

Sometimes it pays to let other folks be early adopters.

 

If the G4 looks anything like the internet has been portraying it, the exterior aesthetics will NOT be an immediate hit with me. Subjective I know, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder (and while I think my G2 looks cool, I really like the "sportier" looks of the G3).

 

Have hybrids and electric cars lost their spark? - - MSN Money

 

Rehash of a thoroughly debunked article from a week or so ago.

 

Yes I'm just as happy to have a late-year G3, where most of the bugs have been worked out over a several year period. I suspect the G4 would make me nervous, especially after they appear to have delayed its release a year or so. Anyway, I couldn't wait that long.

 

Where is the "new gas tax"? In spite of all the predictions it hasn't appeared.

 

If I understand the new CA "tax" is a new carbon tax that is charged to the oil companies by the state of California. So you may see an increase in pump price, but California is not adding the tax to the pump price directly.

I just paid $1.99 for gasoline yesterday in Northern Virginia at a TopTier station, the expensive reformulated gasoline just like CA uses. We have 16 cents state and about 4 cents local so 20 cents gasoline tax. add 30 cents for CA and you should be paying $2.30 at the lowest stations. Any deviation from $2.30 is your extra tax, maybe some other factors. But our average price is closer to $2.25 (I went to a low price station competing against Costco/BJs).