I had no problem finding a Toyota dealer selling at msrp to buy my 2005 Prius from, back when some areas had year waits for the car.
Hydrogen's reactivity with some materials is what drives up its pipeline cost. In particular, it makes metals brittle. So metal components need...
Is that for the compressed hydrogen? In a liquidified hydrogen tank, some is lost to keep the rest cold. The tanks might have a 15 year shelf...
And that tank only holds enough hydrogen gas for 240 miles. On my commute, I'd be refilling twice a week as opposed to once. The majority of...
Toyota is promising a $50k FCV by 2015. That might be after incentives. The refueling infrastructure for hydrogen is the main hurdle. Which, after...
Japan is a small nation. This reduces the costs of transporting the hydrogen around. The costs of building the infrastructure and stations in...
Unfortunately, I believe it is higher do to the need of a compliance car for California. Which means the company might not be serious in their...
As I understand it, Acura is just an overseas, possibly even just NA, thing. In Japan, Acuras are just Hondas. The full size segment has lower...
Yes, because guardrails and sign posts that cause more injuries and death are just dandy.:rolleyes: Was it mentioned what these regulations were?...
They already have with investments in aluminum manufacturer. GM holds a patent on a welding process that means less non-pass welds. The traditional...
As to #1, it is likely do to emotional bias. I remember a blurb in a press release for the Skyactiv transmission about different areas of the world...
Bob, he was calling the pious, FUD spouting, vocal minority of both camps 'douchebags'. A video of such a hybrid one accosting a diesel truck...
A mainstream car has been their goal since the Roadster. A comment by a dealer to one of these anti-Tesla articles went something along these...
When you have an armed passenger hanging out the door, you don't need no stinkin' rear view camera.
A poster on another forum went in for Fit and came out with a Civic HF(?, the fuel efficient trim). It wasn't long after CR's bad review of the...
I would think battery chemistry has little to do with overall hybrid efficiency. Otherwise Toyota would have figured out how to cram a NiMH pack...
Hey, copper is expensive.;)
GM's issue across their line up appears to be weight. They know they have to cut the bloat, but that doesn't help current models.
And GM caught some flak for doing so with the eAssist's predecessor.
Unfortunately, there is a photo of the a winder sticker with $4,000 pure dealer mark up for a plug in Accord. So I think buyers are only going to...
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