Gone - no more PRIUS in Australia

It doesn't tell us the full story. To start a new chapter, you must first end the current chapter.

If Prius is no longer being sold, it makes shifting over to a PHEV only approach much easier.

 

All I know is - I won't buy a car with low door sills. The Camry, Corolla and RAV4 all have short ingress heights than the Prius, so I'd either be a Tacoma hybrid client, or somebody else's hybrid client.

 

Hopefully the next gen Prius Prime's style will not be so 'different' - else it to may start to see diminished sales. And with incentive cash / tax credits close to exhaustion? That may cause another hit because there is a ton of competition unlike a decade ago.
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Ooh - that does look good.

I believe the word on the street is that estate cars / station-wagons are a death-knell to car makers in the USA. A few odd people ... like me who now would be OK with owning one after owning my first hatch back (well, first in many years - this is car number 54 or something like that) ... would buy them, but then that's it.

 

alan, have fuel prices increased there?

 

amazing, same reaction from the public as here. basically a shrug of the shoulders

 

Did you do a conversion from AUD to USD? Unfortunately I know what your talking about; I've got a large 4x4 SUV for camping, fishing, and hunting. It's gets 17 mpg on a good day, while my daily Prime get 100+mpg - talk about sticker shock when I have to fill that tank. It averages just over 300 miles a tank; while the Prime averages 1K+ miles per tank (once a month fill-ups). I used to keep the tank full; so I'm ready to take-off at anytime. I now fill up halfway to my destination; unfortunately the 24 hrs. gas stations are usually the most expensive.

Gotta pay for your hobbies.....

 

AUD=USD and 3.8L=gallon; $2.16/L is equivalent to $5.70/gal; that's about what we're paying here in California. The rest of the states are just approaching or just above $4.00/gal. Mainly due to state, local taxes, and fuel formulation to reduce smog formation. Hawaii, California, and New York are among the highest states/provinces in fuel cost.

 

Chevron up the road from us is currently at $2.28 CDN per liter.

Best Gas Prices & Local Gas Stations in Port Coquitlam, BC

 

Ouch!!!; but you've always been expensive ($6.346/gal).

My past border crossings; I've always fueled up before crossing. Usually a few townships away, to avoid the line of Canadian license plates at the gas stations, along the border. The same for Mexico; their prices are actually cheaper - but you never know what your getting at the pumps. The few times I had to fill up down there; I had to replace my fuel filters. They were clogged up, whereas I've driven numerous cars with more than 150K miles, with the original fuel filter still in place.

 

I think it converts $6.69 USD per US gallon. Using 1.29 exchange rate and relying on the accuracy of this page.

Still, I'm not stressing, putting in maybe 20 liters, every 2~3 months. But for someone needing a daily driver, driving more of a gas guzzler, it's punishing.

 

Your correct; I somehow "fat-fingered" 2.16 instead of 2.28 into the exchange calculator.

 

I find it strange the Prime has a 250wthr/mile rating

that is good but not a lot better than the rather stubby Bolt

I guess an EV needs to go to more aggressive aerodynamics to break away from the crowd by any significant marg, Aptera is claiming 10 miles per kwhr 100wthr/mile