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What Drives Us Podcast - #210 Stripped Volkswagens - What Drives Us
This week’s news… Paul Expanding the charging network Mark Montreal installs first all electric bus route in North America Russell Uber needs to be slapped, again and always and this one Tony VW owners are (talking about) stripping their cars for parts before returning them to VW for buyback Russell Tesla to start charging for […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #211 Worst Year Ever - What Drives Us
This week’s news… patrick Top EV News of 2016 list better tony Drivers in the US complain about a few MPG but in EU ratings are as much as 50% too high. mark (wearing his evan mask) Autopilot predicts and avoids crash 2 cars ahead russell More charging stations for socal russell the real question […]
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U.S. refiners face severe labor shortage for deferred maintenance
Source: U.S. refiners face severe labor shortage for deferred maintenance| Reuters
After years of running flat out, U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are lining up repairs to plants in 2017 - but facing a severe labor shortage that could delay work, drive up costs and raise accident risks.
Fuel producers such as Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) and Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N) have delayed routine work in the past 24 months amid high margins. Those margins collapsed this year in a global fuel supply glut, providing an incentive for refiners to undertake the shutdowns necessary for maintenance.
But refiners are now competing for pipe fitters and ironworkers with a host of billion-dollar energy projects, including Cheniere... -
EV's on the market, where are the ads?
Electric cars are on the market, so where are all the ads?
Thoughts on this? Those of you living in California or CARB states may see more of them, but in the rest of the nation, there are hardly any commercials for plug-ins.
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Toyota unlocks its engine technology, could sell to rivals
http://europe.autonews.com/article/20161216/ANE/161219900?template=mobile02
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TOKYO -- Long guarded about what was beneath the hood of its pioneering Prius cars, Toyota Motor plans to open up its powertrain technology to rivals, hoping this will boost sales and speed up the industry's shift to lower-emissions vehicles.
Announcing last week it would expand its gasoline hybrid technology development, Toyota said it would consider selling complete powertrain modules - engines, transmissions and other drive components - to its competitors." -
Toyota C-HR Plug In Coming Soon to America?
Hello,
Does anyone have info. regarding availability in North America?
2018 Toyota C-HR | An Unexpected Next Step
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Toyota moves engineering center to TX
Source: Toyota Closing Kentucky Engineering Center | TheDetroitBureau.com
The company informed Kentucky officials of its plans to close its Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing facility in Erlanger, Kentucky, which is just south of Cincinnati, Ohio, by the end of 2017.
The move will affect 648 employees, the company notes, with layoffs starting the first week of January and running through the end of 2018. The company’s technical headquarters, the Erlanger facility opened in 1996.
Moving the engineers away from the Camry manufacturing plant is not something I would encourage. I've noticed in GE and Boeing that the further manufacturing and engineering are apart, there is tendency for small problems to become bigger, longer lasting, and more expensive to fix. Ultimately the product suffers but there is a strange, divergent feedback mechanism.
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What Drives Us Podcast - #209 New Car Fart Smell - What Drives Us
Mark First Bolt deliveries Russell Why the Verge is useless Lots of caveats and backpedaling but yes, someday, car ownership will not be as it is now Speaking of which, Yuko car sharing I’m sick to smart death of teaser campaigns and (not so) clever marketing, dial back the static, educate me Tony Neat Tesla […]
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Bolt the cannibal and used hybrid/plug-in generator
Source: 1st Chevy Bolt Deliveries Have Begun In California! | CleanTechnica
Autoblog provides more: “The 3 new Bolt owners are a retiree from Fremont who’d previously driven a Chevrolet Spark EV; a software developer in Castro Valley who ditched his BMW i3; and a real estate broker from Portola Valley who turned in his Toyota Prius.”
I'm impressed ... NOT!
Source: First Chevrolet Bolts delivered in Northern California - Autoblog
Which part of bovine fecal matter applies?
Earlier this year, Kelley Blue Book analyst Karl Brauer said Chevy would move between 30,000 and 80,000 Bolts during its first full year of sales.
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VW Site "Electrify America"
VW wants suggestions for electrifying America. In other words, how to spend 2 billion dollars.
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Tesla 'Insane Mode' too tame
Source: Tesla settles lawsuit with Norway over electric car's performance - CSMonitor.com
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The disgruntled customers, who will be paid 65,000 kroner ($7,700 USD) each, had claimed that their electric cars' performance did not live up to the carmaker's advertising. They said that their Model S P85D cars, which were marketed as having an "insane mode" of acceleration, were not as fast as promised.
The models, which was supposed to be able to reach 700 horsepower, only reached 469 hp, the car owners argued in the lawsuit.
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Well it looks like the bloom is off the rose. Time to go out to my Gen-3 and ...
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What Drives Us Podcast - #208 It Was Twenty Years Ago Today - What Drives Us
Russell Honoring Chelsea Sexton on the anniversary of the EV1 release, for her amazing work in promoting EVs. And, she’s going to be featured on a new Nat Geo special on TV. Bolt battery Mark EPA pushes to accelerate EV adoption before Tump’s term begins Tony Toyota announces a more efficient powertrain Russell Send us […]
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EU to prosecute countries over VW scandal reported by BBC
Just posted on BBC news app:-
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
Volkswagen emissions: UK and six other nations face legal action - Volkswagen emissions: UK and six other nations face legal action - BBC News -
Toyota unveils new TNGA-based engines and transmissions and improved hybrid systems
Within the five years to the end of 2021, Toyota plans to introduce 17 versions of nine new engines; 10 versions of four transmissions, including multi-geared automatic transmissions and a new kind of continuously variable transmission; and 10 versions of six hybrid systems.
The first announced member of the lineup is a 2.5-liter engine that has one of the world’s best thermal efficiencies: 40% when used in gasoline-powered vehicles and 41% when used in hybrid vehicles (HEVs).
Green Car Congress: Toyota unveils new TNGA-based engines and transmissions and improved hybrid systems; deployment begins in 2017
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Toyota Canada Establishes Annual Truck and Hybrid Sales Records with Another Month Left in 2016
TCI hybrids also set a November record with 1,790 units sold, up 102.3% - representing 10.9% of TCI’s total sales for the month. With the Prius family leading the way, Toyota brand hybrid sales were up 128.2% with 1,650 units sold.
Vehicle 2016 MTD 2015 MTD % Change 2016 YTD 2015 YTD % Change 1 Prius c 452 125 261.6% 2996 2951 1.5% 2 Prius Liftback 364 126 188.9% 2573 1526 68.6% 3 Prius v 161 177 -9.0% 1972 2312 -14.7%
- Toyota Prius c, 452 units (up 261.6%, new November record)
It doesn't mention anything about Lexus brand hybrid sales. The Prius and Prius c outsells all Lexus passenger cars except the IS (at 2886 units this year)
Also, the RAV4 surpassed the Corolla as the best selling Toyota in Canada at 46,103 units YTD compared to the Corolla's 43,411 (which includes the Toyota-branded Corolla iM). We'll see if it can hang onto its lead to close out the year.
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Modern electric cars at 20: from EV1 to Bolt EV, where are we now?
We've certainly come a long way in the modern era of electric vehicles. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next 10 years as well.
Modern electric cars at 20: from EV1 to Bolt EV, where are we now?
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Toyota developing plug-in corolla for Chinese market
I wonder if there'd be any interest in other parts of the world for one of these...
Toyota Developing Plug-In Hybrid Corolla For Chinese Market
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