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OH No! Toyota Might Ditch the Prius c, v (lowercase v for the Prius v wagon) and Plug-In Hybrid
**Mod Note - 3 threads about this all merged into this one, the first one posted **
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Kia's Telluride
Source: Kia's Telluride Concept Merges Great Looks With New-Age Horseshit
If you’re a fan of Kia’s recent design direction (which I am) then I’d suggest just looking at the pictures here. Kia’s new Telluride full-size SUV concept looks great, and is a refreshing departure from what we’re used to seeing. Just don’t read the press release. Especially if you’ve just eaten.
Jason Torchinsky is rapidly becoming my favorite auto-reporter. He had the good sense to record on cell-phone video, a maximum acceleration test of the 2016 Prius at the November 8 event. A brilliant hack, it remains one of the earliest, 3d party, hard data points we've gotten about the 2016 Prius.
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Hybrid police cars replacing Crown Vics
Pretty interesting, and not surprising to most folks on this site that hybrids will save on gas and need less repairs than most gas only cars.
Now I wonder if they'll also use plug-in hybrids to lower costs even further.
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What Drives Us Podcast - #171 Heated Debate - What Drives Us
On this week's show:
- Douchebag is douchey
First used Tesla Model X offered with an $80k markup - This just reeks of pump and dump to me
EV automaker Mullen Tech makes 2 new hires | Autoremarketing
and their main site:
Mullen Technologies, Inc. - Why does every FCV cost $500 a month?
Honda Clarity proves hydrogen future always costs $500/month - Trouble in Apple car paradise
Apple car 'Project Titan' faces team hiring freeze - Chief of Titan leaving Apple
Charged EVs | Apple...
- Douchebag is douchey
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Autoline After Hours #316 - Chevy Bolt: The EV for the Rest of Us
Part of Ward's Automotive, these folks in the past tried to push "clean diesels" over hybrids and plug-ins. But VW shut that down. Now these hybrid skeptics seem to have 'gotten religion' which is why this podcast / video is important:
Sorry, no transcript. It starts out slow but as they talk, you can see the cogs in their minds turning to a new paradyne. For example, the 'no car days' because of NOx finally made them realize there is a harm to not only diesel but conventional cars too. Towards the end, they also realized the importance of the Pacifica, the first North American, hybrid miniVan.
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Self-heating battery article
In the news, regarding lithium-ion battery performance in the cold, quickly heating them:
Battery for electric cars self-heats when it's freezing - Futurity -
What Drives Us Podcast - #170 We Answer The Unanswerable - What Drives Us
The VW saga continues… California rejects proposed “solution” http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101854_california-rejects-vw-diesel-fix-plan-gaps-lacks-detail?fbfanpage Honda and GM to fuel cell plants http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101933_honda-gm-to-build-factory-for-fuel-cell-production-by-2025 An unanswerable but very important question, why is oil so cheap? http://ourfiniteworld.com/2016/01/19/why-oil-under-30-per-barrel-is-a-major-problem/
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Gas prices/Truck sales benefit hybrid technology?
A silver lining in every dark cloud?
Story is short and please listen to the very end for the hybrid part:
Truck Sale Profits Help Automakers Develop Future Technologies : NPR
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Something on kids Cobalt mining for lithium-ion batteries :(
There's some stir in the news on this. Just one link, there's quite a few.
Cobalt mined with child labour used by Apple, Samsung, Sony & others, Amnesty International says - Business - CBC News -
Prius! Impossible Girls
Not sure if this is the right forum, but I need to share the new Toyota Prius ad that is embarrassingly Japanese... Toyota humanized each parts of new Prius into anime girls. Cannot believe Toyota did this.
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Using Iron as an alternate fuel?
Ever burnt a piece of steel wool? And more slowly, rusting, oxidation, is a slow variation of the same process. Here's a CBC Quirks and Quarks podcast on using iron as alternate fuel:
Alternative Energy Enters the Iron Age - Home | Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald | CBC Radio -
What Drives Us Podcast - #169 Ice Sculptures at NAIAS - What Drives Us
This week we dedicate the entire show to a discussion about the Detroit Auto Show, more formally known as the North American International Auto Show or NAIAS. Detroit is the big one and that's why we were very happy when one of our own, Mark Coughlan, could attend and give us a view from inside the first press day. We talk about the Chevy Bolt, Tesla, the Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivan, and much more. Join us for a solid hour of new cars, concept cars, things that make sense and things that don't.
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Toyota North American CEO to dealerships: "Stop delivering Mirai"
Ouch, this isn't boding too well for the Mirai. Thoughts on this?
Toyota To Select Dealers: Stop Delivering The Mirai, There Is No Where To Refuel - Inside EVs
Lentz Tells Some Dealers Don’t Deliver Mirai | Alternative (EVs, HEVs, FCVs) content from WardsAuto
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The next leaf and nissan calls out fiat
Carlos Ghosn: Fiat Taking Risky Stand On EVs, Fight Is On Against Chevy Bolt - Inside EVs
Looks like its 60kwh just like the bolt. I think this spells slow sales for the leaf, even at 30kwh, people are going to wait for the IDS concept.
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New Transcontinental EV Record: 57hrs-48min !
An Exclusive Look Behind the Scenes of a Record-Setting Cross-Country Tesla Drive - The Drive
With Video - showing a significant part completed on auto pilot as driver watches cat videos on the web
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Toyota Releases Official Campaign Teaser 'Heck on Wheels' Leading Up to Super Bowl 50
Here's the official commercial:
Source: 2016 Prius Set for Super-Sized Spot on February 7 | Toyota
And in 50, the 2016 Toyota Prius will make a play of its own, starring in a 60-second ad that will air Feb. 7 during America’s biggest sporting event.
Those guys up there, they didn’t deliver the biggest plays on the biggest stage by accident. No, they worked at it, bled for it. They practiced and practiced until it just came naturally. They had swagger, sure, but how could they not? When you do what you do for so long, great performances just become second nature.
And we’re not saying Prius is going to outshine those other performances – actually, maybe we are. But with 50-plus miles per gallon and a sleek new design, Toyota has a little extra swagger with this icon.
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2017 Chrysler Pacifica
Looks like FCA will bring the first hybrid minivan to the US. Toyota could have and should have years ago with the estima but we'll see how this goes.2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid: The 80-MPGe minivan [w/video] -
North American Car of the Year
Source: Car of the Year (Show #2001) on Autoline This Week
Will it be the Honda Civic? Maybe the Chevrolet Malibu? Or possibly the Mazda MX-5 Miata? Yes, it’s that time of year again to highlight the possible winner of the North American Car of the Year. Joining John McElroy to discuss these cars and more are fellow NACTOY jurors Kirk Bell from Motor Authority, Mark Phelan from the Detroit Free Press and Mike Austin from Autoblog.
Both the 2016 Prius and Volt-2 are out of the competition in favor of the Honda Civic. I'm OK with this as we don't need to have Prius vs Volt-2 advocates brag-whinning. My comment in Autoline Daily was:
The Civic was the ‘Putney Swope’ choice that avoided a Prius vs Volt decision. In effect, the Civic is the compromise candidate and not a bad choice.
As for VW buy-back, I’m pretty sure the non-SCR equipped cars, the ~380,000, EA 189 2.0L diesels are impossible to...
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