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Global Sales In January 2019: Over 150,000 At 1.9% Market Share


This is truely impressive and much faster than hybrids grew. Think of this as 2006 in terms of hybrids - when only toyota, honda, and ford were selling volume. Part of it is the US, China, and Japan have all incubated the technology while in hybrids it was mainly Japan with lukewarm response of the US. In 2006 the gen II prius sold 185,600 units world wide which was over 4x what the gen I and II sold in 2003.

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Source: Polestar 2 EV Debuts With Estimated 275-Mile Range

A few pre-production I-Paces and journalist boondoggle to Portugal led to a lot of glowing reports. So January, 210 I-Pace were sold per InSideEVs, less than 1/4th of one day's production at Tesla....

I have had my car since 2016 (with 53,000 miles). Currently has 80,000 miles on this bad boy. Soon after buying it, I experienced vibration when on the highway and even at low speeds. The vibration is faster when I am driving faster, and slower when driving slower. Both the passengers and I feel it, and it doesn't occur when I am braking. this has been a 2 year long ordeal, trying to figure this out. Does anyone know if a bad caliper can cause something like this to occur? What makes it more of a challenge is it comes and goes; lately, since getting my car back (after someone hit the back and I had to get it fixed) and new brake pads, I notice it even more. It vibrates so much I sometimes do not feel safe. No light pop up on my dash; I have had 3 shops look at it.. The first shop said new rotors and calipers, but google says the vibration is felt when braking, which is not when the problem occurs. The second shop says it is a mechanical/computer or drive-train issue, and to not...

The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Has Killed the Prius And Stands Atop Its Grave

Those who frequent this forum know it's happening soon but we are in denial. The v is gone, replaced by the Rav4 hybrid. The C is on the way out. The hatch and prime aren't selling enough to justify continued development.

I daily commute with a Prius 2012 but on the weekend I drive mostly the Forester or Minivan. But twice I had pickups tried to run me off the road when I tried to move to the right lane to exit with signal blinkers on. Pickup driver sped up and nearly made me get into an accident. Totally unnecessary as there was plenty of distance and I wasn't cutting anyone off but both times the same situation. Trying to change lanes in order to exit and a pickup truck refuse to give. Now I have never had this situation with any other car. But noticed this kind of behavior by some drivers on the road specifically when I'm driving the Prius.

Now I am not a slow driver, I daily hit 75-83mph on the highways and my avg speed is 29mph.

Haven’t heard if this technology. Hopefully it will become available in my lifetime.
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New refillable batteries could fuel an electric car revolution

I test drove an E-Golf the other day. I dont have 32 grand for one, but I love the way this car drives, try one out! Buy this over a tesla.

This is what happens when I try to write a car review while binge-watching "Tidying Up" on Netflix:

The Life Altering Magic of the Kona EV

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Based on reliability, problems, service. Yet owners love the EV aspect. Subaru their new number 1.

Tesla tanks, Subaru soars in Consumer Reports' new reliability survey

Source: New ratings address pedestrian crashes

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Source: Average Fuel Economy Up in January | Market Analysis content from WardsAuto


Some of the gas price decline is seasonal but there is an institutional effect too.

Bob Wilson

The whole idea of getting other tech and ages behind is good, except...

By now, anyone with a pulse who reads/watches the news has seen a blizzard of titles touting EVs lose "40%" of range in the cold. Here is a small sampling of these news titles:

Although technically correct, they are misquoting the report and seldom discuss all of the results. The AAA did publish a link to the report and I started a thread in the "EV" area with a link to the report and hope we can discuss the technical details:
Heat and cold effects on EV | PriusChat

The AAA sponsored report is a well written, quality, engineering report. Sad to say, many reporters and editors, especially the lazy, non-technical, or anti-EV crowd, are too quick to misquote. This means you'll likely find co-workers or family members who will ask you about the loss of range even if you drive a hybrid. So I wanted to offer two, quick replies before suggesting 'lets...

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Will Piston Engines Get Clobbered by Electrics?

Brett Smith, CAR; Phoebe Howard, Detroit Free Press; Gary Vasilash, AD&P; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

February 7, 2019 @ 3:00PM EST

Enjoy!

Bob Wilson

All grades of 2020 Sequoia, Tundra, 4Runner and Tacoma will include "upgraded audio" that will include Android Auto. Interesting that they do not use the term "Etune" at all in the press release. Aside from adding Android Auto, nothing else sounds different from Etune 3.0

I know this has nothing to do with hybrids but I also know that many on PriusChat are interested in Toyota's plans for Android Auto.

2020 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro Opens Path to Family Adventures, Leads Charge for Updates on all TRD Pro Models | Toyota

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