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Well, some good news yesterday, that the federal government in Canada has finally stepped up with an announcement in the new budget to allocate a national rebate to promote EV vehicles.... in a nutshell, it will be a $5K rebate on vehicles $45K and under, and this would be in addition to provincial rebates, such as in Quebec and BC.

New Budget Adds ZEV Incentive for Consumers, Business | autoTRADER.ca

Official details are to follow (can’t find any government link yet)... and already some criticism on the interweb about the threshold being too low as it cuts out a LOT of vehicles (even a non-base model Leaf or Bolt). Surely it is not a coincidence that the Model 3 starts at $47K.

It is also not clear (in my opinion) if this also includes PHEVs, and if there are rules around this as well. For example, some stories like the AutoTrader one suggest there is a 15KWh...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has contracted with Toyota to make a fuel-cell moon buggy with a 6,000 mile range! No word on North American availability.

https://www.space.com/japan-futuristic-moon-rovers-by-toyota.html

Plug-in America Editorial about Plug-in Road fees
Electric Vehicle Road Usage Fees

Wow they seem to have changed from (a few years ago) that plug-ins should *eventually* pay road taxes, to now it is unfair for the unforeseeable future. Gee I am not so sure it is productive to fight a reasonable fee.

It ain't over 'til it's over. They don't want to give up their diesels yet.
In the face of electric vehicles, some Germans fight for their diesel - The Verge

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For All The Talk About Electric Cars, Why Hybrids Are Still King of Green

Slashdot so consider the source:
Toyota Is Losing the Electric Car Race, So It Pretends Hybrids Are Better - Slashdot
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Subaru is surprising. I thought they were right up there with Toyota. Seems not.
Car Companies | Key Safety Systems - Consumer Reports

A bit long (use the YouTube and speed it up,) ICE engine development is being defunded for more EV design:


Bob Wilson

I guess it was Bond to happen sooner or later.
James Bond's next car will be the all-electric Aston Martin Rapide E - Electrek

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I found this interesting, although depressing.

This year probably won't be the year you buy an electric car

I am just wondering... Does the prius got artificial engine sound in the speakers? Im just asking cause ive seen some youtuber`s say they do and that the prius was the car that started this whole artificial engine sound b*llsh!t? The 2010 prius we had and the 2011 i have now for sure doesnt have it. So im wondering where these youtuber`s got that from? Does the american prius 2nd-4th gen got it? I know for sure BMW got it and had it quite a while... But ive never heard the prius having it? Wouldve been quite pointless aswell considering how noisy the real engine gets at high RPM`s...

at 5:54

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Would be nice for EV gatherings.

Nice styling.

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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....