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Toyota to electrify all models by 2025
Toyota Could Become Tesla’s Next Big Headache | OilPrice.com
The more auto makers who increase the number of electrified models, among other benefits, the more charging infrastructure that will be built benefiting Prime drivers. As battery technology continues to improve, the next Prime or whatever electrified car we get will have a battery that is smaller, lighter, greater capacity, maybe cost less.
Here's an article about a lithium battery breakthrough that increases range:
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Consumer Reports: Top Owner Satisfaction List
Car Brands Ranked by Owner Satisfaction - Consumer Reports
Surprisingly - Toyota owners generally seem less satisfied than in bygone years;
Equally surprising, the #1 customer satisfaction rated company - besides being 100% Electric, it's well-known they are notorious for their nickel & dime issues. So so even despite their warts ....
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BMW Comes Out With Huge Batteries
Well, sorta...
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Insight III
Source: Honda Offers Some Insight | TheDetroitBureau.com
Honda as it gets ready to reveal a prototype version of its 2019 Insight model at next month’s North American International Auto Show.
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For now, Honda isn’t saying much beyond promising it will take a “new approach” with the third-generation hybrid-electric vehicle, among other things opting for a conventional, albeit sleek and sexy design. It will also get a new, two-motor gas-electric drivetrain.
I'm not sure this is the best market for a hybrid but what is the alternative?
Another source:Green Car Congress: Honda to unveil prototype of Gen 3 Insight hybrid at Detroit show; two-motor hybrid system
The Insight—to be manufactured at Honda’s Greensburg, Indiana plant, alongside Civic and CR-V using domestic and globally sourced parts... -
Toyota Announces Massive Electric Car Rollout, 10 EVs By Early 2020s
Major Shift Change: Toyota Announces Massive Electric Car Rollout, 10 EVs By Early 2020s
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Nio China 200 mi EV
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Perhaps our 'China hands' @hkmb and @tochatihu might explain why we see on chinese characters?
Source: Startup Nio to Launch Its First Electric Car for China - Caixin Global
The seven-seat Nio ES8 — which boasts a 70 kilowatt-hour battery pack that allows a driving range of 355 kilometers (221 miles) — will cost 448,000 yuan ($67,800), compared with 836,000 yuan for Tesla’s Model X. The ES8 is expected to hit the market in the first half of 2018.
. . . Nio has adopted a battery swap system, which will enable owners to swap their vehicles’ battery packs for fully charged packs in about three minutes at stations around the country. Nio plans to set up 1,100 such power-swap stations by 2020.
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EV tax credit stays
Good news for now, the EV tax credit stays.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/congress-spares-7500-ev-tax-credit
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Toyota and Panasonic to Start Feasibility Study of Joint Automotive Prismatic Battery Business
Toyota called for a press conference 4 hours prior to scheduled start time.
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Prismatic batteries are the next big thing
Toyota and Panasonic are teaming up on batteries that Toyota itself and other automakers could use in future electric cars. Rather than building cylindrical batteries like the type that Tesla and other EV makers use, the two companies are exploring the development of "prismatic" cells. Those are square, flat batteries with aluminum housings and are typically used in cell phones. They can be made smaller and lighter than battery packs that use cylindrical cells, but tend to cost more and are vulnerable to overheating and swelling.
Toyota recently unveiled plans, working with Mazda and Suzuki, to launch a new lineup of EVs starting in around 2020.
Toyota and Panasonic won't have to deal with thorny issues like battery chemistry to make better prismatic cells, which are already used on the Bolt and other vehicles. Rather, they'll just have to use their engineering and research chops to refine them so that they're cheaper, safer and more reliable. The payoff could be longer-range,... -
Akio Toyoda looking for half of sales from electric powered vehicles
By 2030, we aim to have 50 percent or more of our total vehicle sales coming from electric-powered vehicles, such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, EV and FCV (fuel-cell vehicle)," Toyota President Akio Toyoda said at a news conference.
Toyota eyes major boost in electric-powered vehicles - Japan Today
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Toyota/Panasonic hook up
Just read on BBC live new that Toyota plans to join up with Panasonic to produce batteries for electric vehicles.
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Top Gear 2 does an honest Tesla review
Source: Chris Harris Reviews Tesla Model S
If you’re Chris Harris, host of Top Gear and one of the most prolific motoring journalists working today, and you somehow haven’t reviewed the super quick Tesla Model S, you’re going to need to save face—like racing it against the incredible Porsche 911 R.
The Tesla Model S P100D came out over a year ago, and even then it was an update of the P90D, and even that was just the performance model of the original Model S. It’s been around for so many years, it’s already had a styling refresh. And yet Mr. Harris has only just now reviewed one.
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Given what the first Top Gear crew did with the first Tesla, an... -
Carbon fiber use in future pickup
Source: http://www.autonews.com/article/20171207/OEM01/171209822/gm-to-use-carbon-fiber-in-redesigned-pickup-beds
General Motors plans to use carbon fiber for the beds of its redesigned full-size pickups to improve performance and reduce weight, Automotive Newshas learned.
Two sources familiar with the company's plans confirmed the use of the high-strength material, which has primarily been reserved for luxury vehicles and sports cars because it costs significantlymore than steel and aluminum.
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First off, kudos to GM if they carry it off. This is the same GM that dropped a toolbox on a Ford aluminum bed to knock aluminum. Still, I look forward to seeing it show up. It is about their only play if the Tesla pickup ever shows... -
Outlander PHEV Finally Arriving to U.S.
Yes, we’ve all heard that statement multiple times in the past (we count about ~seven times) and have grown hesitant to believe it, but now it seems like it is really happening.
Just the other day, Mitsubishi’s U.S. website listed the Outlander PHEV among its offerings. This critical step that comes before selling the vehicle has never happened in the past, so perhaps we are to believe it’s actually coming this time around.
2018 Outlander PHEV Now Listed On Mitsubishi's U.S. Site - Build Your Own -
Dashboard summary November 2017
Sorry to be late, I'm having a browser technical issue. Regardless, another outstanding report by Jeff Cobb's team:
http://www.hybridcars.com/november-2017-dashboard/
model 11/15/17 10/15/17 09/15/17 08/15/17 1 Prius Liftback 4787 4532 5722 6043 2 RAV4 4349 5012 5759 5128 3 Transit Diesel 3798 3602 4741 3560 4 Fusion Hybrid 3541 5087 6326 4623 5 Bolt EV 2987 2781 2632 2107 6 Camry Hybrid 2703 1897 2090 1284 7 Niro Hybrid 2235 1935 2554 2677 8 Prius Prime 1834 1626 1899 1820 9 Model X 1800 900 3400 1700 10 Volt 1702 1362 1453 1445 11 Accord Hybrid 1586 1832 2278 2162 12 Ram Pickup Diesel 1417 1712 1137 390 13 Optima Hybrid 1404 705 396 294 14 Model S 1400 1100 4500 2100 15 Highlander Hybrid 1393 1266 1500 1419 16 C-Max Hybrid 939 1092 820 1009 17 Ioniq Hybrid 939 870 1101 1093 18 X5 929 329 333 317 19 5-Series Plug in 872 596 511 345 20 Prius C 854 900 937 853 21 RX 400 / 450 h 753 675 835 852 22 Fusion Energi 731 741 763 762 23 Prius V 674 652 728 835 24 Colorado... -
BMW May Be Next For A Diesel Emissions Scandal
DUH, an environmental group in Germany, says they may have found an anomaly in resting a BMW diesel's emissions. We'll see.
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Record Volt Sales in Nov & Other PHEV/EV Sales Numbers (Cdn)
582 Volts =
- More than the total 2011 plug-in vehicles sold in Canada (536 units)
- Almost as much as all the Prius vehicle sales combined (592 units incl. Prius v, Prius c, Prime)
Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, Nov 2017: the vaulting Chevy Volt
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