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2008 hybrid help
It mostly stays black and when it does work it stays on the Toyota screen or just freezes after it loads
Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.brandonkk23 Feb 9, 2017 Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting Read More Views: 898 Likes: 0 Replies: 2 -
50MPG from Chevy Cruze Diesel
I'm buying this car. It's called the Whisperdiesel in Europe:
"The first nonhybrid car since the 80s to get an EPA highway rating of 50 mpg or more." The previous record-holder was 51 mpg for the 1987 Honda CRZ HF (which would fail to meet current emission standards).
"The Cruze with the six-speed manual will get higher fuel economy than the model with the nine-speed automatic..... to keep diesel chatter low, the fuel injectors shoot as many as 10 squirts of fuel per stroke."
LINK: http://www.autonews.com/article/20161011/OEM04/161019959/chevy-cruze-diesel-hatchback-may-claim-highway-mpg-crown -
Toyota Canada Sales - 2017
Instead of starting a thread every month, I think I'll just keep adding to this one.
Here's January
- Total hybrid sales at 972 units (+6.7% over Jan 2016)
- RAV4 Hybrid sales total 388 units (+20.9% over Jan 2016)
- Prius Liftback totalled 131 units (+184.8% over Jan 2016)
c and v are down 29% selling around 80-ish units.
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February
- Corolla sales up 36.4% for the month of February (compared to Feb 2016)
- Prius sales up 233.3% for February and 206.1% for YTD.
- Prius v is only down 7 units compared to Feb 2016 but is down 43 units YTD
- Prius c is down 68.2% (to be fair, last Feb was unusually high.. probably because of car share purchases)
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May
- CH-R has...
Tideland Prius Feb 5, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,800 Likes: 1 Replies: 8 -
January 2017 Plugin Sales
Some here kept claiming & claiming Volt II was NOT really meeting what customers would want, compared to, and once Prime sales came to town.
seems ok to me
and if one counted both X&S tesla sales together, even the Volt would get nudged out for 1st place.
then again - if you smushed volt AND bolt together ... GM would be kicking everybody's can down the street.
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Dashboard Summary Jan 2017
Thank you Jeff Cobb: January 2017 Dashboard
Model 01/15/17 12/15/16 11/15/16 10/15/16 1 Fusion Hybrid 4856 3577 3372 4915 2 Prius Liftback 4553 7786 7284 5421 3 RAV4 2898 4773 3757 3551 4 Transit Diesel* 2720 4570 2583 3571 5 Accord Hybrid 1711 3124 1879 1296 6 Volt 1611 3691 2531 2191 7 Prius Prime 1366 1641 781 8 Camry Hybrid 1238 2181 1693 1802 9 Model S* 1200 5300 1800 1200 10 Bolt 1162 579 1 11 Prius C 1143 1644 1372 1543 12 Sonata 1113 1374 1867 1479 13 Model X* 1000 3300 1400 1000 14 Leaf 772 1899 1457 1412 15 Prius (again lowercase v Jeff won't fix it but you can Bob) 767 1373 1058 1168 16 Fusion Energi 606 1099 1817 1372 17 Highlander Hybrid 571 1018 483 356 18 Colorado Diesel 490 909 886 1056 19 C-Max Energi 473 1289 721 571 20 C-Max Hybrid 473 895 811 398 21 MKZ 467 667 552 450 22 Avalon Hybrid 448 1026 639 673 23 RX 400 / 450 h 443 985 666 535 24 CT200h 393 968 550 564 25 A3 Plug In 387 589 394 348 26 i3* 382 791 629 442 27 Grand Cherokee... bwilson4web Feb 3, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,338 Likes: 0 Replies: 7 -
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing outlines 2017 motorsports activities (third TS050, Super GT Prius)
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2017 Motorsports Activities | PRESS RELEASE | 2017 | OTHER MOTORSPORTS | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
There's a couple things that are of interest here.
(2016-specification TS050 with Gen 4 Prius)
Toyota's announced that there'll be a third TS050 entered into the 6 Hours of Spa-Franchorchamps, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. José María López joins Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi in one of the two full-season World Endurance Championship entries, displacing Stéphane Sarrazin, who will drive the third car at Spa and Le Mans, along with two as of yet unnamed drivers. (Worth noting that Porsche is not entering a third 919 at either race, so Toyota may have an advantage here.)
(2016-specification...bhtooefr Feb 2, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 6,975 Likes: 4 Replies: 46 -
What Drives Us Podcast - #216 Push th’ Little Daisies - What Drives Us
This week’s news… Russell’s Rant: Toyota is losing prius prime sales, already Mark The FIRST Chevy Bolt arrives in Canada January EV sales numbers, Bolt races but Volt is KING Paul Kia Niro Tesla parts Tony Not so clean diesel
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New Crash Tests - Prius Prime and Chevy Volt top picks
There are multiple sources for this story but some 'buried the lead'. Source: New Crash Tests Reveal Which Plug-In Cars Are Safest - Consumer Reports
Two out of four electric and hybrid cars recently tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety performed well enough to earn the organization's coveted Top Safety Pick+ designation: Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius Prime.
The BMW i3 and Tesla Model S performed well in IIHS crash tests, but each raised concerns that kept them from attaining IIHS Top Safety Pick status.
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For what it is worth, I'm driving our Prius Prime Plus in EV mode this week. Then I'll probably switch back to the BMW i3-REx.
Here is the IIHS news release:...bwilson4web Feb 1, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 4,342 Likes: 0 Replies: 32 -
Tideland Prius Feb 1, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,087 Likes: 0 Replies: 1
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Gasoline Prices Retreat
One common theme has been the importance of gasoline prices in helping buyers go green with efficient cars and trucks. So this article bears reading and thinking about: After Steady December Climb, Gasoline Prices Retreat in January | TheDetroitBureau.com
After climbing during the last month of 2016, the price of gasoline has retreated for the past three weeks, dropping to $2.27 per gallon, which is down four cents per gallon from a week earlier, according to the survey by AAA.
AAA said the growth in the number of U.S. oil rigs and the increased drilling it implies are raising expectations for a climb in domestic oil production.
Meanwhile, increased U.S. crude oil production and reduced demand has exerted pressure on the national average price at the pump, which has fallen for 21 consecutive days, AAA said.
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Even though OPEC wants...bwilson4web Jan 31, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,850 Likes: 0 Replies: 37 -
Electric Car Pollution Study
Source: New Study Says EVs Actually Create Pollution in the Midwest
The study, published in American Economic Review, asserts that because the Midwest relies heavily on coal for electricity, the region sees higher pollution due to the increased presence of EVs. This is so, it says, at least when compared with other regions, which don’t use coal to produce electricity.
Every now and then, you see an article that shouts 'need to check this out.' Like the old "Dust-to-Dust" report that was so throughly discredited, here is a new one. Rather than discuss and article about a paper, it makes more sense to read the paper itself: American Economic Association
A free copy can be downloaded for a proper critique and review. But several things stand out:
- disproportionate EV presence - we...
bwilson4web Jan 29, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 4,396 Likes: 0 Replies: 47 -
if you are looking at a new plugin or EV which is more important, range or MPGe?
Just found this article
Electric-car MPGe as important as range, Hyundai Ioniq maker suggests
it suggests MPGe should be important than range when considering cars
ignoring the fact the article is written to highlight the Ioniq (yes I drive a hybrid Ioniq), what are other member thoughts when considering cars,
ignoring brands / models do you look only at range on electric?, only efficiency (MPGe) or both (if so which is the more important)
if you choose a plug in is the range very important? do you choose a plug in with enough range on electric to cover most of your commute / day to day journeys?
personal I looked at both range and efficiency, but for me on my budget there isn't an EV / plugin with enough range to meet my requirements but as the efficiency improves there may well be in a few years
the other question raised in the article is what...Bluecar1 Jan 28, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 7,039 Likes: 1 Replies: 118 -
What Drives Us Podcast - What Drives Us – One on One #2 – Death Of The Prius, Tesla, Volt...
This week Danny Cooper and Russell Frost take apart claims that the Toyota Prius is on its last legs and why that might be happening. In the process we dig into Tesla, Chevy’s Bolt and Volt as well as other EVs.
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News Items: EV Battery Shortage? Hybrid reliability is good.
From the Washington Hybrid Report:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/01/13/HybridReportJan1520157.pdf
EV Batts
"There is now concern in the auto manufacturer world that there will be a shortage of electric car batteries as demand takes off, Automotive News Europe (Gibbs, January 2, 2017) reports. Just a year ago, Volkswagen had decided that batteries were over-supplied. Now, they are scrambling for batteries as they gear up to sell more electric cars. Those who follow the auto industry point out that a year ago, Volkswagen was building “clean” diesel cars instead of electric, but since the diesel emissions reporting scandal, Volkswagen is now depending on electric cars to fill its clean car requirements. But Volkswagen is not alone. Most European car makers are ramping up production of electric cars. Tesla does not plan to worry about battery shortages. It has... -
What Drives Us Podcast - #215 Elon Musk’s Tesla Boring Company (in Ludicrous Mode) - What...
This week’s news and links… Russell G4 Prius fading Paul It’s hard to believe anything Mitsubishi says Tony Because your EV is only as green as the grid that charges it. Russell Elon loves trump’s secretary of state Mark Elon Musk says he will ‘seriously’ start digging a tunnel ‘in a month or so’ to […]
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A Crack In The Lexus EV Wall?
Lexus thinking about plugging in?
Lexus Sees Possible Need For Electric Car In LineupEl Dobro Jan 24, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,283 Likes: 0 Replies: 9 -
Reports of Prius death have been greatly exaggerated
Source: http://wardsauto.com/industry/toyota-down-sales-prius-upside-rav4-hybrid
DETROIT – Toyota is calling for 75,000 sales of its Prius liftback variant in 2017, 23,866 fewer than it sold in 2016.
The reason? Weak market demand for hybrid cars.
“We’re going to follow the market, but we think we have the supply-and-demand (equation) pretty much dialed in,” Bob Carter, senior vice president-automotive operations for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. tells WardsAuto in an interview here.
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Toyota sold 98,866 Prius liftbacks last year in the U.S., down 12.9%. The 5-year-old Prius V wagon and Prius C compact hatchback fell 47.4% and 46.7%, respectively, to 14,840 and 20,452, while sales of the Prius plug-in hybrid were down 40.8% to 2,474.
. ....bwilson4web Jan 24, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,989 Likes: 4 Replies: 17 -
Any news on update/refresh of new Prius?
I know it just came out. Do you think they will update the current design to look more like the Prime?stephensprius Jan 24, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 3,334 Likes: 0 Replies: 25 -
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Tideland Prius Jan 23, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,398 Likes: 1 Replies: 10
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