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Anybody Bought a Car Lately?

Is the big lock-down doing anything to prices? Is this a great buyers market, or are things pretty much the same except that the salesman is wearing a stylish MOPP suit?

kenmce Apr 21, 2020 Read More Replies: 31

Toyota BEVs

Source: Toyota/Lexus Introduce Three New BEVs In China

New all-electric models will be equipped with a 54.3 kWh battery.

According to the latest news, this month Toyota and Lexus will introduce three all-electric cars in China:

Lexus UX 300e
Toyota C-HR BEV
Toyota IZOA BEV
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Both models are simply electric versions of the C-HR/IZOA compact crossover/SUV, built on the TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) platform. Equipped with a 54.3 kWh battery, each should be good for about 400 km (250 miles) of NEDC range, but in the real world, we do not expect more than 300 km (186 miles).
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The Tesla, 2020 Standard Range Plus Model 3 has an EPA range of 250 miles (286 mi NEDC) on a 50 kWh (55 kWh total) battery. I've driven 206 miles from Huntsville to Memphis regularly with a 30 mile reserve in our 2019 Std Rng Plus Model 3, 240 mile EPA range.

Bob Wilson

bwilson4web Apr 21, 2020 Read More Replies: 34

A seller has a tanker full of crude

and if you sign a contract to accept delivery next month, the seller will have to pay you $10 a barrel. Yes, that is what it has come to, the seller pays the buyer!

Now lets discuss the economics of the plug-in or the hybrid in today's economy...

mikefocke Apr 20, 2020 Read More Replies: 24