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Gasoline to hit the "Tipping Point?"

AAA expects higher gas prices this spring

RRxing Mar 11, 2018 Read More Replies: 16

Electric Car Myth Buster

I was hesitant to post this because it come close to advocacy yet I found it via Google News. I'm hoping @john1701a adds his insights as he has history dealing with Prius-skeptics. There is little distance between Prius and plugin skeptics: Electric Car Myth Buster — Efficiency | CleanTechnica

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We recently heard from CleanTechnica reader Martin Hemdricks, who told us about a scurrilous indictment of electric cars that recently showed up in his email inbox. It charged that electric cars put all their carbon emissions into the atmosphere before they drive a single mile. It went on to say an electric car needs to drive 15 miles or more 365 days a year for 10 yearsbefore making any positive contribution to the environment. Not true.

These sorts of bizarre statements are routine. One way you can tell they are all coming from the same source is they all make the same...

bwilson4web Mar 10, 2018 Read More Replies: 4

Consumer Reports Reformed

I picked up the Consumer Reports New Cars issue, April 2018, from the magazine rack yet held off reading it for a couple of weeks. When I finally read it, Huh? The cars I'm familiar with Prius Prime and BMW i3-REx were factual. Even their notoriously poor MPG numbers were close enough to the EPA and my metrics to be usable:

Toyota Prius Prime - 74 Road Test Score
- 69 MPG overall
  - 56 City
  - 81 Highway (only with EV)
BMW i3-REx - 79 Road Test Score
- 139 MPGe
  - 135 City
  - 141 Highway (only EV tested)

The only thing left out was gas testing of the BMW i3-REx but the other metrics and comments were through and accurate. So when I saw the regular April 2018 Consumer Reports, Auto Issue, it promised the 10 best and worst. Then I read the Toyota Prius Prime, pp 78:

The Prime is a plug-in Prius that can usually drive about 23 miles on electricity only. But the gas engine...

bwilson4web Mar 8, 2018 Read More Replies: 8