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Have just read that from CSS, BBC News that several car manufacturers are taking up with Google, Amazon or Microsoft to get interaction with their future vehicles.

Toyota are not. They're going with a brand new in house development.

toyotanews.pressroom.toyota.com

	Model	12/15/16	11/15/16	10/15/16	09/15/16
1	Prius Liftback	7786	7284	5421	9790
2	Ram Pickup Diesel*	5693	4488	5092	5385
3	Model S*	5300	1800	1200	4100
4	RAV4	4773	3757	3551	4127
5	Transit Diesel*	4570	2583	3571	3780
6	Volt	3691	2531	2191	2031
7	Fusion Hybrid	3577	3372	4915	3776
8	Model X*	3300	1400	1000	2600
9	Accord Hybrid	3124	1879	1296	1160
10	Camry Hybrid	2181	1693	1802	1902
11	Leaf	1899	1457	1412	1316
12	Prius C	1644	1372	1543	1459
13	Prius Prime	1641	781		4
14	Sonata	1374	1867	1479	1815
15	Prius V	1373	1058	1168	1222
16	C-Max Energi	1289	721	571	689
17	Fusion Energi	1099	1817	1372	1652
18	Avalon Hybrid	1026	639	673	688
19	Highlander Hybrid	1018	483	356	383
20	RX 400 / 450 h	985	666	535	387
21	CT200h	968	550	564	638
22	Colorado Diesel	909	886	1056	1031
23	C-Max Hybrid	895	811	398	739
24	i3*	791	629	442	391
25	Malibu Hybrid	790	769	600	618
26	ES Hybrid	734	434	353	497
27	MKZ	667	552	450	460
28	A3 Plug In	589	394	348	312
29	Bolt	579	1
30	X5	569	436	406	482
31	Canyon Diesel	500	538	434	358
32	F-Pace	467	366	211
33	Grand Cherokee Diesel	465	345	357	370...

From Council deliberates vehicle charging stations | News | sanfordherald.com

City council deliberates over installing charging stations.

Duke energy offers $1m NC plan with grants to cities with aim to increase EV charging by 30%. The city (population ~28k) received a $10k grant.

What may be interesting are the costs being considered. Sanford is not a well off city.

Dual port charging station $6,489.

Installation $4k-$5k depending on location

Networking $900-$1200 per year

Networking with Chargepoint – free for the first year $560 per year thereafter

Energy meter $30 per month

Mentioned in the article that there are 23 electric vehicles in Sanford. 1400 in Wake County (Raleigh) and 600 in...