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New emphasis on plug-in
With some reservations because the title is misleading. It would be more accurate to say, Toyota fool-cell experiment ends.
Source: Toyota Shifting Bet from Conventional Hybrids to Plug-Ins | TheDetroitBureau.com
Toyota, the company that gave the world its first mainstream gasoline-electric vehicle, says it now expects plug-ins to gain traction faster than conventional hybrids.
The revelation by the man known as the “father of the Prius” is the latest in a series of ongoing shifts in Toyota’s approach to green technologies. Long wary of lithium-ion technology, the Japanese maker is putting more emphasis on more advanced battery vehicles, including both plug-ins and pure battery-electric models. It also appears to be growing more cautious about hydrogen power.
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In fact, Toyota says it will have to recall 2,800 of the Mirai fuel-cell vehicles now on the... -
New Prius; Would you Pay $3,000 More?
It's not set in stone - yet, but here's a chart, relating to proposed taxes - for manufacturers building mostly - or partly beyond US boarders:
The irony imo is - Toyota built a nice new manufacturing plant here in the U.S. not too many years ago, that was suposedly going to be cranking out the Prius. But - with low gas prices & pickups reigning supreme here - the choice was made.
So better buy now - or kiss the fed tax credit's helpfulness goodbye. The difference will pretty much be a wash.
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unless Toyota chooses to retool for a fer more models, that is.
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Introduction to Greenercars
Over the years I've become skeptical of advocacy groups that claim to rate, rank, and give awards. Too often, I've found the ratings and rankings lacked transparency and seemed disconnected from empirical data but happily, that is not the case with Greenercars.org.
- open evaluation criteria - How We Determine Ratings | Greener Cars although their coefficients aren't posted, it is clear they are data driven.
- easy access to vehicles - GreenerCars Ratings | Greener Cars it appears they use the same downloadable "test car database" that I've often used for my narrow studies. In contrast and to their credit they have institutionalized these data using their evaluation criteria for all of the cars.
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