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What Drives Us Podcast - #198 Faraday Future Steals Our Name - What Drives Us
Russell One excellent point, “Prius has always poached above its weight class, winning customers who would ordinarily spend much more” -additionally, is this the beginning of the end for hybrid cars? Russell a mistake tesla (hopefully) won’t make again Tony Mercedes-Benz Unveils All-Electric Urban eTruck At IAA Russell This smells like some sweet, sweet bullshit […]
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Plug-In Registrations By State
Jeff Cobb has been putting this interesting graphic in several of his recent articles. As many of you know, it is hard to come by state-by-state data about sales of hybrids and plug-ins. So here we have a little insight courtesy the US Department of Energy.
My state VA, with among the least green car friendly policies, still shows pretty decent Plug_in sales. We still have some free HOV policies that long-time ("grandfathered") green car owners can qualify for, so that is one
explanation.
Look at Georgia with the (defunct) $5000 credit for Leafs made in Tennessee.
What's the explanation for your state? Tell us below.
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Prius hybrid tailpipe emissions
Source: Green Car Congress: Rome study finds Prius hybrids have zero tailpipe emissions for 74.2% of commuting journey time
A study from the University of Rome commissioned by Toyota Motor Italy has found that the new, fourth-generation Prius hybrid operates with zero emissions for most of the time and distance covered on a typical city commute in Rome.
Data gathered from more than 2,200 km (1,367 miles) of driving on a typical Rome commuting journey revealed that the test Prius cars spent an average 73.2% of the journey time (62.5% of the journey distance) producing no tailpipe emissions. These figures included periods when the car was stationary, with the engine automatically switched off.
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The study project used a team of 20 drivers, evenly divided between men and women in age groups up to and over 35. There was an equal balance between those who...
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