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March 2016 Dashboard

As always, an excellent report from Jeff Cobb:

	Model	16_03	16_02	16_02	16_01
1	Prius Liftback	8130	7169	6333	10153
2	Ram Pickup Diesel	4729	4153	3193	4531
3	RAV4	3073	2462	1973	1430
4	Model S	3000	1900	1300
5	Prius C	2607	2263	1763	2861
6	Fusion Hybrid	2057	1764	1373	1960
7	Sonata	1884	1588	964	1138
8	Volt	1865	1126	996	2114
9	Camry Hybrid	1746	1599	1256	1861
10	Model X	1500	500	400	177
11	Prius V	1331	1112	1205	2040
12	Leaf	1246	930	755	1347
13	Fusion Energi	1238	932	581	1058
14	C-Max Hybrid	1092	880	637	837
15	CT200h	972	762	622	1464
16	ES Hybrid	894	633	622	1443
17	RX 400 / 450 h	886	752	790	1493
18	Avalon Hybrid	776	590	583	933
19	C-Max Energi	610	490	350	579
20	MKZ	608	585	491	867
21	Colorado Diesel	578	403	108
22	Highlander Hybrid	492	396	375	516
23	Optima Hybrid	436	386	469	870
24	Range Rover Sport	408	308	272	417
25	500e	373	195	217
26	Grand Cherokee Diesel	370	308	263	420
27	Q50 Hybrid	335	202	175	281
28	A3 Plug In	332	248	327
29	i3*	332	248	182	1422
30	XV Crosstrek Hybrid	329	278	261	425
31	X5	313	345	181	607
32	Sonata Plug...

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Wireless charging rate triples with 90% efficiency on RAV4, PIP

ORNL surges forward with 20-kilowatt wireless charging for vehicles | ORNL

For the demonstration, researchers integrated the single-converter system into an electric Toyota RAV4 equipped with an additional 10-kilowatt hour battery.

The researchers are already looking ahead to their next target of 50-kilowatt wireless charging, which would match the power levels of commercially available plug-in quick chargers. Providing the same speed with the convenience of wireless charging could increase consumer acceptance of electric vehicles and is considered a key enabler for hands-free, autonomous vehicles. Higher power levels are also essential for powering larger vehicles such as trucks and buses.

I also found this interesting: Toyota provided several vehicles for the research, including RAV4s, a Scion and a Plug-in Prius.

A Scion? o_O