Why are so many people in a hurry for 2010

Because my lease expires in a week and needed a new car. Good that the 2010 model came out so early. If not I would be driving a BMW 335d that was my other green option.

 

What he said. . . .

 

I needed to replace my older car now, so this makes sense to buy at this time. When the plug in comes out (probably 2-3 years) My older Prius will need replacing. So timing looks good for me on both counts.

 

The 2001 Echo had done good but at 9 years, it was getting a little long in the tooth. I wanted to give my wife a much better car and the 2010 Prius is exactly what we needed.

Bob Wilson

 

Because the plug-in is further away than that,
because the first good plug-ins won't be a good fit for me,
because like other Washington state residents, I want to beat the
9.5% price increase when the sales tax exemption expires six weeks from now.

 

There are a lot of unknowns with the plug in. To produce thousands of lithum batteries for thousands of cars. I do not know about that and it could be like this next year. 24,000.00 for non plug in. 30,0000.00 and up for plug in with the Lithum Battery. With the Chevy Volt at 30,000.00 Why would Toyota not just match it in price. You could get,:bump2:

 

I was hoping that my next car would be an all electric vehicle that I could afford, I could also drive my family in, and have a renewable energy electric service, like the company Better Place is starting to develop, to make an all electric car more appealing to me.

I think that's at least 3-5 years away so I bought the 2010 Prius and haven't regretted doing it for one minute. The car is excellent.

 

(I'm not in the market for one either since my 06 only has <41K miles.)

Nope. Watch the 2nd video at http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii-2010-prius-main-forum/60002-prius-technology-video.html. It's addressed in the first few minutes.

 

I have a lot of experience with the gen II as I work at the dealership. After our 5 hour class about the gen III I was sold. It is just so much of an improvement over already great and proven technology. I've been wanting a hybrid for so long and this one just put me over the edge.

I can't wait till next month. I just took it on a 8 mile drive today and got 68 mpg's with a mix of highway/city driving. Just a snapshot of what the new Prius is capable of doing.

 

I needed a car to start a new job and needed one quickly. I was lucky enough that a dealer found an unclaimed PII coming in time...

 

Because Toyota claims that they designed the gen3 to accommodate a larger lithium battery. There are already companies that are converting Prii into plug-ins and I think at least initially the price for the plug in package is going to be near what it costs to just have it done. I'm not sure, but I think the new battery might be sorta close to what they put in many plugins. I am going to wait for them to get some 2010's converted before I inquire.

 

I have no idea why you should want a plug-in version. The Prius is not an electric car like a Tesla. The battery capacity is very limited (1.3 kWh), and it will take you about 1 mile or so. That is a distance you should walk, not drive . The battery is used as a kind of capacitor. It is able to give you a lot of power for a very short time. Even if the new Lion batteries have a bit more capacity, this will not change. So charging the batteries with a plug-in loader is rather pointless in my view.

 

Obviously not a Toyota owner before Prius either.

 

By their own admissions, closer to $40,000

 

Forget the plugin, part. Just having Toyota moving to Lion might be a major upgrade. Just look at the Merc s400. A mammoth with a 33 mpg highway is really great for a mild hybird. Now imagine a Prius with Lion getting mpg improvement.

Lion batteries captures a lot more energy than NiMH.

 

I have no interest in a "plug in" option.

 

We were trying to hold out for a PHEV but with my Mercedes wagon with 316,000 miles and the seats starting to split, Jean's Sentra has lost some flywheel teeth, we just couldn't wait any longer. If I KNEW that a plug-in was right around the corner we could have held out a little longer. I haven't had a new car in several decades so it is such a blast driving this new Toy! But as much as I like this ride, I'll trade it in the day I can buy a PHEV that I can afford, and I'm hopeful that it will be a Toyota.

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