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Its good to develop multiple technologies - gas is an outstanding fuel source, but our problem is that its pretty much our only one. Electricity has a number of disadvantages, the primary one being that it has an established infrastructure and therefore offers fewer opportunities for exclusivity...

I looked at the EMW site very carefully, and determined that it was too hard to figure out exactly what they were selling, what the costs were, when they were shipping, and how smoothly it would work. I like to save money, but when Tony said he'd make up more of his units, it was an extremely...

Not to throw fuel on - but there are Toyota dealers in CA who will not sell the EV, and they also will not service the EV. So any argument about taking it to ANY Toyota dealer for service doesn't even work in CA -

So, just glancing over that, it seems to imply that PG&E will make sure all of us are forced to pay for their nuclear plants, but they can give you an option to pay more for what they consider green sources?

My experience is that these are put together by marketing people who are trying to figure out the easiest way to sell the product they've already designed, not to design a product the public wants -

Would it be reasonable to have a minimum plug-in charge of 3 or 4 dollars, so that it makes no sense for low storage capacity vehicles to plug in and top off, and keeping those spots for higher capacity pure EVs to use the chargers? Its a real concern to me that its unrealistic to expect to...

Thats a concern of mine - it seems that regular commuters have "their" spots, and many tend to leave their vehicle plugged in all day (this is strictly an observation of the very few public or free stations I've found locally). As much as I'd like to use my Rav for informal longer distance...

So what you're really asking is "what kind of range do you get with a Rav4EV when used to tow a weight equal to a Rav4EV?" No idea, and I don't know if its even rated to tow that much weight -

Actually, the person who wrote that isn't interested in anything more than promoting the viewpoint their masters are paying them to promote under the guise of "journalism".

How is this process going? Getting caught up? And are you still offering the service, and are the details still the same? And is anyone using one on a variety of plugs regularly, and have any advice on that?

Couldn't they just take it over to a smog check station and set it up on the rollers, put a brick on the accelerator pedal and let 'er run 'til empty - maybe 1-1/2hrs? ;)

Yikes! Should I make a little more effort to protect that area? Is that sheet of plastic and foam tape adequate, long term?

Interesting bet - we'll see - I think Toyota will do a bit more promotion for the 2014s, especially as interest in the Model X grows but shock at the sticker sinks in. The "deals" just a bit ago were the equivalent of 2013 year-end closeouts. They have a few more to sell to eliminate inventory...

This morning, taking my folks to breakfast i had the radio turned off, and I heard a rather unusual noise. Well, i should say a more unusual unusual noise, since I think this car sounds alot like Darth Vader, with all its little wheezes and whirrs in the background. But this was only when...

I only have 600 miles racked up, still learning about charge stations and range, biggest complaint is still figuring out the hvac system, but . . . I really, really enjoy this car - peppy and responsive, quietly aggressive, very decent range, lots of room for passengers, can even fit a 10'...

First one's always the worst - I'm sure mine is any day now -

I wouldn't buy any more charger than you need now - I put in wiring to handle the Leviton unit, but the free state supplied evse is only 30a and seems to be doing the job great, getting me fully charged each night with no problems, so I doubt I'll replace it. But I need something that is...

That hybridizing trailer is pretty interesting, and close to a thought I had - couldn't they offer a battery pack trailer, that would plug into and recharge from a standard evse, and when connected to a vehicle would plug in via the charge port and offer about double the range, plus the extra...

I think only looking at sales numbers is a little like looking backwards - interesting, but not the whole story. Again, I may be wrong, but i believe that the long term costs of hybrids is going to start becoming more of an issue - theres the general issues with a gas motor, plus the technology...

As usual, the unusual is cause for alot of media excitement. They gotta sell papers, right? And they love these kinds of stories in particular exactly because it is so rare - actually, in this case, unique? Great time to buy Tesla stock -