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In addition to the car being less efficient in the cold weather and occasional heater use sucking up range, I find using the wipers at full power uses a lot of power and taps the potential range. I've found driving in the cold, with the heater, using the wipers and headlights can easily...

Thanks tgreen, I'll write her a letter. Happy New Year EV drivers!

All I want for Christmas is to be able to travel the state on fast chargers. I appreciate everyone who is keeping the updates coming as these chargers are rolled out. I really can't believe I still can't drive to Oregon on fast chargers. What a sad and slow rollout by the state considering...

So, I've had my new motor for the last month and Tony was right, I'm a happy camper again and enjoying my smooth Rav4EV ride. I can barely hear the motor if I strain to listen for it. It's so nice not to have a screamingly loud motor. My other issue with the slop and clunk when I pushed the...

Just had my traction motor replaced at Toyota of of Berkeley. It was nuts, the sound was earpearcingly loud. It was driving my passengers crazy and hurting my ears. Now I have a new unit and it is as smooth as butter. No noise; It's a night and day difference and I'm back to smooth sailing.

Yes, indeed.

New (refurbished) traction motor assembly on order.

I'm betting the same thing.

36,000 miles on the original motor and it's toast. The humming is so bad the last few thousand miles, I think I'm going deaf. 60 to 70 mph is freakishly loud. 25 mph range, yuck as well. I'm finally going to the dealer to have them check it this weekend. The motor sounds 100% out of balance...

Seems like a good option to charge multiple hotel guests quickly. Not sure if I would plan a trip using this option unless it was an only resort. I like the Dual and Quattro charger deployments at each location which were used by NRG EVgo in their charging installations. +1 to others...

@ Tony, well my logic was to get a newer one when the bugs were worked out. It sounds like Toyota is no agile development house like Tesla is. So all the replaced motors are just refurbished old ones? We're not getting new motors?

Can't wait, We're almost there. There are becoming a good amount of fast chargers in CA. Making progress.

I haven't broken down on the Freeway from loosing power or had my charge port melt and everything seems to work fine thus far besides the small bugs like the wine of the motor and a few weird head to the dealer error codes. I had a recall software update that did something helpful Toyota tells...

Thanks Tony and Fromport. I left Berkeley fully charged, took the 880 south to the 101 south stopping to charge in Gilroy, topped off in Salinas, drove 127 miles to San Luis Obispo, I landed in SLO with 15 miles range and 3 bars by taking the Catleman's road parallel to 101 for 8 miles and...

Thanks guys! Sounds like the risks are low. I waited and leased the 2014 model hoping that they would have worked some of the earlier bugs out. Seems to have been a good idea.

My 2014 has 37,500 miles on it. My car is getting really loud. I definitely humm along. It's hard to tell how bad it is because I drive it everyday, however my dad was in the car a few weeks ago and thought it was crazy loud. Are there any issues with not replacing the motor other than the...

Sounds good. I'll try this route.

Hi forum members, Any tips on the best route to get from San Francisco to Los Angeles using CHAdeMO stations? I am planning to do this drive soon. I wanted to see if you all who have gone before me have pointers or any other advice about optimizing the trip. How long would it take with the...

I've driven from Santa Clara to the city and back many of times without charging. The main thing you want to avoid is taking the 280. It's tempting because there is less traffic, however, the hills kill your range. Take the 101 instead. I agree though it is a tight trip if you are driving...

The rollout of fast charging corridors between cities is going so slow. It's terrible to have this patchwork of one point of failure chargers as well. Tesla set the example. Governments need to follow their example of redundancy. If we put half of the money we are wasting on hydrogen...