An interesting article intitulated "how to live without oil" is published in the coming newsweek. It understands and explains quiet well the possible...
On balance, an excellent article from Canada -- aside from a few mis-statements, e.g. about Prius state of charge range, status of DaimlerChrysler's efforts,...
Heard a new (to me) Toyota Prius add on the tube last night. Instead of the “you never have to plug it in” line, I heard “half gas, half electric”. ...
I personally think it is better for us if the Toyota adds mention "electric" (as in "part gas, part electric), because it helps to educate the public that it's...
Very good point. Agree completely. The general perception of electric drive is very poor. Amazingly, slower and less dependable are common misperceptions held...
How about using a term like "electric assisted". For the Prius you could say "electrically assisted for increased performance and efficiency". Or in the case...
There's lots of education to be done, and plug-in hybrids are clearly a much better alternative than today's hybrids, which use only gasoline for fuel. It's...
Anyone who has driven a BEV (like an EV1 or a RAV4 EV) and a Prius would certainly have a notion that they are different. The average member of the public...
How about all of us EV nuts and all of the Rainforest Action people and all of the Sierra Clubbers and a few dozen of the other similarly motivated groups,...
NO. I think you are thinking of the "EV ONLY" mode button that is available in Japan and parts of Europe. This is not a plug-in model. It just has a button...
... I believe that it was you who was quoted in the San Jose paper as saying that Toyota has secret plug in Priuses. You are absolutely correct. One has turned...
... Even beyond that, when I finally do get it across that my vehicle uses NO gasoline (which isn't always easy!), I often hear a response like, "so the Prius...
... hybrid. ... uses NO ... like, "so the ... seems to be ... than ... gets great ... mileage - it ... Hang in there, I feel your frustration. L8r Ryan ps....
The EPA's www.fueleconomy.gov website has what they calculate as the gasoline equivalent (based upon the energy content of a gallon of gasoline) miles/gallon...
The main reason why people have the misconception about your vehicle, is that it is because the automakers go to great lengths to convince the people of those...
... Does anyone happen to have a copy of similar pages for all the other production BEV/ZEV's? Shouldn't the EV1, RangerEV, S-10EV, EPIC, EVPlus, and such...
I see from that site that the RAV4 CO2 emissions are 3.8 Tons/yr against the Prius 3.5 Tons/yr. CO2 emissions is the most important issue we face today. Of...
... being ... information. ... Ya, how about converting gas gallons into kWh and then using the measurement we'll all use in a few years? kWh/mile! L8r Ryan...
Supporters of CalCars and of Gas-Optional or Plug-In Hybirds (GO-HEVs or PHEVs0 We're making progress! Here's what Jim Press, president and chief operating ...
It's been awile since I used the site, but I did find most of models when I clicked on "cars that use gasoline". I think you can also find them by searching...
You must remember that the RAV4-EV is an SUV, though a small one, thus it is not surprising that its numbers is higher than the Prius (which is a compact car...
Hi, I think it's a mistake to equate the energy used in Electric, via plugging in to charge batteries, with the energy coming from gasoline. The 35 kwh in an...
It is not clear to me that Toyota's comment of "I think at some point you'll even have a button you can pick, mileage versus performance, because you're...
Actually an all electric car is not neccessarily using no gasoline. That is because the electric car's electricity could have been produced from a number of...
This argument does not answer, nor even address, the points I made. First, Electric power in the US is produced from solar, natural gas, coal, hydro, magma,...
Michael I have not identified any Prius PHEV leased to a rural electric coop....it didn't come from that article. And sorry, I have no info about getting ...
