I thiiiiink 16 t is what that calculator is suggesting is the sustainable target, as opposed to the average as the article says?

Alternately, with reduced demand, large widebodies get replaced with medium widebodies, medium widebodies get replaced with narrowbodies (especially with newer craft designed specifically for “long and thin” routes). So, the same number of flights a day, but each flight is lower impact.

AFAIK NHTSA doesn’t have pedestrian safety standards, and it’s so heavy that it might miss EuroNCAP/UNECE’s standards through being a commercial vehicle.

The rear suspension being bottomed out is an intentional loading mode, FWIW (specifically to make it easier to put that quad in).

IIRC the balance is... 72% of engine torque goes to the ring gear and to the wheels, 28% goes to the sun gear (and to MG1). (Note that this is torque, not power, horsepower is lb-ft torque * RPM / 5252.) If the vehicle is stopped with the brakes on and you floor it, it’ll still send 72% of engine torque to the wheels,…

So Toyota’s non-hybrid CVTs have a belt and pulleys, and the pulley sheaves are spread and constricted to adjust the gear ratio.

It'd be the power split simulated CVT, just like almost every other Toyota hybrid (there are a couple exceptions).

I'm estimating based on 90 MPGe, 39 miles range, and how much buffer Toyota likes to keep on their batteries that it's over 16 kWh and gets $7500.

This has a larger engine, larger transaxle with larger motors, a rear motor, and importantly, a larger battery that can supply more power to those motors, which would be hard to package into the Prius...

Meanwhile, they’ve had a couple generations of Estima Hybrid, three generations of Alphard/Vellfire Hybrid, and for good measure a generation each of Noah/Voxy/Esquire and Sienta Hybrids.

jalopnik have no good cotomer sevis

Really, it depends on the buyer.

They could use the Justy, which is in the B segment and has an inline engine... but it’s really just a rebadged very tall Daihatsu at this point, so it’d be wholly unsuited.

However, a thin, narrow 13" isn’t an option when battery weight dominates the curb weight of the vehicle.

Well, no, they don’t need proportional wheels. They need appropriate wheels, and if it looks awkward, well, too bad.

So there’s some tricks with the whole efficiency thing.

I do, to the point of actually having bought one new, and specifically not picking a “Touring” (17" wheel) trim.

Or just use regenerative braking.

Serious answer: packaging becomes a problem for front-engine systems.

It’s the new Edge Mustang.