Exactly. I Don worry about depreciation, because I keep my cars until they start costing more in repairs than replacements. I get the full use out of them.

To be fair people who blame the president, regardless of party, for directly affecting things like the economy or gas prices are pretty dim.

I think even PHEVs are a little ahead of the curve when talking about the US generally. LOTS of people live in places where charging a car every night is just not convenient or even possible. Hybrids are going to grow in market share and stick around for a long time.

I was saying the same a year ago, when everyone was ragging on them, calling them reactionaries and fools. I mean, I still mock Toyota for the hydrogen vehicles, but EVs are merely part of an answer.

PHEVs are the right choice for most people with just one car in their household while 2 car households would most benefit from a PHEV/BEV combo. For anyone that doesn’t have any convenient place to charge an HEV is still better than no battery option. 

Feel like Toyota got a lot of hate for their failure to jump straight into EVs. But it always struck me as really the only sensible approach. Maximize hybrid efficiency while investing in PHEV; maximize PHEV while investing in EV (and watch what everyone else is doing); have a reliable, fast-charging, long-lasting EV…

Toyota-branded sepukku daggers: worst conference swag ever

It’s all in how you drive. Many EV owners report 40k+ miles from OEM tires as long as they don’t accelerate hard.

Probably the same thing sticky jellied children’s fingers do to stainless appliances: leaves a rust spot

I wonder what acidic bird poop does to bare sheet metal.

Good story, Jose, thx.

Wordplay aside, I believe the “700-ton” actually refers to how much pressure it can exert, not how much it weighs.

Komatsu Limited continue to manufacture presses. Over 100 years in business. 

With such oppressive weight, moving it is no doubt a pressing concern. Certainly worthy of a press release.

“UNBUCKLED SEAT BELTS FINE + POINTS.”

These are all used so the money already went into his pocket, but I understand your apprehensions

How about we work on “self drive not speeding up mysteriously” and “self drive not running red lights” and “self drive not running over children wearing the wrong clothes” before we worry about making sure everyone else on the road knows to give you a wide berth

Interesting, raising your voice is causing a disturbance but crashing your 5,500 pound SUV police cruiser through the front wall is apparently not.

Only after factory-second Takata airbags are installed.

I don’t need to go 0-60 in under five seconds. I need range,