... stop putting facts into a discussion.  It upsets the direction of the planned narrative.

If you’re using Hydrogen to generate electricity and the BEVs share a common drivetrain with the HEVs, I don’t see a problem with Toyota’s plan at all.

3rd gear:

Fuel cell vehicles are electric vehicles.  The only difference is the energy storage medium.

I, for one, can’t wait to see Toyota’s fresh styling innovations that are sure to be implemented in these new alternative energy vehicles.

You’re mistaken on point #1. I mean, you’re correct on the total volume of fuel and total distance, but drawing the wrong conclusion. Here’s an extreme example to illustrate:

$6000 of panels and inverters and install on a good deal from a buddy will cover 25 years of EV driving!

Just took delivery of 3. It’s a nice car for the money and runs on batteries.  Autopilot is fantastic.  

I’ll be the first to agree with you when someone can prove that cradle to grave (including where the dead batteries go) that EVs are actually better for the environment. Once the science is in, EVs could well turn out to be the next plastic bag fiasco.

1. No, it costs a shitload to engineer two systems, certify two variants, change production for two models, market two versions in adjacent states, and service/warranty two cars. Basically, economies of scale are worse, not better.

Officers have discretion over what they give tickets for.  Instead of a warning and educating drivers that there is a new traffic pattern, they choose to be revenue whores for the city.  

Yet officers still sit around the station house wondering why the public hates them. It’s freaking amazing.

I take the opposite approach. If traveling alone for a short duration, 1 bag, overhead compartment, no personal items. I hate waiting for the checked bags at the airport.

The issue is those metals are byproducts of other metal production. They are not concentrated into ores like copper or iron. The extraction process is very capital and labor intensive, but China has an advantage due to low cost and capital.

So much this. I really wish “rare earth” minerals had almost any other name. 

I’ll toddle of here soon, since I have too much to do today... But will point out one last thing:

Yup, this is the same deal with everyone worrying about oil prices. We have shitloads of oil, it just makes more sense to pay others to dig theirs up first.

Do other American auto engineers pronounce this company as “Zed Eff” or do I just work with too many Brits?

Those gimmicks are great marketing though.

Still, in this case, it helps to distinguish between three kinds of things: ones that can kill gophers, ones that can kill people,