@Ben Wojdyla wrote: In fact, once the batteries are depleted the engine doesn't charge them at all, it powers the motor and nothing more, responding to energy demands by revving up or down to meet the required load.
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@Ben Wojdyla: Drive a Prius or an Insight around and it's a terrible, terrible car.
The comparable Daimler investment is not Chrysler but their acquisition along with Ford of Ballard Power Systems' automotive fuel cell division in 2007. "Daimler AG will be the majority shareholder in a new partnership with Ford Motor Company", Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation. "AFCC's goal is to make the automotive…
@mkaresh: The bozos on teh Interwub who piss on anything and everything remind me of Tom Hanks' routine in the movie "Punchline". After ranting about a laundry list of things he winds up with "I'm not someone who merely hates — I'm a 'hate stylist'."
@Ash78: (Note to self: don't hire Ash78 for marketing.)
@Douglas Powers lied:
Height: 935 mm!!!!!!!
@Vega: double standards
@LoganSix: I'm not sure that your double negatives aren't confusing me, but any generalization about the 41% of Americans "rating environmental protection as a 'top priority'" is dubious.
@aSoundofSleep: Even more so than Tesla GM is "living on a prayer", but that doesn't make them vaporware.
Several RAV4 EV owners have driven them over 100,000 miles. There's a realtor in Davis CA with two Toyota RAV4 EVs parked on the forecourt.
The two key issues in the deal:
the majority of the mods look fine
@muchopogi: But isn't this a whole new model?
@muchopogi: No plug-in. I think the 2010 Prius battery pack is still 1.3 kW·h (the GM Volt is 12 times bigger) and you can travel a few miles on battery-only. Plugging it would still be the cheapest and lowest-pollution way to go those few miles but I guess Toyota doesn't want the confusion after spending years…
@muchopogi: overpriced piece of work