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EDITORIAL: Bill Reinert is too smart for Toyota, missing the benefits of plug-ins

In a bit of a tirade against plug-in vehicles recently, Toyota's Bill Reinert said – among other things – that "As for plug-in electrics, they're just not plausible right now." He has a point, of course, but Fast Company takes Reinert's logic to task and makes the case that Toyota might want to rethink putting him in charge of trashing plug-in cars and hyping up hydrogen. Take the example of Japanese cell phones, which have features that blow away phones in the rest of the world. The problem, writes Fast Company's Chris Dannen, ... Read more →

UK will spend £25 million ($40 million U.S.) on huge electric car test program Sebastian Blanco

The electric vehicle money is flowing everywhere. Following the U.S. DOE's announcement yesterday, the UK has announced it will spend £25 million ($40 million) on a large project to get EVs ...

Another RAV4 EV sale on eBay, this time for $55,000 Sebastian Blanco

$15,000 for the batteries?  An older battery system seems to be one of the main differences between the most-recent RAV4 EV which sold on eBay for almost $15,000 less than the RAV4 that sold for ...

EDITORIAL: Bill Reinert is too smart for Toyota, missing the benefits of plug-ins 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

In a bit of a tirade against plug-in vehicles recently, Toyota's Bill Reinert said – among other things – that "As for plug-in electrics, they're just not plausible right now." He has a point, of course, but Fast Company takes Reinert's logic to task and makes the case that Toyota ...

UK will spend £25 million ($40 million U.S.) on huge electric car test program 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The electric vehicle money is flowing everywhere. Following the U.S. DOE's announcement yesterday, the UK has announced it will spend £25 million ($40 million) on a large project to get EVs and "ultra-low carbon vehicles an everyday feature of life on Britain's roads in less than five ...

Another RAV4 EV sale on eBay, this time for $55,000 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

$15,000 for the batteries?  An older battery system seems to be one of the main differences between the most-recent RAV4 EV which sold on eBay for almost $15,000 less than the RAV4 that sold for about $70,000 there about a month ago. As the only somewhat mass-produced, full-size electric ...


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