Toyota will begin selling an electric vehicle in U.S. in 2012

[jpak]

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10145823-48.html

U.S. sales of Toyota's new electric vehicle will begin in 2012.

Toyota is determining what platform and what model will be battery powered.

Bill Reinert, national alternative-fuel vehicle manager for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., said Toyota is determining the new vehicle's range between charges.

"We are wishing for the sky and making deals with the devil as go down the road," Reinert said at the Detroit auto show. "We are looking for a 50-mile range right now" when such features as the defroster, heater, windshield wipers and stability control are operating at the same time.

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[mrdmk]

1. How about the 1997 - 2003 Rave 4

With an 80 to 120 mile cruising range, PS/PB, A/C, Heater, AM/FM CD Player, and leather seats.

link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV

Ah gee, with a whole lot of stupid we cannot go back upon ourselves.

The reason Toyota cannot go back is because of the agreement with GM, Ford and Honda. This is called collusion, which is against the law.

[NNadir]

2. Sort of like the Tesla car company saved the world for car CULTists?

Be sure to tell us all about the world's largest electric car.

Nearly 100% of dumb fundie anti-nuke posts on this website consist of soothsaying.

Will.

Could.

Might.

[jpak]

3. What kind of cult car do you drive???

:D

[Systematic Chaos]

4. My Las Vegas Solar Roof Dipshit Emoticon Parenthetical Tally (tm) still stands at < 50.

Sorry, what was your point again?

[DCKit]

5. Three and a half years to ramp up battery production?

Hope the speculators don't switch from oil to Li or Ni. An artificial price hike could really harm progress.

Then again, the battery makers could just step back and allow the commodities traders to take delivery. That'd teach 'em.