I must have looked at a link for another country of something, or I overlooked a specific mention of the EV model. I agree, there's always fine print in there somewhere...
Great start.
Good deal. Thanks. I see there are 20 cars with 100K miles or more.
I had my daughter and her fiancé in my truck the other day. He asked what my DTE range was because from where he was sitting it looked like I was running on E. I still had about 150 miles left on the tank and had already driven about 400. He just bought a 19 taco with the 4 banger. I think he struggles to get over 350 miles per tank with all city driving.
That list represents roughly 2% of Volt production, so I'm sure there's a lot more high mileage ones out there.
Now? No. But electric chargers, particularly high output American Tesla chargers are multiplying VERY quickly. Tesla knows that this is a crucial component to electrifying. And if your a competitor, Tesla has left the door open for other carmakers to use the same system! Few are taking this offer up.I have a 02 ALH Golf, love the car and it's FE. I have 300K miles on it, but Maine winters have killed it. Due to rust through out it will no longer pass a safety inspection.
The JSW I replaced it with is a nice car, but I just can't get the same FE.
Our local taxi service has a fleet of Prius, all of them have gotten over 400K miles on them before they get replaced. I think they reported that the highest mile one they had was 475K miles. None of them had their batteries replaced before they were turned in.
My question, can the power grid handle recharging all these electric cars we are suppose to be getting?? How "clean" will all this power be that is going to be generated to charge these "clean" cars??
As another data point regarding Priuses used as taxis (and not necessarily to contradict your information). When I traveled to Spain some few years I learned that the Pruises used in the city of Valencia were experiencing issues but I do not have specifics.I have a 02 ALH Golf, love the car and it's FE. I have 300K miles on it, but Maine winters have killed it. Due to rust through out it will no longer pass a safety inspection.
The JSW I replaced it with is a nice car, but I just can't get the same FE.
Our local taxi service has a fleet of Prius, all of them have gotten over 400K miles on them before they get replaced. I think they reported that the highest mile one they had was 475K miles. None of them had their batteries replaced before they were turned in.
My question, can the power grid handle recharging all these electric cars we are suppose to be getting?? How "clean" will all this power be that is going to be generated to charge these "clean" cars??
The Prius would not be the vehicle of choice for large taxi fleets (like nyc) if there were reliability or maintenance issues. It's not my cup of tea, but I think it's pretty hard to argue that they aren't rock solid at this point.
Not me, I'm waiting for the bus!
Yeah, the VW Buzz would be my choice over the Model Y. But I think the Crozz will be what I end up with. Reports are now calling it the ID4x, so we'll just have to see what VW does.
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Intermediate level long distance driver, not bad ;-)
I'd agree with that. I'm headed out there in October, and am considering taking a couple more days and heading to Bozeman to visit my brother before he leaves the area. That's a little more serious.
Why's he leaving Bozeman?
His wife has a new job in Alexandria VA. He's moving there later this fall, somewhat reluctantly. But he says he'll go back to Bozo if the opportunity arises. He's been there since college (mid 70s). Really likes it there.
Heh, just another day at the office here. You want scary, check out someone doing a "bulletproofing" on a 6.0L Powerstroke.
I think the admirable thing about this is you managing to drive a Gen 1 Prius for 14 years and 197K miles. I test drove one before I bought IBW and after a short highway run decided I wouldn't be able to tolerate it on a daily basis. And I wanted to like the car. My recollection is it couldn't hold 75 MPH without the transmission going nuts.
Looks like one heck of a job! is the photo blurry from you shaking in angerPrius battery (note how the entire interior aft of the B-pillars must come out... these are not service friendly AT ALL):
Also, Toyota does not seem to bother with good corrosion resistant fasteners, especially on things like steering/suspension/exhaust/brakes. So to that end, he seems to solicit a lot of Prius work here. We get loads of them that the dealers just price the repairs out of orbit for any mere mortal, and we come in and do the job for FAR less and get them back on the road. So that's cool. Even the only Toyota specialist shop in town won't touch any Toyota hybrid aside from simple oil changes and stuff. So we stay busy with those for sure.