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I turned in my rav4ev today. I got rear ended 2 months ago and the body shop took a while (even though I told them to get 2012 rav4 parts, they neglected my advise and ordered 2014 rav4 parts which had to be returned of course) Yesterday I picked up my rav4ev, today turned it in at the dealer...

Happened 3 times in 3 months that while driving, display "reboots" and goes from 80+ miles to less than 10 miles. After power cycle, everything seems normal again. Had the dealer read the codes 3 times. Today they said they ordered a new computer, normally $4000 but will be exchanged under...

Happened this afternoon. Someone in front of me signals he/she is turning right, basically leaves the lane while slowing down. Finds out it is not an exit but a bus stop and comes back into my lane. I have to brake, person behind me wasn't paying attention (phone ?) My dashcam video doesn't look...

It seems the new leafs will be getting capability to charge up to 150 kW http://insideevs.com/new-leaf-150-kw-dc-fast-charging-via-dbt/ Since they will have a larger battery pack than our rav4ev's I doubt it would be a good thing [TM] to charge our batteries with 150kW. But an upgrade to eg 100...

Toyota held 1.43% stake in Tesla in July 2016 Toyota spokeswoman says all Tesla collaboration has ended Full article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-03/toyota-says-sold-entire-holdings-in-tesla-in-2016

As of last week, I had odd behavior of my driver power window: AUTO up/down wasn't working. The first switch position (normally up/down until release) wasn't doing anything. Only second position (normally AUTO) was giving me the manual behavior of up/down till released. Also after switching the...

One of my rav4ev's (the one I am keeping) recently started new behaviour. When I return home, my (open)EVSE is in sleep mode. (timer enables it after 10 pm for cheep electricity ToU) I plugin the J1772 plug: both LED's stay off, don't even blink once. Immediately the humming sound of a coolant...

"Not even two days after Donald Trump’s election, automakers have started their lobbying effort to weaken the requirements for fuel consumption reduction. The current goal is for a fleet average of more than 50 mpg by 2025, which would require automakers to produce more electric vehicles in...

Toyota Motor intends to start mass-producing electric vehicles by 2020, hoping to expand its lineup of green automobiles beyond hybrid and fuel-cell cars. "We would like to refrain from commenting on such details, such as the schedule of development and production since it relates to our future...

A (long distance taxi/car hire) company ran a 2015 model S 200K miles. Key points: 6% battery degradation after 200K miles, charged to 100% every day. No other major maintenance issues https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesloops-200k-miles-model-s.78157/ I think we have the right...

Higher miles on an EV have less of an technical impact than on a combustion engine car

Got a letter from Toyota today that there is another recall regarding lap-shoulder seatbelt in both second-row outboard seats

My rav4ev has a "check EV" message. My closest dealer refuse to even read the error unless I pay $120 Yesterday an ABS error was added Car drove/braked like normal I was able to reset that message by disconnecting the 12 volt battery for a minute. Oh and sport mode is not available as well...

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052149/this-autonomous-ev-charger-lets-you-park-and-walk-away Price is a bit steep ;-)

NEDO asks Nissan and Kanematsu to analyze EV use in California http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2015/_STORY/151021-02-e.html

Toyota recalls power window switches for 6.5 million vehicles http://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/21/toyota-power-window-switch-recall/

Elon Musk: Tesla is in talks with other automakers about sharing the SuperCharger network https://chargedevs.com/newswire/elon-musk-tesla-is-in-talks-with-other-automakers-about-sharing-the-supercharger-network/ Would be real nice if the rav4ev could use those! But since they are talking to...

Interesting article about how oil funded studies seem to forget the amount of pollution that goes into gasoline production. “Don’t believe the hype about electric vehicles.” This phrase summarizes studies that claim EVs are actually worse for the environment than gasoline cars and point to...

http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/25/programmer-drives-his-tesla-model-s-a-record-breaking-452-8-miles-on-a-single-charge/ Jeez, that is slow ;-)

Imho nice article about li-ion technology cost/development. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/not-all-lithium-ion-batteries-are-created-equal Btw, do read the comments for interesting feedback ;-)