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Selling my 2012 Pearl White RAV4 EV, VIN2T3YL4DV7CW001170, 28,562 miles. Selling for: $29,000 with Leviton 240/40 removable wall charger (original charger spec'ed by Toyota) $28,000 without charger I would prefer to sell this to a forum member who is already very familiar with this vehicle...

Mine is dead, too. Took it to City Toyota in Daly City yesterday. At least they provided me with a free ICE loaner. Obviously, Toyota blew it with the heater. In reading the boards, this is too many failures. Too many to be a coincidence, anyway. Woody

I have the exact WeatherTech mat that Tony references. It's great. I got the WeatherTech floor mats for the front seats, too. The stock gray carpet gets dirty way too fast. My favorite accessory is the cargo cover for the back. I wanted the genuine Toyota part, but at a much lower price than...

I find that the RAV4 EV's brakes are extremely sensitive under a few specific scenarios: 1. If I slam on the brakes hard. 2. If I brake (medium to hard) while driving over a bumpy/uneven surface, like railroad tracks. To me, it feels like the RAV is flipping from regen to braking, with the...

Dsinned, I have two questions for you: 1. What made you decide to go with Powersaver Series 3000 and PetersenDean? There are SO many solar companies out there, it's hard to even know where to start. Did you do a lot of research, or did you have a referral, or something else? I am in Menlo Park...

Heh, good story Seattle! This touches on the concept of "range anxiety" that many prospective EV buyers might have. Heck, even with the 100+ mile range on the RAV4 EV, I still had it for a while after my purchase. But, no more. Here's why: The RAV4 EV gives you a very good indication of when...

Heh. Yeah, the photo does look like that, but it's an illusion. Looking at the closeup photo, the cord comes out of the BLINK unit from the small hole below the handle, then gets routed down and to the right of (then behind) the base. Eventually, it comes back up from the left and goes into the...

Fellow members: I took my first road trip with my RAV4 EV this past weekend from my home in Menlo Park, CA down to the Monterey/Carmel area. The trip was about 98 miles, so I knew I would have to charge down there to get back home. My wife was game, so there was no reason not to go electric...

Is that true SeaMonster? I have been considering solar, and if I can make back the E-9a peak rate (which is considerably higher than the standard residential peak rate), it REALLY makes sense to go solar. I am surprised that PG&E would go for this, actually. Wouldn't anyone with solar want to...

I'm not sure how much profit Tesla is making per (base model) $57,000 Model S they are selling, but it may not be much. On November 5th of this year, they announced that they were halfway to achieving a gross margin of 25% (would that suggest 12.5% ?), and this would include the much more...

Tony, the RAV4 EV doesn't feel like an afterthought. It seems that Toyota & Tesla took the job seriously, even if they elected to take the easiest, simplest, and/or fastest route to get there. Sad, though. It sure sounds like the electric car is having problems with math. Without CA forcing the...

"They lose about $10,000 per each of the 2600 they will build." Tony, where did you learn that? I am shocked that Toyota loses that much with the vehicle being priced at $50K. Did you get the $10K number from a reputable source?

I will add some real world PG&E bill data to Dsinned's analysis: My first month of use: • At the beginning of the month, I switched to PG&E E9A residential plan, charging up the RAV4 EV each night between midnight and 7AM. • All nightly charges were in regular (80%) mode except two nights...

Hi all! Count me in as a new (eager) member. My name is Woody, and I live in Menlo Park, CA. I am 45, married. Upon the passing of Steve Jobs, I transferred my tech idolatry to Elon Musk and Tesla, but with a kid on the way, I thought, "Hey, Rav4, lots of room, Tesla drive train and battery...