<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Announces development plans]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by mrLee http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:52:48 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/1 Toyota plug-in hybrid

I say bring on the plug ins!  The attempts to develop a plug in car in the past failed due to the lack of automakers' resolve to support such a venture.  The only way this can change is for some healthy competition in bringing the first viable model to market.  If such a car were to be successful, other automakers would be spurred into action.  The numerous attempts by small companies to  build such a model are admirable but are not enough to make an impact in todays market. Hopefully Toyota, GM and even Tesla will finally begin to reshape America's future.

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I say bring on the plug ins!  The attempts to develop a plug in car in the past failed due to the lack of automakers' resolve to support such a venture.  The only way this can change is for some healthy competition in bringing the first viable model to market.  If such a car were to be successful, other automakers would be spurred into action.  The numerous attempts by small companies to  build such a model are admirable but are not enough to make an impact in todays market. Hopefully Toyota, GM and even Tesla will finally begin to reshape America's future.

]]> Comment #2 by Icelander http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:57:26 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/2 GM versus Toyota

Considering how much farther Toyota's hybrid technology has progressed compared to GM's, I think this contest is a little lop-sided.

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Considering how much farther Toyota's hybrid technology has progressed compared to GM's, I think this contest is a little lop-sided.

]]> Comment #3 by odograph http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:41:32 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/3 So, Dr. Romm

Did those early Hydrogen demonstration projects lead rapidly to a Hydrogen world?

If not, why not?

I'd think it was because expensive prototypes don't always lead to practical mass-market vehicles.

]]> So, Dr. Romm

Did those early Hydrogen demonstration projects lead rapidly to a Hydrogen world?

If not, why not?

I'd think it was because expensive prototypes don't always lead to practical mass-market vehicles.

]]> Comment #4 by odograph http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:46:08 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/4 BTW

For those not cross-reading the various Gristmill threads, my position is that we should all be moving rapidly to the solutions we have today.

And of course we have the option of upgrading to the solutions-after-that.

(Since we pile endless trivia upon one another ... the average length of US auto ownership is now 5.2 years, according to the Power Information Network.)

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For those not cross-reading the various Gristmill threads, my position is that we should all be moving rapidly to the solutions we have today.

And of course we have the option of upgrading to the solutions-after-that.

(Since we pile endless trivia upon one another ... the average length of US auto ownership is now 5.2 years, according to the Power Information Network.)

]]> Comment #5 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:05:39 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/5 5.2 years

Not bad for a changeout period.

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Not bad for a changeout period.

]]> Comment #6 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:47:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/toyota-moves-to-corner-the-plug-in-market/6 Careful, Odo

This isn't the equivalent of the hydrogen car. You might be eating a little crow in about a year. I got the same batteries on my bike and they are very real. The plug-in is about to happen and when it does, the competition is going to heat up, like it has for computers, digital cameras and cell phones except this time, it will have a major ecological impact as well, unless of course I'm totally wrong, which is always a distinct possibility :(.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Careful, Odo

This isn't the equivalent of the hydrogen car. You might be eating a little crow in about a year. I got the same batteries on my bike and they are very real. The plug-in is about to happen and when it does, the competition is going to heat up, like it has for computers, digital cameras and cell phones except this time, it will have a major ecological impact as well, unless of course I'm totally wrong, which is always a distinct possibility :(.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

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