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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

The average Golf diesel in Europe currently is <€30,000 (US$33,500), according to Volkswagen. This is about combining these two worlds—the automotive and the digital—so that customers, society and the economy benefit. This box allows us to use all cell formats. This is an advantage for us.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

The unit cost of Gas in the UK is 4 times the price of US Gas. – Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. Centrica closed the vast Rough storage facility in 2017 prompting concerns about gas pricing. See report from the Guardian and Reuters. No Fracking. Who is in charge?

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Prius Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

In a few unofficial runs, the Prius AWD we were driving, with dual motors and 196 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque, did 0-60 mph in about 7.0 Once a bit outside of town, there were wide open country roads that allowed us to push the speed on corners to test the dual motors AWD system and Toyota’s front-rear torque distribution system.

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