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How Toyota Made The 2012 RAV4 EV More Aerodynamic

Green Car Reports

As most electric car fans will tell you, it’s much easier for automakers to build an all-electric car from scratch than it is to repurpose an existing gasoline model with an electric drivetrain.

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Toyota RAV4 EV key for meeting California ZEV requirements; Tesla powertrain uses Model S components

Green Car Congress

Fay says that the company is planning to sell the full complement of 2,600 RAV EVs in California, plus 30,000 Prius plug-in hybrids and to introduce iQ EV urban car sharing programs to achieve ZEV compliance. Compared with the gasoline-powered RAV4, at 0.35 Cd, RAV4 EV achieves the lowest coefficient of drag of any SUV in the world.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services. EV Driver Profile: the Pauls Newsletter Vol. 4 Great Gifts! Why Am I a Member? Newsletter Vol. htm Advocates of the Th!

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

What do car companies say about PHEVs? Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? The enthusiasm for ethanol ("flex-fuel" cars use E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) is welcome. We can also extrapolate some data from experience with the RAV4EV all-electric vehicles.

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