Another All Electric Car: Toyota RAV4 Offered at $49K With $10K Tax Paid Subsidy.

• GM's Volt did not sell.
• You would think Toyota learned from that.
• 113 miles on full charge. If a  Los Angeles citizen wants to drive to Las Vegas(many do), 325 mile trip, with 2 recharges which takes 6 hours each, assuming there are recharge stations available, normal driving time is 6 hours plus 12 hours waiting for recharges, would be 18 hours total elapsed time versus the 6 hour trip with a gas engine.
• Apparently the car is only for short trips.
• You must make sure you recharge every day when you get home to be sure you do not get stuck with a dead battery. It is not the same as running out of gas. Remember, you have to wait 6 hours for recharge.
• Be worried when blackouts and brownouts occur, which may be more frequent caused by President Obama's closing the coal fired power plants.
• Have on hand a gas powered generator for the power shut downs.
• 113 mile range, will be greatly diminished when air conditioning and heater are utilized.
• Freezing climate diminishes battery efficiency.
• Replacement battery, may cost you $10,000.
• How much to dispose the battery?
• There are many gas and diesel  powered automobiles today that can give you 30 to 40 miles per gallon.

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