SNEAKY 2017 TOYOTA PRIUS PRIME

[Mr.TaLaL]

Amid the hoopla over the Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3 a new plug-in sales leader from Toyota emerges.

 

The Chevy Bolt is the North American Car of the Year as well as (do we really need both?). It is also one of Po[CENSORED]r Mechanics’ top picks for 2017. The only trouble is that it isn’t selling well. and it is less than six months into its launch.

The Tesla Model 3 is the hottest new car in America according to many electric vehicle advocacy publications

The trouble is, there is no Tesla Model 3. It is not for sale, and it has never been tested. By anyone. It is not yet a production car.

Meanwhile, over at Toyota, the newly updated 2017 Prius Prime plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) has quietly risen to be the number one selling electric vehicle in America in April. Don’t take our word for it. Check our Inside EVs’ monthly sales chart. The writing on the wall has been apparent all year. Like pretty much every Toyota product launch, the Prius Prime was delivered on time, is what was expected, is able to be produced in reasonable numbers, and it aced all its crash tests recently over at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.Something no Tesla has ever done.  And perhaps most important of all, it is actually for sale.

How could a car that hardly anyone outside of the green car media even knows about be the top selling car in the EV segment? Simple. It does all the things green car owners want it to do. It can operate in most states’ HOV lanes including California’s. It comes with a federal tax deduction and state incentives just like the Bolt and Tesla models do and will. And it has an extremely low cost of operation per mile. Importantly, unlike the Bolt and future Model 3, the Prime can be refueled anywhere in under five minutes. The folks at Toyota also cheat a bit. They offer no-cost maintenance for two years

[Mr.Love]

Electric vehicles - this is our future 100%.

...and anyway will help our planet.