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Originally Posted by einzlr
Ah right, I implicitly meant a "born electric" car in the same spirit of the GT86, not an after-the-fact electric version of the actual GT86. I'm guessing that the reasons for Toyota's current focus on hybrids are their success with the Prius and the fact that electrics are still a hard sell. But slowly slowly more infrastructure is being built (Tesla is installing a bunch of charging stations all over California, for example) and development of better batteries as well as swappable ones is ongoing. For the first time it's looking like electric cars are more than a marginalized experiment and are on their way to becoming mainstream.
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Yupp. Especially in states like California, and countries like Norway.
Im also curious about the future VW e-Golf. Golf is the best selling car here and the 7. generation golf have gotten great reviews. Might bump the sales of electic vehicles by hurge margin if tax/price advantages stays the same. I doubt there will be any changes to EV taxes before 2017/2018.
Nissan Leaf is a high volume EV here. Have become very popular in 2012 thanks to its competitive price. I believe most families can easily have an EV as a car number two. And most families have two cars.
Hybrids from Toyota are becoming more and more popular tough. The Auris will have a good price, low fuel consumption, no limitations on range, decent cabin space and Toyota quality and service. I can guarantee the new Toyota Auris hybrid will be a great volume seller in Norway.