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Originally Posted by RaceR
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.
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Interesting about the Golf; in the US the best-selling car has long been the Camry. The Leaf is doing quite well in California - I see them so often now I don't even turn my head anymore - but not so much in the rest of the country. CA is more green-centric in part due to its flower-power-earthchild history and also in part because back in the '70s people started noticing how unbreathable the air gets if you willy-nilly spew exhaust fumes into it.
Government incentives in CA and in the USA in general are pretty half-hearted and at best could help sway a few people who are on the fence. There's a gas-guzzler tax on cars with exceptionally low fuel economy, although the affected cars themselves are in such a lofty price range that anyone buying them won't even notice a few more thousand $$$ tacked on. And there are rebates for electric vehicles, but they're not enough to make electrics competitive with gasoline-powered cars. One that did sort of work was "HOV stickers" in California that allowed owners of hybrids and electrics to drive solo in multi-passenger commuter lanes. That program put a *lot* of Priuses on the road.
Lol I had to look up the Auris. I can see why a hybrid version of it would be a hit!
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The Toyota Auris is a compact 3 door and 5 door hatchback which shares the same E150 platform with the Toyota Corolla.
In Europe, Toyota positioned the Auris as the replacement of Corolla hatchback, while the notchback Sedan continued with the Corolla nameplate. It is not sold in North America, as the larger Toyota Matrix takes its place in the lineup.
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