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[toyotaofnorthcharlotte]

Are electric cars better for the environment?

Electric cars are becoming all the rage lately. They're eco-friendly, tech-driven, and let's be real - they look pretty cool. However, are they really as good for the environment as they're touted to be? Toyota of N Charlotte is here to explain, as the answer isn't as simple as it seems.

What it comes down to is emissions - local versus non-local. Here's the basic breakdown of the two:

🟩 Local emissions are the emissions that traditional gasoline-powered cars put out. These cars use internal combustion and thus put out smog-forming emissions. Electric cars don't use internal combustion to power themselves, and therefore don't put out local emissions.

🟩 Non-local emissions are a different story. Electric cars are powered by electricity, right? But that electricity has to be powered by something. And if it's powered by fossil fuels, then your car is technically putting out emissions, albeit not directly.

There's also the issue of electric car batteries. EVs use lithium-ion batteries to power themselves; these types of batteries can't be thrown away in a landfill or recycled in a traditional recycling plant. This leads to an issue of how they can be disposed of as more and more electric cars hit the production line.

Have questions about electric cars? Call Toyota of N Charlotte today. We're open seven days a week at (704) 875-9199 and we're conveniently located just off I-77 at exit 23 in Huntersville at 13429 Statesville Road.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Toyota APM 2020/2023. Some of the Accessible People Movers that were originally designed for the (delayed) 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been repurposed and transformed into cat buses for the Expo Aichi Memorial Park in the Japanese city of Nagakute. The cat buses have been designed to resemble the cat character from the 1988 Studio Ghibli animated film My Neighbour Tortoro. The APM is fully electric with a range of 100km and a top speed of 20km/h (12 mph). There were around 200 APMs made for the Olympics, it’s unclear how many have been turned into cats

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Toyota FT-Se (“Future Toyota Sports electric”)

[herigo]

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[socialjusticeinamerica]

Toyota is the leader in hybrids in the US and offer some hybrid plug-ins but only offer two fully electric models. At this point in time IMHO hybrids are still more practical.

It’s a shame the industry has adopted Elongated Muskrat’s standard. This right-wing fascist propagandist shouldn’t have so much influence in this country.

[skylobster]

I actually side with Toyota on this one, in spite of my passion for electric cars. Both our battery technology and our infrastructure need to be improved before we can go with a 100% electric automobile fleet. Meanwhile, I prefer plug-in hybrids as a bridge technology. Our plug-in charges at home, and handles most of our driving as an EV, carrying about 1/8 as much battery payload as a similar-sized full electric. And I don’t require major infrastructure changes in order to take a trouble-free vacation trip. And at least 75% of our miles are pure electric.

In terms of battery cost and resources used, 1 Tesla = 8 plug-in hybrids, for the same amount of lithium-ion batteries.

Or for fossil fuel consumption, 4 plug-in hybrids = 1 conventional automobile (assuming most of your electricity comes from non-fossil fuel sources)

Or for purchase cost, 1 Tesla = 1.5 - 2 plug-in hybrids. (Some other electric cars are quite a bit cheaper though)

NOTE: These are my own back of the envelope statistics. If you take repeated long trips, or your electricity comes largely from fossil fuels, a plug-in hybrid may not be much help. But the pure EV could look even worse by comparison.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Toyota responds to furious Hydrogen car customers who are 'living a nightmare'

Quote: "Frozen pumps. Skyrocketing fuel costs. Plummeting resale values. Here's why owners who bought into Toyota's hydrogen dream feel "cheated and misled."" Source: insideevs.com

P.S. If something like that happened to electric cars and their charging stations, then there would be huge headlines and dramatic articles in all the mass media... but since Toyota and other legacy car manufacturers buy advertising, the big media is pretty quiet... and people still falling into the hydrogen "trap"...An electric car can be charged at any electrical outlet at home, at work, at school or at solar panels in the meadow...In 2040, almost no one will drive a hydrogen car....

[emaadsidiki]

MegaWeb 🚙 Theme Park of Cars

[vivisuda]

can u drive ? and do you have your first car? we can meet you needs , because we have cost-effective used and new car , can help u get the first vehicle easily.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Toyota Kayoibako Concept, 2023. One of Toyota's design studies for the Japan Mobility Show is a small multipurpose electric van that can be adapted for business or leisure. It is also designed to transport wheelchair users

[pivziksixdude]

I'm super impressed that Toyota made Miraidon into a motorcycle in real life. That is SERIOUS dedication

Vehicular engineering level: 1000/10

[herigo]

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[matthewarnoldstern]

The best cars I've ever own

In honor of my brother Randy's 60th birthday, here's a list of the best cars I've ever owned. It features vehicles from Honda, Toyota, and Chevrolet.

My brother is turning 60 next month. Cars have always been an important part of his life. When we were kids, we spent every September visiting the car dealers on Reseda Boulevard collecting brochures for all the new year’s models. He turned his passion into a career. His website and YouTube channel is named Victory & Reseda after the neighborhood where we grew up and the gas stations on the…

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