Toyota declared in September that it’s watering down its battery electric vehicle (BEV) plans by cutting back the production of the small Toyota eQ (known as the Scion iQ stateside).
You will find some interesting information as Toyota moves forward with Fuel Cell's rather than pure electric auto's.
Sales of Plug in Vehicles, North America (2011 & 2012)
Type - 2011 ------ 2012 (YTD)--(Since 1/1/2011) Cumulative
HEV----268,807---322,516--------591,323
PHEV--8,272----- 25,944----------34,216
BEV----9,966----- 6,802-----------16,768
Source: Pike Research
Most BEVs skirt the edge of a 100-mile range, stretching up to the $100,000 Model S, from Tesla, which can go nearly 300 miles on a single charge. EV advocates and battery manufacturers have long insisted that a battery breakthrough on the horizon will triple battery ranges while drastically reducing battery costs. Regardless of how far the BEV can go on a full battery, however, it still takes hours to recharge instead of the minutes it takes to refill a conventional gas vehicle.
Toyota’s hydrogen vehicles can already achieve ranges and refill times comparable to conventional gas vehicles.
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