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The company I worked for partnered with Toyota on an all electric RAV-4, we also had all electric Fords and Chevs. By far the Toyota had the best set up, a real 70 mile vehicle, the others 30 to 40 miles. Take the milage they say with a grain of salt. We tested in real world situations. The drive systems and recharge seems to be adequate. The battery technology is the big hang up. We tested many different ones, some costing in 6 figures. We finally abandoned the all electric, Toyota removed the battery packs and crushed the vehicles. I am sure they used the research on their Prius. Plus when I was involved in this I remember some research that claimed the pllution generated by recharging was a wash, no real reduction in emmisions. The Hybrid I believe is the future.
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