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Toyota Introduces Electric RAV4, Powered By Tesla Motor
thecarchik writes "As they say, everything old is new again. Fourteen years after it launched its very first RAV4 crossover at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota returned to LA to launch an all-electric version of its latest RAV4. And this one is, as the logos in a teaser photo released earlier said, 'powered by Tesla.' The launch of the second version of the RAV4 EV is on a fast timeline, led by a working group made up of Toyota's Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a team from Tesla Motors. The partnership will build 35 'Phase Zero' test versions of the latest RAV4 EV next year, with production launch expected in 2012."
"Why would you want to drive something that's more damaging to the environment than fossil fuel vehicles?"
Just get on your skateboard and move along ya damned hippie.
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I can't speak for the RAV4 specifically, but these small "crossover" SUVs really seem to be the way of the future with respect to vehicles. They have all of the advantages of cars (easy to drive, easy to park, affordable) combined with all of the advantages of SUVs (lots of cargo capacity, good visibility). I recently purchased a BMW X3 and so far I am absolutely loving it. I can't see any reason to go back to a regular car now that every auto maker has some form of crossover SUV.
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Better yet, tell the designers to Fuck Off. Just once build a car to be a car, not a moving work of art, not some sort of juvenile expression of the driver, not some douche-bag status symbol, just put functional over all else.