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15. July 2005

 

Kjøp av brukt Toyota RAV4 EV i Norge

Håvard Ellefsen spurte Toyota om muligheten å kjøpe en RAV4 EV i/ til Norge, og har
sendt svarene han fikk til EVguide.
Det er jo to sider i denne saken så ta gjerne en titt på http://www.dontcrush.com

Se også "Bränsleförbrukning Toyota RAV4 El" her på EVguide >


Hei

 

Etter å ha lest om RAV4 EV kontaktet jeg Toyota i Norge og USA og

her er svarene de ga.

 

Synd det ikke er mulig å få tak i en RAV4 EV i Norge. Skulle gjerne hatt

en elektrisk firehjulstrekker til norske vinterveier!

 

Mvh

Håvard Ellefsen

 

 

From: Irv_Miller@Toyota.com

Date: July 13, 2005 23:11:10 GMT+02:00

To: Håvard Ellefsen

Subject: RAV 4 EV, Correcting the Record

 

Thank you for your note. We appreciate and understand your position.

We would like to share with you our position and provide some facts

relating to our EV position. Apparently, the message out there is not

accurate.

 

Irv Miller

Group Vice President, Corporate Communications

Toyota Motor Sales, Inc

19001 S. Western Ave.

Torrance, CA 90509



                            RAV4-EV FACT SHEET

 

FACT: Toyota developed and built the RAV4-EV to meet the company’s

      commitments under the 1996 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the

      State of California concerning production of zero emission vehicles

      (ZEVs).

 

FACT: In 1999 Toyota became the first company to meet its MOU commitments

      of ZEVs, several years before it was required to do so.

 

FACT: Despite fulfilling its MOU commitments, Toyota continued to market

      RAV4-EVs and during model years 2002 and 2003, offered the RAV4-EV to

      the general public for sale or lease (with an option to buy) through

      its retail network.   Unfortunately, even with substantial subsidies,

      orders averaged just five to six a week and showed no growth over

      time.  Ultimately Toyota was forced to withdraw the vehicle from the

      market.

 

FACT: Toyota has made substantial efforts to keep the existing RAV4-EVs in

      service for at least five years.  When vehicles are returned from

      lease they are evaluated and, if appropriate, refurbished and

      returned to useful service.  In some instances Toyota has placed them

      in public or community service, for example with state or national

      parks.  Other vehicles are put into company service, where they are

      in constant use.  As a result, the continuing air quality benefits of

      these vehicles have been preserved, in some cases, beyond a five-year

      period.

 

FACT: Currently, those with an expiring RAV4-EV lease (both fleet and

      retail) are offered an opportunity to extend the lease on the same

      terms - essentially until the vehicle’s condition deteriorates to the

      point that it can not be serviced or supported.

 

FACT:  This lease extension plan avoids transferring the considerable

      economic risks and uncertainties of the vehicles to individual

      consumers and insures that the vehicles will not cause environmental

      damage or personal injury at the end of their useful life through

      abandonment or moving into commerce without full appreciation of the

      unique requirements of the vehicles.

 

FACT: Retail lease customers have always had the option to buy their

      vehicles at any time during the lease period or when it expires.

 

FACT: Toyota also is aware that some individuals used a fleet leased

      vehicle as their personal vehicle and are passionate about their

      desire to own their vehicle, despite the substantial economic risk.

      Accordingly, on a case-by-case, vehicle-by-vehicle basis, Toyota will

      now offer these individual users the opportunity to purchase a

      RAV4-EVs previously returned to us and refurbished to acceptable

      condition.  The price will be commensurate with the price set forth

      in the retail lease option to purchase.

 

FACT: In those instances where fleet or retail lease customers choose to

      return their vehicles, each will be carefully evaluated and those

      with good potential for continued use will be reassigned to community

      service or for Toyota’s own internal fleet use (where they will

      displace internal combustion vehicles).

 

FACT: Returned vehicles determined not to be serviceable or which cannot be

      supported at reasonable cost (typically the first vehicles produced

      under the MOU), are removed from service through a carefully

      controlled process to assure they will present no future physical or

      environmental risk.

 

FACT: The goal is to keep as many vehicles as possible in service in

      California and retain the air quality benefits of the vehicles.



Begin forwarded message:


From: Toyota Kundesenter, Norge

Date: July 13, 2005 14:04:46 GMT+02:00

To: Håvard Ellefsen

Subject: Kontaktskjema Prius - Toyota RAV4 EV

Reply-To: kundesenter@toyota.no


                Hei!

                Viser til din henvendelse vedrørende Toyota RAV4  EV.  Denne modellen

finnes ikke for salg i Europa, kun noen testbiler ble benyttet på den

engelske øya Jersey.  Noen stater i USA har hatt modellen, men kun i

begrenset antall og tilbudet har vært mer som en test for Toyota. RAV4 EV

er ikke lenger i produksjon fra fabrikken, det var slutt i 2003, (ref. til

følgende nettside fra Toyota i USA;

http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/vehicles/ravev/rav4ev_0_home/index.html).

Som det fremgår av informasjonen vil vedlikeholdet på en eldre RAV4 EV bli

så dyrt at det f.eks. ikke lønner seg å skifte de spesielle batteriene, det

vil bli dyrere enn bilens verdi. Toyota satser heller på biler med

hybrid-drift og det er dette vi vil se i flere og flere modeller nå

fremover.


                Med vennlig hilsen

TOYOTA NORGE AS

Kundesenteret

                ( personnavn fjernet av EVguide )

 




 

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