Electric Yaris is here!

[Thirty-Nine]

Wow--very interesting!

[freeridelectric]

Hi all.

Thanks for your interest. Sorry I was remiss in getting back to this board. I will get pictures soon. I replaced the battery in my camera yesterday. I have a helmet cam for my dirt bike I was using for video but have had problems uploading it. Thanks again. Ray.

Originally Posted by cali yaris

That seems pretty neat, and cool that you took a chance on new technology.

I wonder how they can get away with re-branding name brand cars. Do they have permission from Toyota etc.?

Thanks cali yaris. I believe the way they get around this is the vehical is purchased in my name. Once I own it I can tear it up and use it as a fish bowl if I want. Sorry I thought that was funny. I will tell you they took the Yaris embloms off.

Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

Do you have any close up pictures of the inners? Curious to see where and how they stashed everything

I will get some and take some asap. Thanks for your interest. For now here is a thread with some pics of my car and info on my car. http://www.evalbum.com/1892

Originally Posted by yaris-?

course if the goal is to save money a used Yaris is only a few grand ...

Yes. Yes it is. My Yaris was more expensive than I would like but it sure is fun. I am glad I have it.

Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

I forgot about that thread... congrats on getting it, post some pics of it completed!

I will take some as I just purchased a new lithium battery for my camera. The old one broke. Kind of Ironic.

Originally Posted by Treyz

I can only see this as a daily local driver.
Congrats on getting it.

A friend and I went to the beach, charged 6 hrs and returned. 160 miles round trip over the coastal range. The car sounds like a jet turbine when cruising at 55 mph.

Originally Posted by Thej3sta2

yeah i remember that thread. By the way do you have any under hood pics?

Gonna get them ASAP.

Originally Posted by CTScott

+1 on the pics - I'd really like to see some good shots of how they mounted things under the hood and mated the engine to the tranny, as welll as how and where they mounted the batteries.

http://www.evalbum.com/1892

Originally Posted by otterhere

As Bill the Cat used to say in the funny papers, "ack ack ack"...

You can buy a HOUSE for $42k in this economy!!! No way would I pay for that a car, "green" or not... Of course, if gas goes up to $30/gallon, then it would make fiscal sense, but unless and until that happens, no thank you.

I think in this economy $30/gal for regular is a ways away yet.

Originally Posted by marcus

42 G's for get it i can get 2 to 3 yaris with that..

Hey Marcus I remember you from the first thread. Where is Bailout and Chinocharly? Well somthing like Chinocharley anyway? That Bailout guy was the real deal when it came to explaining reasons for obtaining an electric Yaris.

Originally Posted by cali yaris

I don't think his goal was to save money. I think the OP has an interest in the technology and the money to spend to support it. I commend him 100%.

I am like everyone else and wish I had more money. I just had to have this car. I am a car freak. I like it. I like being diffrent. When and if batteries become cheap everyone will own one.

Originally Posted by eii

Yeah thats exactly how i felt. if only we had someone like him for the PE supercharger
Cant wait for pix of this yaris!

I own an 01 Corvette. No super charger but it goes pretty fast.

Originally Posted by cali yaris

post #2 - no answer yet. Anyone else have thoughts on how they can re-brand a name brand car?

Sorry I am kind of slow. Thanks for your interest.

Originally Posted by CTScott

I think it is kind of like the repli-cars, where parts of one vehicle are being purchased to make a different vehicle. In this case it's the opposite of the repli-cars, where the body is scrapped and the frame and drive train are used.

Toyota will let you do anything once you pay them the money. They won't warranty it if you mess it up to bad.

Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

I assume they have a deal with Toyota considering they buy them from Toyota directly. I remember reading about the deal they had with the original producer of their sports car model back when they debuted at Detroit a few years back.

Technically they are just selling you their used and "slightly modded" Yaris' so I don't think Toyota could say much either way.

Guess that works too.

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

Wow--very interesting!