Electric Yaris is here!

[cali yaris]

think of the savings and reduced toxicity of not producing and recycling or disposal of catalytic converters alone.

[freeridelectric]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

think of the savings and reduced toxicity of not producing and recycling or disposal of catalytic converters alone.

I hope they recycle cats but

Think about how complex a transmission and gas engine is. All those moving parts. Think electric car. Few moving parts even the transmission on my car has one speed and is a third size of a regular Yaris trans.

I still think car companies will always continue to market the ICE for service and repair revenue streams for as long as people can be duped into buying them. The only thing making the electric car cost prohibitive is the batteries. They love marketing Hybrids as they are even more complicated than just a regular ICE. Hybrids are at least a proving ground for better, lighter, more efficient batteries.

Having said the above I do admire the Yaris with it's little dependable, gas sipping ICE. I think it is amazing how car manufacturers make all these systems run together in unity and yet relatively dependable.

[freeridelectric]

Hey Astroman thanks for the heads up on your swaray at the Luck Lab. Sorry I missed it I was out of town and found out about it to late.

Well the E Yaris has a gear box leak. Trans fluid is bleeding out of it at a fairly good clip. Not very environmentally sound. The gear box never shift it is one speed.

ET phone home... EV go home... It is being shipped back to NC. From Oregon that is a long way. It is warranty work so I don't have to pay for it.
It will go a 100 miles at 55 and then needs charging. Since it is going back to where it was built I am inquiring about more batteries that would give it closer to a 200 mile range. 100 mile range is pretty good until I want to go dirt bike riding or snow skiing. Really a 100 mile range will cover about 90% of my driving if planned right. There aren't many places to plug in unless you know some one when you arrive like say at the coast.

This is what happens when your on the bleeding edge of technology. It has had other issues. The techs have flown out from North Carolina three times but this repair is to big for them to under take in my garage. They must remove the gear box and motor and put some gaskets in the gear box. The little EYaris has 6,700 miles on it since I brought it back from NC in mid January.

They wanted to know where the trans fluid was coming from so I put it up on jack stands and made a video using my motorcycle helmet cam. The leak is coming out a hole where the motor mounts up to the gear box. The motor is to the left of where it is leaking. Thread below.

[1NZYaris1]

Ouch ,it bleeds as well as sounding rather noisy too .