Folks, If you believe the RAV4-EV should be in current production, you may be interested in this. I endorse Doug Korthof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and his efforts.
This a very long note, and I apologize for that, but is as important as it is long. Cheers, Al Lococo www.evprogress.org Think Globally, Act Locally! Plug-in, we have the technology, the NiMH powered RAV4 EV is the proof. ----- Original Message ----- From: "doug korthof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "via list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:28 PM Subject: Taxpayers Against Big Oil: MON, AUG 25, 10 A.M. at Toyota Centre HQ > Hello, > > Thank you for becoming a paid-up member of Taxpayers Against Big Oil! > This is a consciously ironic name, recalling Big Oil's ultimatelyh > successful "Californians Against Hidden Taxation" phony group. > > If you can't show up tomorrow at Torrance, not to worry! Your membership > counts; and if you wish to do more, you can phone up Toyota at 10 AM at > the number below, and voice your interest in a plug-in car. Or send a > message to Toyota Customer Care, demanding resumption of production of the > plug-in RAV4-EV. > > A recent USC study shows that children suffer more permanent lung damage > the closer they live to a freeway. It's not the freeway, it's the > oil-fired cars and their toxic exhaust! NOx becomes nitric acid, which > eats holes in the lungs; SOx becomes sulfuric acid, also not good for kids > delicate lungs. > > This is not a small issue! What is it worth, what would you take, to let > someone pour acid fumes into our kids lungs?? NOTHING. You would not > sell out a kids lungs, not for any prices!! Yet that's exactly what BIG > OIL is doing, here, without most people paying attention. > > We need plug-in cars, and Toyota has 'em. Let's get production resumed, > and let Toyota know how serious this issue is, and how serious we are. > > WHAT: On-the-street auto show of the RAV4-EV > WHERE: 190th and Grammercy in Torrance > WHEN: Monday, Aug. 25, 10:00 A.M. > WHY: Show Toyota that you want a Toyota RAV4-EV plug-in car > WHO: Everyone who wants an EV > AGAIN: These will be recurring, if you miss this one, > send a letter or call, or come to the next! > > Friendly request to Toyota to resume production of the RAV4-EV and other > plug-in cars. > > Don't believe that the AUTO ALLIANCE needs years to research plug-in cars! > GM destroyed the EV1 so that there would be no evidence except memorials > and word of mouth, but Toyota WILLINGLY SOLD THE LAST 328 TOYOTA RAV4-EV > TO THE PUBLIC. So we have visible evidence, proof that plug-in cars work! > > That's why EV drivers love and honor Toyota, because Toyota sold the > oil-free cars that GM and Honda crushed. > > Real oil-free Toyota RAV4-EV cars are still on the road, and all they need > is new batteries every couple hundred thousand miles or so! > > Join http://www.TaxpayersAgainstBigOil.com and the > http://hybridcars.meetup.com/48/ Meetup group to petition Toyota for > resumption of production of the Toyota RAV4-EV. > > This will be a friendly meeting at a site not visible to the general > public; it's between Toyota buildings on a public street that is generally > not seen by passer-by. > > Plug-in cars: NOT ONE of the 12 million vehicles sold by the major auto > companies this year will be a plug-in car. All they make are promises, > not real cars! GM's Bob Lutz, supposedly the big EV advocate that Charlee > Rose practically drooled over, was personally involved in crushing the EV1 > cars, according to reports at the time! So he's just a liar. In reality, > GM has admitted to the NHTSB that it won't make more than token numbers of > plug-in cars, if any, through at least 2014. > > So you'll be waiting a long, looong time for what we already have!! > > We are not asking that everyone drive a plug-in car, just that they be > made available on the free market, without GM tricks and sabotage, for > purchase at a fair price. Big Auto owes the public no less, after > scamming us into SUV and failing to make small, excellent cars! > > If you can buy a plug-in car, the money you save by NOT buying gas more > than pays for your rooftop solar system. Once again, the fact that not > everyone wants to buy a solar sysem with their gas money, or doesn't have > a roof, should NOT stop SOME people from choosing to do so. > > Driving 1000 miles per month requires 50 gallons of gas at our fleet > average of 20 mpg; but only 250 kWh of electric, about one-fourth of what > a home uses for domestic electric. With gas above $3, you avoid spending > $150 per month if you can drive 1000 miles in an EV. The electric needed, > 250 kWh per month or 8 kWh per day, would take a solar system of 1.3 kW, > costing $13,000 (WITHOUT rebates and tax credits, which would lower the > cost more). If you financed $13,000 in a Home Equity Loan, you could > deduct the interest, and your payments would be less than $100/month. So > you'd save money, help solarize America, and own your own electric for the > money you FORMERLY spent on gas! > > And no rebates or incentives. The existing rebates and tax incentives > would make it even more appealing. > > The only loser would be Chevron, which would sell less oil to be burned > and clog up kids lungs. > > Chevron, deeply involved with the criminal regimes of Myanmar and Nigeria, > trades oil for blood, essentially, killing the lives and lifestyles of > foreigners living under brutal, repressive oil dictators dependent on > Chevron for the money they use to repress their own people. > > Respectfully ask Toyota to resume production of the plug-in Toyota > RAV4-EV. > > Signs, tables, petitions and solar cookies will be provided to Toyota > personnel and we will seek dialogue with them. > > This friendly encounter will be held every month, at first, and perhaps > expanded to high-traffic streets, to Toyota dealers, and to other car > companies. > > ------------DIRECTIONS-------------- > > The main intersection is 190th and Western. > > The gathering will be on Grammercy, which is a public street surrounded by > Toyota. > > Directions: From the 405 South, exit Western, turn RIGHT to Grammercy, > make a LEFT into Grammercy. > > From 405 North, exit Western, turn left (under the freeway), turn right on > 190th, LEFT into Grammercy. > > Making it to the intersection of 190th and Western, which is right next to > the 405, is just one block east of Grammercy. > > Look for the table, the Toyota RAV4-EV, and the signs. > > For more information, > > Doug Korthof > 562-430-2495 > 714-496-1567 (cell phone, if you get lost or need info) > > This is about the only way that we will gain the attention of Toyota, IMO. > Letters to Toyota honchos will be provided for those who want to help but > are too far from the area to attend. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE L.A. AREA OR CAN'T COME AT 10AM: > > CALL AT 10 AM! > > You should call > Mr. Jim Gatzke, 310-291-2694 or email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ask for resumption of production. > If the RAV4-EV is too expensive to build NOW, why did Toyota say it could > build it in 2002, when they cancelled it supposedly because of low demand? > Mr. Gatzke has so far skipped over this inconvenient fact. > > Jim Gatzke is currently in charge of "babysitting" the last RAV4-EV, and > keeping the drivers quiet even though Toyota can't supply the batteries to > keep them running (due, some Toyota insiders say, to the Chevron royalties > and settlement). > > Jim is the one who devised the "scrap yard" of BatteryMD to supply old > batteries and junk parts to those who need them, so if you don't like > BatteryMD's service, call Jim and say so. > > Other Toyota honchos: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > > Toyota RAV4-EV staff: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > > Toyota lesser lights, who may or may not have anything to do with RAV4-EV > or EVs in general: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no telepone yet) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PR flack > > Press: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Very important Toyota persons: > > Toyota Chairman Fujio Cho (no telepone yet) > Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe (no telepone yet) > Toyota Managing Director Hiroyuki Watanabe (no telepone yet) > > Customer Care: > > Toyota Motor N.A. 9 West 57th Street Suite 4900 NY 10019 > TELE: 212-223-0303 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. > 19001 South Western Ave. > Dept. WC11 Torrance, CA 90501 > TELE: 800-331-4331 > Fax: 310-468-7814 > > Thanks! > > > You are receiving this email as [EMAIL PROTECTED], 1 of 55 > > If you are not interested, or wish to be removed, please send > the following: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Or send any mail to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asking > to remove [EMAIL PROTECTED], number 1. > ------------------------ > Join TaxpayersAgainstBigOil > Send contact info plus to be a charter member > > TaxpayersAgainstBigOil, c/o Doug Korthof > 1020 Mar Vista, Seal Beach, CA 90740-5842 > > 562-430-2495 Eventually you will get a membership card and bumper sticker. > > Stop subsidies to Big Oil, reverse our suicidal addiction to foreign oil > dictators > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/electric_vehicles_for_sale/ > Each member is important, you will only be contacted about this crucial > issue. > > > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list listserv@floridaeaa.org http://www.floridaeaa.org
