Toyota is bringing a small, electric city car concept vehicle to the Detroit auto show, where it will appear alongside the redesigned Prius hybrid.
No one’s saying much about the car other than confirming it’s purely electric and smaller than a Prius. “It’s a concept we are bringing to the show basically to confirm our interest in electric vehicles,” spokeswoman Jana Hartline says.
The Japanese automaker, which expects to post its first operating loss in 70 years, could introduce EVs as early as 2010. At that time (now, get this:) it also wants to roll out the first plug-in Prius hybrids as part of its campaign to move beyond oil.
What we in the states would like is to see an electric version of the iQ city car coming to the United States. The iQ (pictured above, left) is a good candidate for electrification — small, light and cute as hell. There’s plenty of room under the hood for an electric motor, though the back seat would probably be tossed aside to make room for the battery.
That’s what BMW did with the Mini-E electric runabout. Lets just hope Toyota doesn’t follow BMW in charging $850 a month for its EV.
And a New York City man has designed a calendar that’s gonna drive Bubble Wrap fanatics popping-mad!
Stephen Turbek is selling a poster-size calendar covered with the plastic bubbles. Customers can pop a bubble each day to mark the passage of time (in other words, like you’d mark off a regular calendar).
He says he’s sold thousands of Bubble Calendars. You can find a handmade calendar with paper backing online for $30, and a plastic version costs $50.
Turbek says it makes a perfect gift for obsessive people (remember: his words, not mine!) as long as they don’t pop the whole year on the first day they get it.
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