Hi David, Charles Whalen here from the Florida Electric Auto Association (www.floridaeaa.org). Just to let you know, there are a number of Toyota RAV4-EVs in South Florida and a lot of interest from folks in Florida in buying and bringing more of them down here.
Since local Toyota dealers are not equipped to support the RAV4-EV, the Florida EAA does so, and is fully prepared and equipped to do so. We provide full service and repair support for both the Toyota RAV4-EV and the offboard inductive chargers. We have the Toyota dealers' handheld scantool with the RAV4-EV datacard (something that no Toyota dealer in Florida has), which can read all the RAV4-EV-specific error codes as well as all the voltages and impedance values of the 24 battery modules. We also maintain a good-sized inventory of the few failure-prone parts on the car, such as the charge port cooling fan and the rectifier assembly, as well as a smaller inventory of all of the power control electronics and components on the car. We also maintain a large inventory of offboard inductive chargers, which we use to support the South Florida fleet of RAV4-EVs. Furthermore, we also have the Toyota dealers' battery pack lift and support cradle for the RAV4-EV battery compartment (something, which here again, no Toyota dealer in Florida has). In addition to that, we are closely tied in with the network of RAV4-EV owners worldwide and are the first to know of any for sale. So if you have any customers who are interested in purchasing a RAV4-EV, please feel free to refer them to us in the Florida Electric Auto Association, as we can facilitate their purchase and transport to South Florida of a RAV4-EV and can provide them with a complete support network locally here in South Florida for all of their servicing needs. In addition to that, we in the Florida EAA also facilitate the conversion of Priuses to plug-in hybrids, using the only DOT-certified, EPA-certified, and fully NHTSA-certified and crash-tested conversion kit, that from A123/Hymotion with their 2nd generation BREM kit. The Florida EAA is very active and involved with city, local, and state fleet operators, managers, and policy makers, government officials, and politicians throughout the state of Florida, as well as commercial fleet operators. We have facilitated the conversion of a number of Priuses to plug-in hybrids using the DOT/EPA/NHTSA-certified A123/Hymotion PHEV kit both by individuals, including some of our Florida EAA members, and commercial and government fleet operators in Florida, and are continuing to do so. If you have any individual retail customers and/or any commercial or governmental fleet operator customers who are looking to convert their 2004 to 2008 Model Year Priuses to plug-in hybrid, with a 30-mile initial daily electric-equivalent range, which gets 120 miles per gallon for the first 60 miles per day, I would encourage you to have them contact us here at the Florida Electric Auto Association, either to me personally at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or through our website and its contact forms at www.floridaeaa.org, and we would be happy to facilitate the conversion of their Priuses to plug-in hybrid. We in the Florida EAA and our sister organization, Plug In America (www.pluginamerica.org), have excellent working relationships with both Toyota USA Corporate headquarters in Torrance, California and top executives there, as well as with local Toyota dealers here in South and Central Florida. We now have some local South and Central Florida Toyota dealers who have either joined the Florida EAA as corporate members or signed on as corporate sponsors. We also have other automobile dealers in South Florida who are corporate members/sponsors. We would love to work with you and welcome you to the Florida Electric Auto Association as a corporate member or sponsor. We have Toyota dealers in South and Central Florida who sponsor some of our biggest annual events as corporate sponsors and bring out a number of their excellent hybrid cars to showcase at our events. As you probably know, Toyota used in the Prius a lot of the technology originally developed for the RAV4-EV, which is also why the Prius makes such a great conversion candidate to plug-in hybrid. I assume that you are also aware that Toyota has announced that it's next major upgrade to the Prius will be a plug-in hybrid, and in fact Toyota already has a number of their early prototype next-generation Prius plug-in hybrids on the road in both Japan and California. There are at least 4 of them in California that I am aware of, which are being road tested and evaluated by UC Irvine and UC Berkeley, with more on the way. Mild hybrids like the current Prius, plug-in hybrids like the current early prototype next-gen plug-in Prius from Toyota, as well as the commercially-available DOT/EPA/NTSA-certified A123/Hymotion PHEV aftermarket conversion kits, and fully electric RAV4-EVs are all closely related electric vehicles which all share the same technology and are all part of our family here at the Florida Electric Auto Association, so we promote them all and would love to welcome you and work with you as one of our corporate members/sponsors. For more information, you can contact our Florida EAA President, Shawn Waggoner, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or on his cell phone at 561-543-9223, or you can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 561-638-6881. Please feel free to forward this email onward as you like, especially to any other Toyota dealers in South and Central Florida. Thanks and best regards, Charles Whalen Director of Public Charging Infrastructure Florida Electric Auto Association (www.floridaeaa.org) Delray Beach, FL tel: 561-638-6881 cell: 561-251-2387 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: BROWARD COUNTY NEW CHAMBER MEMBER DISCOUNT LIPTON TOYOTA From: "david starky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, April 21, 2008 12:26 pm To: "Paul Renneisen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul , Thank you for your mail, Toyota no longer produces Rav4 Ev I would be pleased to offer you a test drive on a New or Preowned Prius, or camry hybrid or a conventional Rav4 Please advise when you wish to visit the dealership , our $1 Dollar program will offer you significant savings Respectfully Submitted David Starky LIPTON TOYOTA 347 512 7004 -----Original message----- From: "Paul Renneisen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:22:01 -0500 To: "david starky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BROWARD COUNTY NEW CHAMBER MEMBER DISCOUNT LIPTON TOYOTA > David, > > Paul Renneisen > > I am driving a Toyota RAV4-EV 2002. Will Toyota have any of these > available for sale? Or should I continue to buy used? > > I like the entire quiet of the all electric ride both in no motor noise > and no transmission "bump". > > So when you know about the all electric, with optional range extender > generator, give me a call. > > Paul Renneisen > www.Renneisen2008.com > > (See the electric RAV on website above) > > > > > > American Legion > > > > > > Gentlemen, > > > > > > DISCOUNT on TOYOTA at $ 1 DOLLAR over Invoice is available to all > > members of the American Legion > > > > here in BROWARD COUNTY > > > > > > I am pleased to make this offer to you,, > > > > > > Please open the file attachement and call me for a quote, or an > > appointment and trade in values > > > > > > Respectfully submitted > > > > David Starky > > LIPTON TOYOTA > > 347 512 7004 _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
