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MetroMPG · 01-03-2009, 10:01 PM

My understanding is that Toyota intended to reposess (and destroy?) all the Rav4 EV's until EV proponents put public pressure on the company. Only after that did they relent and permit lease customers to buy them.

See Plug In America - DontCrush.com Campaign to Save RAV4 EVs

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