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Toyota sold in Japan and elsewhere starting in 2001 a hybrid minivan called the Estima or Previa that had an optional 1.5 kw inverter so the...
Nice article. It would be nice if we could operate an inverter off the HVB. That is more complicated and would require something other than an off...
Read all the manuals several times. Read this: Toyota Prius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and this: Hybrid Synergy Drive - Wikipedia, the...
In some states ( Fl ), you can only buy extended warranty's at the dealer.
Two guys in a plastic 12 ' kayak paddled up to the local boat ramp as we were watching this evening. They drove a Prius up to the ramp, shoved the...
Automotive diesels have very little efficiency advantages over Atkinson cycle engines per pound of fuel. They have many more problems with...
There should be nothing aluminum to wear in the transmission/MGs.
The best driving hybrid is the FFH. It's not a hatchback and it gets 10 mpg less than a Prius. It's got a lot of gadgets.
I used Costco for a FFH during C for C. It was done by phone and e-mail starting at the Costco web site for $1300 off MSRP. The dealer faxed the...
Why is it out of warranty?
If you have at least a 13 mile use 5 days a week. The Prius PHEV will save you a maximum of $ 150 a year with electricity at $ 0.12 / kwh and gas...
Electricity for plug-ins at $0.12 /kwh yields a cost of about $ 0.03 / mile for a 250 w-hr./mile car like a Prius, $ 0.05 / mile at $ 0.20/kwh....
Upon further research, Mazda is coming out with a 2.0 liter DGI ( direct gas injection ) Mazda 6 that operates as an Atkinson sometimes and not...
Probably not much. The Atkinson cycle churns up the mixture pretty thoroughly and the engine is already operating close to it's ideal...
The Atkinson cycle is about the most efficient gas engine with present materials. There will be little BSFC ( brake specific fuel consumption )...
