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Not just WOT. The override will kick in anytime MG1 reaches the 10,000-RPM safety limit. If MG1 is spinning at 10,000 RPM, two things can be...
No. The transaxle won't be destroyed when you are going 100mph, because the gasoline engine is directing its torque towards MG2, which is the...
If the HSD computer malfunctions and allows the gasoline engine to rev up to maximum RPMs and continue to run even as you stomp on the brakes to...
The Harrison and San Diego cases are very different. The Harrison case had a crash and airbag deployment, which means there is EDR data, which...
"Coasting" as we Prius drivers know it would be as you say-- Setting the gas pedal to where there is no energy flowing anywhere when you are...
Check out page 10: http://john1701a.com/prius/documents/Prius_Power-Split-Device_details.pdf The Prius PSD CAN coast without frying any inverter...
It's official-- NY Prius crash due to driver error The Harrison Police Department released its official report today, and the case is officially...
Dude, you are in New Orleans. Nothing ever freezes down there. I am FAR north of you in New York. Never had my parking brake frozen. The...
Actually, friction braking can still occur under those conditions. Once the HV Battery is at full capacity from the regen braking, the HSD...
Clarification in this article: Harrison police captain assails feds for releasing Prius crash data | LoHud.com | The Journal News Chief...
On your Issue #1: There is some slack in the parking pawl. When the ICE kicks in, there is going to be some torque going through the Power Split...
Any word if there was airbag deployment? If this one had airbag deployment like the NY crash, then there would be EDR data. If that's the...
Exactamundo. It wasn't even her car (it belonged to her employer), so if she was unfamiliar with the Prius it is entirely possible she stomped on...
The department already has a Ford Explorer the chief can use anytime he wants. He doesn't need no steenkin' Tundra. :p ("badges? We don't...
Re: Prius Police Car! The NYPD has Priuses in its fleet: [IMG] And Nissan Altima Hybrids too: [IMG] And Ford Escape Hybrids as well: [IMG]
I'm sure more detailed articles from other less crappy sources will be popping up during the rest of the day. Chief Marrasccini did state in...
It would be a simple matter for the demo drivers to do just that to see if the brake pad wear can be replicated, which was what Bob Wilson was...
The police chief for Harrison, NY, Anthony Marraccini, after reviewing the EDR data retrieved from the crashed Prius in Westchester, was quoted by...
Just an addendum on Jimbopalmer's item #4... The researcher who induced UA by causing two short circuits in the wiring did it on a normal...
Reading the news articles from the past two days about the Toyota press conference on the preliminary findings (which included demos with a Prius...
