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Not sure I buy that. To use your example, a 16mpg Tahoe has an EPA estimated annual fuel cost of $3291 per year. The Prius is $1143, so you...
From what I can tell, Hymotion basically uses the topology described here: Battery Pack Configurations - EAA-PHEV Here's a crack at a basic...
Greetings, and welcome to the list! In general the Prius' have proven very reliable, so I would say you can be pretty confident buying one used....
Its an interesting question. Smaller tires generally equate to faster acceleration but lower top speed. I believe its more or less equivalent to...
Routing the steering wheel controller into the drive by wire system would solve the "no telescoping steering wheel in the Prius" problem. Good...
Just want to make sure you know that is total BS. As shown below, US gasoline stocks have been fairly constant for the last 20 years within +/-...
You mean, someone else isn't going to pickup the tab for our road repairs while we're all on gas tax holiday? Rob
Toyota has had some incentives on the Camry Hybrid for the last few months, not sure if they started in March. If so that would have probably...
The 30-40 miles should be the straight EV mode range. At higher speeds the high mpg assist mode should last up to 2x this. I know it doesn't...
Some thoughts: - Prius is not exempt from air resistance simply because it has a decent Cd. If it were you would get almost the same mpgs at 75...
The Ewert brothers are working on/with the cal-cars open source project. They are in the middle of developing several new boards for the latest...
For all those fixated on the spare tire issue, I have a crazy idea. Put the spare tire in the trunk :rolleyes: This is a huge step forward in...
Very cool. Chris and Andrew have made a lot of great contributions to the most recent version of the Cal-cars open source PHEV conversion. Nice...
I too wish the Prius was not heading in this direction, but business wise I can see the sense of it. Even without any other models, the new Prius...
We were super broke the last few weeks, so when the last pip started flashing all I could do was put in $20. It bought me ~6.1 gallons at ~$3.28....
You may be right, and I think that is what companies like Tesla are banking on. For the big3 it will come down to a case of evolve or die. I...
Nice to see GM making some progress in the right direction. They are certainly pushing new boundaries in their creative use of numbers though....
Thats pretty impressive considering the Prius' towing capacity is 0 and payload capacity is only 863 lbs! :cool: Rob
I would seriously doubt it, based on how the Prius behaves. If the hybrid system was overheated there would have been all kinds of lights...
I believe Steve at Autobeyours Salvage and Rebuildable Prius cars is doing this, but only for '04+ as far as I know. Rob
