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Fuel cells may be more viable in 20 years, and Daimler is getting cash from volvo to share a much lower R&D budget. Definitely busses and trucks...
It makes a lot of sense. I don't think ford can afford to be a partner anymore. Lets face it outside japan and south korea there is no market...
By the time people are buying vehicles again the escape phev will be out, and the Rav4 prime will be out I hope within the next year. Specs Check:...
They can build ahead and keep people working in Nevada. Maybe go down to 1 shift and keep doing that until they restart. Tesla is an agile...
I'm absolutely sure lithium now is less expensive for toyota today too. They need to make an investment though to transition and decide on the...
The tech is less expensive. They won't retrofit, but if they get production up, they will simply switch batteries (new one is smaller and...
I don't think it will take that long, but lithium chemistries have big advantages in terms of cost, size, and usable energy compared to toyota's...
you are in north carolina right? That is not a dirty state but california is lower in ghg and pays over $0.18/kwh. I'm sure you don't want to...
It probably is using the epa's leakage rate of 1.4% although others consider it higher, lots of places it is much lower. THe solution is not to...
Well sure but the numbers are telling about trends. Looks like hybrids are now 4.5% of euro 27 (hadn't seen that grouping before) and plug-ins...
About 95% wtih 80% of vehicle material recycled. Automobile Recycling Stats: What Percentage of Old Cars are Recycled? The gasoline is not...
I don't understand that statement at all. The ccs coal plants in Texas and Canada are proofs of concepts. Thermo dyanmic sense? Of course they...
yes yes that is true. Power = pi/30*(MG2rpm*MG2torque + MG1rpm*MG1torque+ ICErpm*ICEtorque) if power is in watts and torque in Nm. Instead of...
Toyota! Again toyota max power is 90 kw, engine power is 71 kw, which means at max power electronics only add 19 kw. Well you have to take into...
I don't think we are in disagreement here on the technical factors just on the engineering trade offs. On a phev generator set, the trade offs...
Well it actually does, if you follow my math ;-) Just take the total power subtract engine power and you get the additional power the electrified...
I don't think public charging is tyranny, but the key advantage of phev over bev Can fill in all the gas stations so easy to take road trip....
The more complicated design of the motor includes 2 crankshafts and 2 generators to reduce vibrations (I'm sure the generators act like...
The problem is more that it is an undersized 25 kw generator derived from a 2 cylinder motor cycle engine. Cooled egr is not needed as it has a...
