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That depends on what you define as the problem and what you define as the solution. Some people are ok with destroying the planet and making a...
The best way to lower emissions is claim a parcel of land, put an earthen house on it, plant a garden big enough to supply enough food and...
Exactly! The way I figure it, the EV would need a 500 mile range to cover 100% of our driving needs. That's because there are highways we take...
I've been down that route when we had the Leaf. Twice I thought we could charge up near a mall so we could see some things only to find out both...
I've seen engines that have lasted well beyond 200,000 miles. The last ICE car I had before the Avalon (we had a Nissan Leaf for a year in...
If I ever go the LiFePO4 route, a battery warmer will be a must.
Another thing too is that I'm not driving as much as I used to. I have $100 per month budgeted for fuel and we don't even use all of that. Even if...
A $10,000, 5 year loan cost me over $180 per month. I'd imagine a $20,000 loan would be double that ($360), and a $30,000 loan triple ($540). Of...
Is that TCO or just "fuel." My total car budget is no more than 20% of my income but would prefer it to be 10%. I don't make a lot. Even with...
Acceleration = Force ÷ Mass. The more mass the car has the less it will accelerate with the same force (or power). Intake and exhaust charges. The...
I read somewhere that the Mazda RX-7 actually had great emissions for it's day in part to it's terrible emissions at the engine. They were...
Of course. Toyota could have made it have a wire going to between each and every cell. But NiMH isn't affected as much by going out-of-balance so...
From what I understand, a diesel is overall cooler than a gasoline engine in the combustion chamber. But the point at which the fuel sprays out...
And a single cell can be called a "battery" in English too, although in other languages they differentiate between cell and battery (like in...
Sounds good! The English language is already confusing, especially referring to modern cars. I still don't get why people call EV batteries...
Interesting. The term "blade" is a bit confusing. With the LiFePO4 batteries "blade" refers to individual cells. With the NiMH batteries it refers...
We are talking about a 2008 Prius that was converted from a NiMH battery to a lithium ferrous phosphate battery. Are we not? Is there a way in...
Yes! You have 14 modules of 5 pouch cells each (called "blades" for some reason), a total of 70 cells. Each cell is 3.3V average. 230.92V ÷ 70...
Ok. So we've decided to not get a van and to just sell the Prius and stick with the Avalon. It will continue to be a tight fit and it will limit...
The question then becomes, what to do with the Prius. It also needs work. Battery is bad, the engine burns oil and it needs a new catalytic...
