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Tideland Prius Oct 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 137 Likes: 3 Replies: 7
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P2616 code
Hello all
My wife’s 2013 Prius just developed a p2616 code which is cam sensor. I replaced the cam sensor, reset the code. She drove it for a bit and it reappeared.
Wiring looks good
what next?
thank youJoe Mascitti Sep 27, 2025 Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting Read More Views: 205 Likes: 0 Replies: 3 -
Truck sales: bad news
Source: https://www.ttnews.com/articles/m
U.S. medium-duty truck sales continued to trend below the prior year by dropping nearly 30% in August, according to data from Wards Intelligence.
Classes 4-7 retail truck sales for the month decreased 28.2% to 16,359 units from 22,797 a year earlier. Monthly sales figures have been mostly down year over year since May 2024. The latest sales figures also showed a sequential 4.9% decrease from the 17,204 units reported in July.
Source_2: Daily Automotive News
...bwilson4web Sep 22, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,280 Likes: 0 Replies: 66 -
The 'pious' pioneer: how the Toyota Prius changed motoring
The Toyota Prius braved the storm of early derision to become the petrol-electric engineering benchmark.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/pious-pioneer-how-toyota-prius-changed-motoringTideland Prius Sep 21, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 435 Likes: 2 Replies: 7 -
Made-in-USA Hyundai ICED
Source: South Korean workers detained in US raid arrive home - BBC News
More than 300 South Koreans who were detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia have arrived back home.
Their return comes as the country's president and Hyundai's chief executive have warned about the impact of the raid.
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If I was shopping for an EV, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 would be a contender. Now, no loner an option.
A successful ‘two-fer-one’:
- Chase off skilled, imported workers.
- B*tch slapped EV batteries.
Reflection, the first sustained nuclear chain reaction by an imported Italian. The first hydrogen bomb by another imported scientist. The Manhattan project funded by a letter from a Swiss-German imported physicist.
For generations, we imported bright people and cheap labor. Now we get try the...bwilson4web Sep 15, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,154 Likes: 4 Replies: 49 -
Made-in-USA RAV4 and Land Cruiser BEVs coming soon
Toyota has decided to scrap Lexus ES manufacturing in Kentucky and make RAV4 and Land Cruiser BEVs there to avoid Trump tariffs.
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Turn off braking assist
2025 Prius plug in hybrid- can’t figure how to turn off or reduce assist parking. Duh. I turned it on but now I don’t want it on with the maximum's distance setting. -
New Toyota Aqua HEV debuts in Japan, starts at $16,900
Previously sold as Prius c in the US, Aqua HEV will not be available in the US. It looks similar to Gen 5 Prius HEV/PHEV.
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No boat for you
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Large lithium batteries should never be shipped as tightly as ICE vehicles. But it draws attention to a latent design defect of EV traction batteries ... the absence of a battery "flood" port.
One of the better EV fire tools is a very high pressure, water wand. Effectively a "water jet" cutting tool on a wand, it can cut into the battery case and then flood the cells. Once water cooled, the EV fire effectively goes away.
Speculation, two "water jet" ports on either side of an EV would likely solve the problem. This would let fire fighting crews quickly flood the pack with enough water to stop thermal runaway. It still requires prompt removal to a disassembly yard equipped to handle a battery run-away. Not trivial but necessary for public safety.
So I have two EVs and a solar roof, buffer battery. The two cars are parked several feet away from the house. But the battery is mounted on the exterior, shady side of kitchen wall. Fire risk,...bwilson4web Aug 30, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,711 Likes: 2 Replies: 59 -
Nice car: Lucid
Please don't let his enthusiasm do more than enhance your skepticism. Along with Sandy Munro, I have a lot of respect for this presenter. Every point he makes matched my understanding of Engineering. There are some minor technical details we would disagree with such as automated driving. Regardless, he is showing a well designed car. A surprise to me, leasing being cheaper but this may be a transient event.
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I am not shopping for my next EV. If when I am, I can get an acceptable quality, automated driving package, even 3d party, I would consider a Licid in the future. In March 2019, Lucid was not an option so I bought a Tesla Model 3 and paid extra for AutoPilot.
Bob Wilsonbwilson4web Aug 29, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 870 Likes: 2 Replies: 16 -
Tideland Prius Aug 19, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,793 Likes: 1 Replies: 45
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Autopilot lawsuit
Source: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/tesla-ordered-by-florida-jury-pay-243-million-fatal-autopilot-crash-2025-08-01/
Aug 1 (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Friday found Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab liable to pay $243 million to victims of a 2019 fatal crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S, a verdict that could encourage more legal action against Elon Musk's electric vehicle company.
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In April 2019, AutoPilot saved me, my wife, and our dog from a crash when I had a medical emergency. Traveling to Decatur, I had five, "micro-sleep" events and the car stayed in the lane instead of going off the road, down a ditch, and hitting a power or fence post. Yes, AutoPilot had bugs which I was mapping at the time that were eventually resolved but it was...bwilson4web Aug 15, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,138 Likes: 0 Replies: 18 -
mikefocke Aug 14, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 5,625 Likes: 1 Replies: 104
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My future EV pickup
It will be 3-5 years, but this is what I would enjoy:
- carries a 4x8 ft sheet of plywood
- 2-5 seats
- ~250-325 mi range
- Mini Cooper wheel base
- NACS charging port
- Built-in 2" receiver
The only problem, the front tires will throw up a lot of road dirt in the rain. I suspect the production ones will have a proper cover for the front wheels. Now if they could just put a proper MicroBus body on it.
Bob Wilsonbwilson4web Aug 13, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 827 Likes: 1 Replies: 13 -
Trump is going to provide $5 billion for EV charging stations.
Really. I'm not kidding. Trump will provide the $5 billion allotted to NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) for building new public EV charging stations.
I'm not sure if this is some sort of goodwill, or just being forced to do something congress had previously approved of. Let's hope it's the former, not the latter.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-trump-administration-will-in-fact-provide-that-5-billion-in-funds-to-build-ev-chargers/ar-AA1KowdNIsaac Zachary Aug 12, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 927 Likes: 0 Replies: 12 -
Ford announces more EV plans
Ford is calling it another Model T moment, anoucing their new EV platform.
New ways (for Ford) to manufacture, like unicastings, and materials like LFP batteries.Isaac Zachary Aug 11, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,573 Likes: 0 Replies: 21 -
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We own a 2007 Prius Gen 2. UK. 267k on the clock..Toyota cannot help.Can you?
Recently we treated the Prius to a brand new 12v battery...We paid £200 for a Toyota 12v battery fitted by Toyota. I have taken the car to Toyota only 3 timed since 2008 as they are expensive and push the work...After a couple of days for the first time ever the Prius was not at all well. This was 6 weeks ago...Since then she has gone to Toyota twice...once to check the installation of the new 12v battery and the second time last Monday for a diagnostic inspection to trace the cause....they failed! However, they did give me a costed quote for the repairs on non-related work. The repair costs were well above other garages! I spoke to Toyota UK who said they would investigate but nothing from them to date.
Her problems....
The Prius is a 2007, Gen 2. No custom jobs on her. She has done over 267k British miles..no major repairs. Never let us down. Her name is Poppy. Using the fob primary alarm goes off..
Sometimes we press the fob again and the alarm goes off....other times it goes...Alun Gerrard Aug 10, 2025 Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting Read More Views: 597 Likes: 0 Replies: 12 -
Rethinking long distance driving
A recent 2,245 mile trip inspired benchmarking and generating this graph:
- Drive segments lines at 40, 60, and 80 mph intersect at zero with the charge curve.
- Limited to 3 hours (180 minutes) of driving
- Maximum 30 minutes of charging in 10, 20, and 30 minutes
- -60 minutes to drive 80 mph
- +8 minutes to charge for that distance at that speed
- 60 + 8 = 68 minutes for that segment
- 80 mi * (60 / 68) = 70.6 mph equivalent speed combined driving and charging
Here is a chart of block-to-block, speed...bwilson4web Aug 4, 2025 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 894 Likes: 1 Replies: 6 - Drive segments lines at 40, 60, and 80 mph intersect at zero with the charge curve.
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Toyota Woven City adds more inventor companies
Toyota Wowen City is Toyota’s software- and AI-driven products development and testing company. It is still in infant stages, but it is expanding. Its products will include TSS, Arene, and beyond.
12 new companies join Toyota Woven City as inventors | Corporate | Global newsroom | Toyota Motor Corporation official global website
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