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Toyota taxi jumps curb

Source: Taxi jumps curb at Boston airport, injuring 10 cabbies - ABC News

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I'm shocked that a Toyota jumps a curb and we're not inundated with more "run away acceleration" articles. Oh, it isn't a Prius ...

Bob Wilson

bwilson4web Jul 3, 2017 Read More Replies: 1

CA HOV Update (re: PHEV/Prime Demand)

Re: PHEV demand
I see that California has a new bill proposing to extend HOV stickers to 2025 (from 2019).
I *assume* that bill will probably pass and will assure decent Prime sales in the future. One aspect to look for is the older PiP treatment, but I assume it is questionable...not sure

"AB 544 | Author: Bloom ... zero-emission vehicles, or transitional zero-emission vehicles to use HOV lanes for four years after vehicle identifiers are issued".

wjtracy Jul 2, 2017 Read More Replies: 7

Motor count article

Source: Why two-motor hybrid systems are better than those with just one

Six years ago, we wrote that a number of single-motor hybrid systems were about to enter the market.

They represented a new approach to a technology pioneered in 1997, when the first-generation Toyota Prius was launched in Japan.

Through 2010, all the full-hybrid vehicles introduced by Ford and General Motors used systems designed around a pair of motor-generators
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So this was my comment:

In 2005, there was a single motor, Honda IMA, and the two motor, Prius. I chose the system with the higher ratio of electric-to-engine power and never looked back. But technology moved on.

The Prius Prime has two electric motors that with the one-way clutch can work as a single motor. There are no 'shift points' so the transmission remains mechanically simple...

bwilson4web Jun 30, 2017 Read More Replies: 11