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Yes, it's more accurate to say that braking is a blend of regenerative and friction braking, with regen braking preferred where possible. Friction...
I'll repeat my comment from Autoblog Green: The stock market price means absolutely nothing to the company in the short-to-medium term. They...
London's Congestion Charge zone is an area about 8km by 5km covering Nottingh Hill, Kensington, Chelsea, Hyde Park, Marylebone, Soho, Westminster,...
The shifter mechanism is based on Hall-effect transducers. These are chips that change the voltage of their output based on how close a magnet is...
The EU fuel economy test cycle is weaker than the US EPA cycle and tends to produce larger numbers. The current Prius gets 72.4mpg (Imperial) and...
It seems counter-intuitive I know, but you want to get maximum use of the engine at efficient outputs. All the energy in the battery has...
I think you've got a mix of information there. The 7mph limit of regeneration is applicable to the second-generation, 2004-2009, onwards. You have...
It's getting close to launch day for the Auris Hybrid (this Thursday, 1 July 2010) so I've been looking at the UK government website for fuel...
The peak engine efficiency is 220 grams of fuel in, per kilowatt-hour of energy out, using whatever brand of fuel that Toyota used to make that...
Not true. Anyone can buy it if they're prepared to pay $8,000. Also, anyone in the Associated Locksmiths of America's National Automotive Service...
That's down to the lack of regulation - indeed the refusal to regulate - the financial services industry. Commodity over-the-counter prices are...
Patents are public because they're supposed to form a repository of knowledge for engineers to work from - known solutions to problems. You don't...
I've used Art's website to understand the Prius repeatedly, I think they know what they're doing. Their website was instrumental in my buying...
Not true. The HV battery is electrically disconnected all the time except in READY. The difference between ACC and IG-ON is in how many devices...
It does indeed say 'Inspect Engine/Inverter coolant' at 15,000 miles/18 months, on page 39 of the downloadable PDF Warranty & Maintenance Guide....
Could be that the Certification ECU has stopped talking to the Body ECU. The system diagram suggests that on a car with Smart Key, the...
Not automatic. The 6-speed manual 320d gets 60.1mpg combined and the 6-speed auto gets 53.3mpg, a drop of 11.4%, on the EU standard test. (Part of...
About all I would expect it to do is reduce the octane rating of the fuel a bit. That would probably speed up ignition a little but lead to...
That's such a weird number that I have to assume it's a translation of a different unit. Perhaps it's transmitted as a byte (0-255) where each...
California Highway Patrol incorporates the California State Police. The merger happened in 1995 and the new organization took the CHP name. (CHiPs...
