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which is evidence in favour of the plenum design being ineffective as executed
This isn't a Prius thing, this is a modern car thing. On one of my vehicles someone cut too sharply parking and made a nice dent in the front...
Scratches that are very subtle are often caused by carwashes and you don't really notice them if you're not looking for them like I do... If the...
Yep. Same thing when the big companies stopped taking the big CRT style TVs. Lots in the dump. The price between raw lithium and battery...
For #3, Tesla is paving the way with video based black boxes. The future is now!
Got just under 2 tons of batteries There will always be the few wanting to keep the "classics" (at that point) on the road. :) Unless there is...
Thanks to some cross-border rabble-rosuing shipments between the US and China are being a little slower than usual. Just arrived today. Test over...
These cells can take anything the car or the chargers/dischargers can throw at them. They are designed to be equivalent. The only difference is...
Really a month at 80% or 40% isn't going to make a huge difference, and that's the "full range" that you the consumer can see. Toyota designed it...
Also many public libraries across the world have subscriptions to lots of these academic paywall type services. So as a free member you get the...
I have a theory on this... The design of the battery modules themselves is actually really cool. (Pun intended :p) With the metal surface, the...
Ok then it was probably the fuel evaporation leakage check. Like I said, a Prius is never OFF and makes a lot of strange noises all the time, even...
Yep people don't get it. People also don't understand energy consumption in general. If you are coming from an ICE to a HEV, PHEV, or BEV the...
A Prius makes lots of sounds while "OFF" because it really isn't ever OFF unless you disconnect the battery. Various pumps check and prime the...
Permanent.
If you're planning on keeping the car forever, then a new battery is a good way to go. As to racking up repairs, you have fairly low miles for the...
Kind of left field, but it could be your door switch. For example if you put the car in D or B and open your door you should get the triangle and...
Yes but there are two things that usually overlap. Requirement of reporting versus not reporting and ability to report or not report. In most...
Lots of states have similar things, just worded differently. For example in CO they have what's called "Accident Alert". Basically any time they...
I looked into it a while back. I came to the conclusion that using the motorized struts from a Lexus RX liftgate would be the easiest (at the...