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Last summer it got a lot warmer, and the highest EV range was 61 kms. It's only early May, and it hasn't even hit 20C yet. This morning it was 63 kms.
A battery maintainer is a better investment. I tried a trickle charger and destroyed my battery. Topping it up is fine if you remember to do it...
When I bought my Gen 3, the dealer said it had run-flats, but it didn't. Probably stolen by someone who worked there I assume. Anyhow, I was...
A conventional isolator is just a bank of diodes, which lets power into the battery when it's charging, but stops it from draining. but the "smart...
Got in the car this morning; it got a full EV charge yesterday, and the EV range indicated was 63 kms. Previous record last year was 61 kms. I...
I understand that you are defending your original point, that a lithium battery in parallel with the OEM lead-acid battery is risky in some way....
I've been carrying a glass breaker in my pocket for years. Not that I'd be able to crawl out the window in an accident.
Your phone has a lithium battery. While it's charging, it's in parallel with your car battery.
They don't work in parallel. The lithium battery is protected by a maintainer, called a "smart isolator." It allows the battery to charge, and...
When I was having constant problems with my existing 12V battery, I acquired a 100Ah lithium replacement, which was easily 3 times more capacity...
I've always found that gasoline engines run richer at higher altitudes. Carburetors used to have special jets for specific altitudes, and...
I seem to get slightly better mileage when I travel to British Columbia, which has more places with lower elevations. The lower mainland...
I've tested a few of these, but they always seem to perform within the margin of error. Of course, you can fool yourself that they work, and...
I still think the main reason that Toyota designed it that way is to drive their customers to the dealers.
I wonder how many Prius owners would have been saved a boost or a tow if they had such a feature?
Don't bother to look yourself, just ask others to do it.
I'm not seeing the degradation of range I expected after 18 months. My Gen 3 plug in had 23 kms of EV range originally, which decreased a few kms...
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One can only hope that the feedback and ideas in this forum will somehow make it back to Toyota.
Of course the risk in that might be a continual drain off the hybrid battery with a constant parasitic drain over time, which is probably why it...
