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Vehicle life is usually less than a decade for traditional auto makers. Only Tesla has put longevity over profits so far. They release data for...
Probably similar failure rate to the NiMH in that time period. Lithium's memory effect doesn't help. All the other benefits of Lithium outweigh...
The instructions are for Gen-2 Prius. The overall instructions which are bolded in the email sent out to all customers is "like for like". That's...
Looks great! Fabulous job!
This is why you must sweep the false floor of your Prius hatchback to manage and maintain. Otherwise you get battery fires.
I have a heck of a time convincing people to actually torque the nuts properly. "It can't possibly be that important!". Yes. Yes it is.
The running it low advice in most cars is a hold over from the days where the fuel pump was cooled by the gasoline it swam in. When you let the...
More batteries out there to keep the Prius on the road, the better. We actually already have Lithium packs in testing for the newer generations...
There are companies that will sell you 28 "balanced" modules. But I have never seen a company match a random module. It is much easier to buy 28...
So as mentioned the internal resistance is much lower with lithium (as expected). However, one of the cases that makes these direct conversions...
Indeed. I have seen way too many hack jobs back there. Makes you wonder how it hasn't caught on fire sometimes.
There is call pairing and media pairing. In a Lexus it connects with both options so yes it does "smartly" use the phone audio when not paired and...
Yes, it can go below to the UV limit of just about 180VDC for the pack and on the upper end, the car sometimes gets to 270VDC or a bit higher....
They're being resold for $500k, but new Lexus still sells them for MSRP of between $300k and $400k. But they stopped production 8 years ago. 2...
The most interesting thing about that chart, is that there were 2 brand new LFA's sold in 2020. THAT is amaze-balls.
You can get used engines for almost nothing from your local junkyard because they rarely fail. A "JDM" engine does no good in a Prius if you're...
An old Prius sitting will die. This was true pre-pandemic and just as true now.
Pretty much any of the Craigslist installers can install a NPB battery kit if you're not comfortable doing it yourself. And $1600 is before you...
The Prius does coulomb count, but it also calibrates based on voltage during light/idle loads. So that part of it should work just fine.
Ironically today, a Lithium pack will be able to be much cheaper than a NiMH pack. If you can get the pack + electronics in for that price point,...
