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The amount of power contained within a vehicle sized battery pack has to be treated with a lot a respect. Lots of very bad things can happen if...
There is also a version without the balancers for $124. I wonder how much they would really matter in this application. Elite Power Solutions Rob
Interesting thought. 40Ah seems like overkill though. Here's a 20Ah for $160 that would be kind of interesting to try. Not specifically...
FWIW the Prius does have a creep built in, I seem to recall its been estimated at about 500W. If you let your foot off the brake on a flat it...
FWIW the iphone hotspot feature is free on most carriers these days. I followed the instructions in the second half of the blog post linked...
Here's the direct link to all the blog entries that talk more about the project. Wish there was more details, but so cool! Hybrid Technology: A...
Yup, traction battery is right up in the front. One of the goals they mentioned was to have all of the components of the system clearly visible /...
There have been a number of threads over the years about the idea of transplanting the Prius drive system into various other vehicles, but this...
If you have / can get a mini-VCI you can do some testing on the compressor while hooked up. The techstream software will let you read the rpms on...
Pretty much. Here's how I understand its operation in normal "D-mode." At speeds below 42mph (again speaking from a Gen 2 perspective, Gen 3 is...
The Prius also does not have natural engine braking, and so B-mode implements a change in valve timing (as a jake brake does) to create engine...
Good description of "B mode" on the Gen 2, believe its still pretty much the same. http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/b-mode.html
Forgive me, but what exactly is stupid about the salesman's comment? My understanding is B mode primarily changes the valve timing to create...
