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Actually being fuel injected gives the ECU the flexibility to turn-off fuel altogether if no power is needed from the engine. It will be in "fuel...
This was related to the statement that 'B' mode would be useful when you are running out of fuel. I maintain that it would make things worse. It...
Regen is slowing the car down. It's better to keep the momentum in the kinetic energy of the car rather than wasting it in a double traverse from...
In a conventional vehicle changing into neutral prevents fuel-cutoff so it's a trade-off between the extra friction of the car's inertia being...
I searched through the manual and it refers to driving with snow tires: [IMG]
Your experience and mpg sound entirely normal. On the Gen2 Prius the engine is always rotating when the car is above 42 mph. (Except for special...
The steering isn't drive by wire - there is still a steering column giving a direct connection to the handwheel from the steering rack. The road...
It's not really that MG1 is not used but that it doesn't take much power in many situations. It is used all the time. During low road speed but...
The phone determines the maximum current drawn unless the USB port advertises a lower current. An iPhone 5s will use a maximum of about 1A, the...
The only clutch I know of that has been added is a one-way clutch for the engine to prevent it rotating backwards in the Prime. It doesn't affect...
It could improve or reduce the charging efficiency. On the Volt and Spark EV the car has a couple of hundred Watts parasitic load (running...
Unlikely to be anything to do with the lithium-ion batteries. There are multiple things conspiring to increase fuel consumption at lower...
But you lose A/C when the engine stops and there is a delay when they start up.
Charging is not free - the engine would use more fuel if it was charging than just to idle. kevin
The Prius actually works the opposite to what you have described to provide high-efficiency. The throttle is not used very much to control...
How do you know the A/C has come on? On the genII Prius the indicator only means that the system can use the cooling if required, it does not...
You have to put your foot firmly on the brake and depress the throttle completely to do a force charge. kevin
Agreed - but what happens under the situation where the ICE is not rotating but the car is at < 41 mph and then the car increases in speed to...
Bob, Actually I would disagree in that the Prius can do a "bump start" if the car is already moving and it wishes to start the engine. If the...
