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Welcome aboard, 50MPGPAUL, where 'electrons' rule more than C8H18 (gasoline)!
Reminds ME of Japanese-designed Catfish barbels! Top (purple) is the FCV and bottom (blue) is Prius? The GenII design is looking better &...
That's an acceptable description, but it is NOT what the video and graphics where claiming/showing.
One wheel driving while the other three are regenerating is a TOTAL waste of energy...because that single driving wheel has to generate power to...
FWIW, Toyota had the AWD Matrix but axed it, so WHY would they re-introduce a concept they've already discarded?
Those who don't LEARN from the PAST are condemed to REPEAT that PAST...over and over (ala' Groundhog Day)!
Try people living on a "fixed-income", ie: retired people!
Was that an ex-Yellow Cab vehicle?
Handling and styling "come and go" in infinite variations, petroleum supplies are finite.
That was my initial reaction too.
The "official" duration is now 10K miles per oil change...per Toyota Service...assuming that you're using Toyota Long-Life synthetic oil.
I fully AGREE...it's like the difference between STANDING on an escalator and WALKING (or even RUNNING) on an escalator...you're still moving but...
American automobile drivers *buy* Japanese products, not Japanaese philosphies (wink,wink).
"Milking" as in wringing another years worth of sales from an 'old' (by some people's account) product, before bringing out the 'new' (and higher...
2015 Toyota: "...milking the GenII Prius cow for all she's worth..."
Never-the-less, the fact remains, the 15" wheel/rims are more mpg-economical than 17" wheel/rims on Prii, regardless of looks/beauty.
The government (DOT/NHTSA) does not mandate SAE standards, they mandate FEDERAL standards, which supercede SAE "best practice" industry-design...
NHSTA under DOT: Regulations Section | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FWIW, the SAE J1226 standard for American vehicles is ±2%...of the speedometer's FULL-scale value; this article has some (though scant)...
IF Toyota can stuff BlueTooth and WiFi into the INFO-tainment systems in their vehicles, they can/should -- at least -- make the dashboard...
