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Actually no - the hybrid system with its eCVT allows the engine speed to be adjusted to much lower RPM during highway cruise than a conventional...
The 2010 automatically disables the SKS after 3-4 days so it doesn't need the switch. Many recent cars suffer from this type of problem as there...
Large systems for ships and locomotives have the advantages of scale and few limitations on weight. I agree that the mechanical losses on the...
I think it is highly unlikely that the mechanical to mechanical losses will be anywhere near 2% or even 5%. The motor/generator efficiency on...
But it is very similar in that similar engine management can be used to use the battery as a buffer with the engine being power controlled to...
That is pretty impressive but a torque figure without context is almost meaningless - the Prius has about 1300 ft-lbs of torque at the wheels and...
They would have been bad choices as they are so inefficient (especially the turbine). The best choice is a reciprocating engine - sized to be...
I don't know what you mean by "challenged". The Prius runs the engine at almost wide open throttle most of the time as that is the most...
I think this is inadvisable - although the engine is running during warmup it does not produce electrical power without consuming additional fuel....
If they do say that it is probably just marketing license. This is from their recent press release: GM Media Online "When the battery...
There is no point doing that - all that happens is that if there is excess power available from the ICE, and the battery is below its sustaining...
The ICE and battery will interact in the same way as on the Prius so there will probably be no noticeable difference between the two modes. When...
So what's the problem? The Volt is still drivable - you just get in a drive it - albeit using gasoline. kevin
Many people have a distorted understanding of torque - the torque of an internal mechanical component (the electric motor) is irrelevant from the...
This is not perpetual motion - the amount of energy you put into the electric motor will be less than coming out of the engine. However there is...
The 74HP from the engine is probably enough to propel the car forever (until it runs out of gas) at 90-100mph without using the battery at all....
You are wrong - you will be able to get more than the output of the engine in the same way that the Prius only has a 76HP engine (GenII) but can...
The 74HP from the Volt engine is within 2HP of the GenII Prius engine which has 76HP. Since the Prius can go over 100mph just on the power of the...
The important thing is that it is only the AVERAGE electric motor power taken over a few minutes that needs to be less than the gas engine output....
On the earlier models the headlights would switch off when the driver exited by the driver's door (only the driver's door!). Did you get out of...
