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Population of California: 36 million. Population of EU: 450 million. The market is there, especially at realistic fuel prices ($5-6 per gallon)...
It's also worth pointing out that the two-mode system takes up the same packaging space as a regular transmission, so GM, Mercedes etc should be...
Well, after all that it now sounds like they will be working with LG-Chem! http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/new...0512120019.html Didn't...
I think what's encouraging is the fact that there are now loooaads of companies that are separately claiming to have lithium batteries capable of...
Great idea! We just need two big things to get started: 1) 5 metres squared (1 kW) of Sunpower A300 cells 2) Steve Lapp! :)
Sadly, I'm wrong. Just read that they are sourcing their hybrid battery packs from Panasonic EV, just as Toyota / Lexus does. Frankly I'm amazed...
It looks like there's about 0.4 m2 of roof covered (15 cm wide by 1.3 m x 2?). 30 watts peak from 0.4 m2 is equal to about 7.5% efficient. It's...
South Korea in general is fast developing a very strong tech based economy - some of the most encouraging progress in lithium batteries for hybrid...
Actually PEM hydrogen fuel cells have a PEAK efficiency of 50% and actually average much less than that. Road-going diesel engines are already...
Given equal maximum power outputs, no internal combustion engined vehicle can match the acceleration of an electric motor powered vehicle. This...
WOW! Thanks Ken, that link is the best Prius website I have EVER seen!!!! B)
It might improve emissions, but it certainly won't improve mpg. Electricity -> Motor -> Wheels is always going to be waaaay more efficient...
I am probably the biggest proponent of plugging-in the Prius to recharge it for EV miles of everyone on this whole board! BUT even I wouldn't...
As far as I can work out from the various articles I've read on this subject; the next major redux for the Prius is indeed scheduled for 2008....
You'll be wanting a plug-in Prius then. However the EDrive conversion mentioned above (which gives about 50-60 miles electric assist at ~120-150...
30 kW for 10 minutes is 5 kWh, which is, as you say, about a tenth the capacity of a full EV battery (say 50 kWh). But we are discussing plug-in...
Yes they have! It's really interesting to look back at the quotes given by Dave Hermance, their spokesperson on this sort of thing, over the last...
This press-release is way behind the times. Toyota are FAR more advanced in Plug-in hybrid research than they're letting on. They have kept quiet...
As far as I'm aware, every European manufacturer now has a hybrid research programme. Remember that the first plug-in hybrids in the world were...
The technology already exists in the form of selective catalytic reduction (SCR), based on urea injection into the exhaust. The problem is the...
