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Re: Run Away Prius Highway speeds exceed those figures. Secondly, most experienced drivers instinctly know that making an full 75-0 mph stop on...
A related question would be who drives the Prius as a sole vehicle ?
Re: Looked at Honda's today. The E A/C is running a constant speed so this is totally expected. About the page 4-5 graphs, it is curious the...
Re: Looked at Honda's today. Yes, but the energy loss of that ICE->HV battery conversion is part of the overall energy efficiency equation,...
Re: Looked at Honda's today. Ah, that's what the cycle efficiency is referring to in page 6 , 80 vs 100 due to this, but note the 35C bar chart,...
Re: Looked at Honda's today. Hard to read just the graphs without more details about what is being compared. It looks like the size of the...
Re: Looked at Honda's today. Yeah, the commute is a different drive from the weekend blasts.
Re: Looked at Honda's today. Interesting. I guess the tradeoff is then between how much of a idling engine's energy is wasted while it runs the...
Re: Looked at Honda's today. The double transformation of mechanical energy to electrical and back to mechanical has to be less efficient than...
Re: Looked at Honda's today. Caranddriver disagrees with your conclusion.
A unrealistic test which does not take into account day to day highway conditions , brake fade, normal loading of the vehicle (the 911 car was...
It would be interesting to see the regen power vs brake pedal pressure, MG2 rpm vs brake graphs. Surely, software is trying to maintain a...
I am not sure I want a software program modifying the braking characteristics of the vehicle significantly as I drive. What if someone else drove...
So, speaking of jokes, what are some of the good ones you have been ribbed by your buddies with during lunch hour excursions in the Prius ?
What's the impact on city mpg ? The reduced dependence on regen braking should decrease that.
May I ask what new info is there in your new thread ? Did you get the chance to ask the tech/service mgr for the juicy details ?
Did you ask the tech for tech details on the update ?
I am leaning towards a mechanical rationle as well for the cut out since 1 sec is a loooooong time for anything electrical.
It's simply not known without any details from Toyota which is the real issue.
I will press you further. So how many of the "fixed" Prius has gotten into customer's hands ? The fix was done in Jan 2010 and it's 9 days into...
