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My experience is that all cars in EU are over-reporting speed, it's not only Toyotas. Passat may lie only 5% and Toyota 8%, big deal, I adjust my...
He could, but he is GM employee ;)
It has accurate statemnt in it: "Toyota Motor Corp. has delayed the start of production for the fourth-generation Prius from next spring (2015)...
Engine alone will get 2 MPG boost in highway MPG, that is 4%. It's not likely we will see big 10% gains because of hybrid drive train efficiency...
Not suprising, as that 1.2T achieves only 36% thermal efficiency It's designed (downsized?) to have good fuel economy with normal transmission...
Mine rear brakes and pads went out at 56k miles. On one wheel they wore out unevenly, so half the disk was rusty.
Maybe they are planing to have it built there?
Downforce of the current Prius is none, it actualy produces 17 pounds of lift at the back at 70 mph:...
BMW and Toyota exchanged some information, Toyota uses BMW diesels, wonder if they also exchanged info about CFRTP. I don't see 20% lighter Prius...
Turanza T001 and EP001 are two different tyres, but both are wearing relatively fast according to ADAC (2.5 vs 2.8): 2015 Sommerreifentest...
from 38.5% to 40% is minor improvement and would mean only ~52 MPG. I think 55 MPG is the ceiling of what next gen will achieve.
Ok, to get you Americans up to speed ;) Green Car Congress: Toyota’s second turbocharged gasoline engine now available in Auris in Japan; 36%...
Gasoline cost is not the biggest slice of TCO even in normal Prius at EU gas prices ;) I'm estimating gas costs me around 30% TCO
Direct injection has these main benefits that I'm aware of: - Lean burn under low load - hybrid engine is never run under low load - More power...
I see PHEV and BEV as the only near future solution and a simple PHEV like PiP should not be that expensive in near future. As I said earlier 5...
Coal to fuel conversion was already made in WW2 by the Germans. About that second pass, if 1 kWh electricity comes from coal, then e-diesel will...
OK, there is potential to use renewables but I question if you can put this "high temperature electrolysis" on hold for the time you don't have...
If you don't know where to with excess electricity then this is an option, otherwise a complete no go. Lets say 1 L of e-diesel contains 10 kWh,...
Well there are many different types of li-ion batteries I was referring specificity to Model S cells. A123 cells are also li-ions and they can...
The only way to abuse Model S is to put in on a race track and even then electronics will prevent you. Under normal road conditions there is just...
