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Till Mar 2013 is 3/4 of a year? What is happening is that there is a whole range of Toyota hybrids (Yaris, Auris, Prius+, Lexus CT) and of...
Electricity use in Ready mode can vary, with lights on, fan on , radio on, it can be as high as 400 W. Add rear defrost, front defrost, or AC and...
What was your consumption before LPG? You are burning an eqviliant energy of 6,1 l/100 km gasoline, that is a lot. Do you know the content of...
There is one problem, even if BSFC is better it's still not as good as a warmed up engine and during high acceleration the fuel flow will be...
I wouldn't conclude that Toyota is light years ahead in hybrid tech, don't mix normal production car with race car. It would be interesting to...
99 HP? I was hoping for a little more, new Lexus hybrids are getting 30% more power per displacement.
I tried the same with EU 2009 (2010 model year) Prius and I can confirm what Maxwell says. Engine will spin and use fuel under 74 kph (indicated),...
The power from the ICE is determined by the amount of air being pumped through. Both engines have restrictions, from the table in the document...
I don't get it, every 11 laps (55 brake events) there will be one full electric lap available? Did the author of the article figure that out on...
Electric power is reduced, so it doesn't play a very significant difference. The big advantage is a Turbo charged diesel engine, that can deliver...
Starting electric motor with inverter doesn't produce any spikes on the electrical grid, maybe the inverter it self takes a hit?
The word is that Mazda will use similar hybrid drivetrain like Toyota, just with their own skyactiv gasoline engines: Mazda 3 Hybrid: first...
Maybe in general the Europe city and US city doesn't differ that much. But the press and general belief is that a hybrid is only better in heavy...
Electric motor and generator is used to deliver a gear ratio. You don't need engineering degree just high school logic ;) For the Prius to get a...
You must pulse with the ICE ON, how much it's hard to say on GEN II, because it doesn't have HSI bar.
No you can't lock the car in ready mode, when the engine is warm enough (80-90 C) it won't do another warm up, but winter slow city driving the...
I don't think the CAT is cooling that quickly. In the morning after <5 min drive I stop at kindergarten, the engine completes it's warm up and is...
There is no mehanical link in stearing? I doubt that, I would say that electric assist is only active when you are stationarry or moving really...
So, swiching to B works? Will try that. Flooring the pedal works only for the time you are flooring it, but then it reverts back to open loop,...
Is there anything we can learn from new Lexus IS 300h. It uses D4-S, dual VVTi 2.5 L engine delivering 133 kW (180 HP), together with electric...
