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Is there an expectation that the cable should last hundreds of years? All the components and materials in anything have finite lifetimes. How do...
Plugging in is not the hassle. It's getting on the dang generator bike and doing all the pedaling to charge the car I don't look forward to.
The cells and the pack on the Prius are custom to the Prius. This was done to optimize the entire car. Additionally Toyota changed the battery...
Yes there is. Battery materials and technologies will be changing for quite a few decades if not longer. Different temperature ranges,...
I was not clear. My bad. I'm talking about "major" changes to the brakes like locating the pedals in a different location and replacing the...
I just put defenders on the 2010 Prius. I have a long history of getting very, very long life from the "harder" Michelin tires. I have noticed a...
The critical thing to standardize is any battery aspect related to safety. Car color, size, shape, and features vary greatly as desired to most...
Yep on the AC impact. Also the Gen 1 mpg does go down with age more than the 2007. The OP will be getting a well aged Gen 1 for sure.
That was an excellent point about how designing in a battery from the beginning results in a completely different vehicle than a battery added...
I'll try to be clearer. The 2001 Prius fuel tank had a bladder. On overfilling it would cause quite a lot of fuel to come out of the tank even...
Having owned both, the Gen 2 gets about 10 mpg better gas mileage. The Gen 2 also can haul vastly more.
It is just mind boggling to me why something so naturally simple and effective must be made so incredibly and destructively convoluted. Charge...
Especially in Texas...where their wallet might be recovering
Only for lack of an presently enforceable way of doing so. We can be sure that CA gvmt. minds are focused on getting a "fair" tax on those...
I'm going to replace my 2001 Prius sometime when it becomes unreliable. Should I worry about it lasting to the 2015 models .....or lasting...
CA does a good job with legislation specifically aimed at the core problem. Requiring non-polluting vehicles is the right way to reduce vehicle...
Gas tanks and Evap systems vary greatly between cars. My 2001 Prius has a bladder and could regurgitate more than a couple drops if I accidentally...
Make no mistake, this tax will be added to the gas tax. Then get ready for a special electric vehicle tax. Meanwhile, the billions obtained by...
Which one is the Prius PiP?
Is not marketing about how to increase sales?
