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Prius has 110HP if you have enough juice in battery. It is 76HP vehicle if you used up the battery. Ken@Japan
I see you were talking about the highway speed. My experiment tells me there is no difference between constant speed cruising and pulse-n-glide at...
I missed this for more than a month... Yes. It is very small, but Toyota did a lot of such small things to achieve the better and better gas...
My bet is warranty and cycle life. - Toyota had to abandon to sell RAV4 EV because they had no confidence to meet the CARB warranty. - Prius have...
Pulling energy from the battery means you'll be required to charge the battery later. It's wasting energies. Please re-read the Pulse and Glide...
Lexus Announces Certified EPA-Estimated Mileage Figures for GS 450h Luxury Performance Gas/Electric Hybrid Sedan...
This is a wrong approach. Prius is not designed for use of E85. There is some possibilities of corrosion on fuel line by ethanol and to cause of...
Following Japanese only page shows presentations and the detail of GS450h in PDF format....
Hi Darell, Thank you for your comments. I'm not familiar with the battery meter on RAV4 EV. So, you're saying that you set zero when you think...
hobbit, I believe the cell voltage < 1.0V means almost 0% SOC or 100% DoD. It is not good for the NiMH life. Ken@Japan
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/06/0316.html Tokyo, March 16, 2006 — Lexus launched in Japan today the GS450h as the first hybrid sedan in the...
Darell, I'm curious how those numbers are accurate. We know it becomes hot when the NiMH charge to 100% SOC. Have you ever measured the...
Thank you for your comments. My understanding is different from yours. At highway speeds, the ICE runs an ideal required power and the MG1/MG2...
Would you please post the reference pointer of the 28% loss? Ken@Japan
So, you now know the 11.9 gallons is not always true. Do you know "my MPG" shown on MFD is displayed about 2.5% higher? I believe our mission is...
My 2004 Prius manual says... "The fuel tank capacity is decreased at low ambient temperature. (decreased by about 5 L (1.3 gal., 1.1 lmp. gal.) at...
My Prius comes with LED's for both stop light and high mount stop light. Ken@Japan
Sad to hear such story. Ford forced Aisin to increase the production of the transaxle by 20%, 24,000/year. Ford still slammed Toyota claiming 20%...
Please be aware that... - The supplement heater is called PTC or positive temperature coefficient heater. - They are 400W each. - The PTC heater...
Japan and Euro models don't have thermos. Ken@Japan
