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The EPA has previously given all-electric mileage using a kWh per 100 miles figure. If you look up a RAV4 EV you will see an original sticker of...
GF-5 spec isn't officially signed off yet. "After completing the test development and technology demonstration, GF-5 tests and test limits are...
Don't get too hung up on that CARS program. As originally funded it could only provide incentives for 250,000 vehicles. Normally 14 to 16 million...
Tideland, RON (Research Octane Number) is normally about three or four points above AKI (anti-knock index), the ratings on gas pumps in North...
I seem to recall someone found that some water had managed to get into a void below the rear seats during heavy rain. Might be worth checking to...
The Prius is a dual-circuit braking system. It's basically 'brake-by-wire' except that hydraulic fluid and pressure sensors are used to provide...
An inverter is a big box of electronics. Much of it is standard technology, but the high power switching electronics (Insulated Gate Bipolar...
Something's not right. The usual reason is that you actually haven't turned the car off! It will use the HV traction battery to keep the 12V...
The scrap yard cannot sell the car as a car. The dealer is required to disable the engine so that it cannot be done - the whole point is to get...
1.2V is actually a very low voltage for a NiMH cell, and approximates to a completely discharged cell. The following chart is for NiCd but NiMH is...
If the engine doesn't run, it's the same as any other car whose engine doesn't run: check that fuel and air are getting to the engine, check that...
Um, if considering total system output, the 3G Prius allegedly produces 136hp already!
If you try it and you're travelling sufficiently fast, the car will switch to neutral rather than try to do what you asked. Warning: the Gen 2...
The A/C (air-conditioning) compressor motor is a three-phase AC (alternating current) motor. The A/C inverter is a separate section of the Power...
It's possible that the place that changed your tyres last time did a bad job with the TPMS sensors, not resealing them correctly. I believe all...
Toyota have already announced that they're working on a C-segment hybrid: the Auris. My feeling is that this baby Lexus will be based on the new...
The service manual includes some Problem Symptoms charts to follow when you have a problem but no code is recorded. I'd say it sounds like...
The European maintenance schedule says to 'inspect' the fluid every 4 years/36,000 miles in normal operation, and in 'severe' use, to inspect...
In my Gen 2, I usually only see 7 bars when I haven't been stopped long enough for the car to do its idle check, once warmed up, so the engine is...
19.8 seconds on the 33kW diesel that Nikki's just leased. This is the common problem with 'Prius-beating' diesels - they're slow. VW's Polo...
