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Hyundai introduces IONIQ: compact car with BEV, PHEV or HEV powertrains

World premiere in Korea in January.

Rumours:
Expect the Ioniq to use a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine mated to an electric motor and Hyundai’s compact lithium ion polymer battery back.

Will be interesting to see what comes out of this. For me it comes down to transmission - if it's robotised manual I'm not interested.

We've collected almost 700 photos that the PriusChat team took at the 2016 Prius Reveal.

It might sound like a lot, but believe me, they are definitely worth your time.

2016 Prius Reveal | PriusChat

From 2017 Toyota Prius: This Is It

Source: 2018 Honda Clarity: Honda's new plug-in gets 47 miles of pure electric range

Live stream reveal on March 23 at 9:10am Eastern.





Original post: Does anyone now what this could possibly be? Am I crazy for hoping it is a Prius coupe?! Could it be the Plug-in?

I'm buying this car. It's called the Whisperdiesel in Europe:

"The first nonhybrid car since the 80s to get an EPA highway rating of 50 mpg or more." The previous record-holder was 51 mpg for the 1987 Honda CRZ HF (which would fail to meet current emission standards).

"The Cruze with the six-speed manual will get higher fuel economy than the model with the nine-speed automatic..... to keep diesel chatter low, the fuel injectors shoot as many as 10 squirts of fuel per stroke."

LINK: http://www.autonews.com/article/20161011/OEM04/161019959/chevy-cruze-diesel-hatchback-may-claim-highway-mpg-crown

Source: Tesla’s Model 3 Arrives With a Surprise 310-Mile Range - Bloomberg


Well if no one else will post it.

If this Motor Trend article is what we can expect: Exclusive: Tesla Model 3 First Drive Review - Motor Trend

Clear photos of the 2016 Toyota Prius, front & rear.

More 2016 Prius spy shots: SPOTTED! *UNWRAPPED* 2016 Prius spotted this morning! | PriusChat

I love it.






I come from Taiwan Hybrid club



Mod note: Edited to replace first two photos with higher resolution versions and put a short bit of text for clarity.

California was known not to legally sell aftermarket catalytic converters and anyone who’s cat was stolen had to pay for a brand new original catalytic converter from Toyota. Now the state of CA Air Resource Board has approved an aftermarket catalytic converter to be sold and installed on any Prius. This is great news to owners who don’t want to spend $2,000 at Toyota! the aftermarket cat. number has to match the state database and needs to have the Executive Number D-193-151 on it.


Source: D-193-151.pdf | DocDroid

So, whom are the Trump tariffs punishing? The People and companies of the US, as most people would have guessed. The Ford CEO is normally very Trump-friendly, but he has spoken up about how bad it has become for the US auto industry now. Let’s see how the United Auto Workers will feel about this, who were cheering about the tariffs.

Ford is forced to immediately shut down factories and halt car production as CEO admits “day-to-day” struggle for brand | The US Sun

Ford Engineer Claims Tesla Has Big Issues: Shoddy Build, Unsafe Parts

Ford Engineer Claims Tesla Has Big Issues: Shoddy Build, Unsafe Parts

"TBH I love what Tesla has done for EVs. Simultaneously, their engineering is some of the worst shit I have ever seen in any industry. It's often horrifying. Their tech and engineering in battery and HV electronics and harnessing outpaces the industry by 5yrs easy, but their logistics and quality is so poor I'm astonished that the things have as few problems as they do.
I've torn down dozens of vehicles. When we opened our Model 3 when it first came out, it had loose screws dropped randomly in the chassis near sensitive components. The fit and finish of the alignment of panels is ridiculous. Their electronics frequently flaunt safety guidelines and do not meet UL regulations."

• 71.4kWh battery
• 280 miles WLTP
• FWD and AWD with 201 or 215hp respectively
• Top speed: 99mph (same as Prius c)
• Toyota expects it to retain 90% capacity after 10 years
• 150kW DCFC. 80% in 30 mins
• 11kW AC
• Optional “One Motion Grip” steering wheel linkage and setup for 150° lock-to-lock (so, like an F1 car?)
• Toyota Safety Sense 3.0

Reservations for Toyota’s bZ4x open on the 15th December, following the car’s European debut on the 2nd December, with pricing to be confirmed and deliveries scheduled in 2022.


New Toyota bZ4x revealed as brand’s first bespoke electric car | Auto Express

The information is from a Japanese car magazine. Pictures are at the link below.

How will the Prius look with the new changes?

The front headlights return to a more traditional shape that contains a single Bi beam head lamp and a small triangular turn signal.

The garnish at both ends of the bumper was also renewed, changing to a portrait shape similar to the Prime. The brake lights curve under the split window and form a C shape. The entire tail light assembly is a little more than the height of the split window.


アクの強すぎるデザインの現行プリウス、2018年末に大幅リニューアル：旬ネタ｜日刊カーセンサー

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Here's pack #1 and #2 of the final pre-production test batch of Dr. Prius' aka: @jacktheripper's lithium packs for Prius.

It took 1/2 dozen years to get the right lithium chemistry and packet size to get to this point. And though the module cases were 3D printed, which took an exhausting amount of time per module, the weaknesses of 3D printing accuracy won't be an issue in the production version which will be a much more precise and quick to make injection molded plastic.

Above are the two initial test vehicles for these packs. On the left is a Prius modified for fastest lap times at the race track and it belongs to Rice Prius and on the right is my tired old 1/4 million mile Prius that's never needed any work other than basic engine and battery maintenance and is still all original parts in...

Lying is the standard operating procedure in Silicon Valley to have the stock price rise, but this one has sadly cost lives.

But of course all of it rests on the backs of humans behind steering wheels, what Madeline Clare Elish calls “Moral Crumple Zones.” Tesla keeps these paying liability sponges behind the wheel largely through the strength of a statistical lie: that Autopilot is safer than human drivers. Tesla has been officially making this claim in its “Quarterly Safety Reports” since 2018 (though Musk has been making it for longer still), despite the fact that its sweeping statistical comparison doesn’t take into account any of the best-known factors affecting road safety. When road safety researcher Noah Goodall adjusted the best publicly available data for factors like road type and driver age in a peer-reviewed paper, Tesla’s claim of a 43% reduction in crashes turned into an 11% increase in crashes....

Gen 6 will more than make up the usual Prius generational progress in fuel efficiency that did not come with Gen 5.

The all-new 1.5-L naturally aspirated engine that will power Gen 6 Prius will result in a 30% increase in both thermal efficiency and horsepower, increasing the 41% thermal efficiency of the current engine to 53%.

This will bring the EPA fuel efficiency to around 75 mpg. Hypermilers will easily average around 100 mpg. In populated states like California, driving a Gen 6 Prius will be cheaper than driving a BEV.

The smaller size of the engine will also allow Gen 6 to have a more aggressive design than Gen 5, with a lowered roof.

There will also be a 2.0-L and turbo versions of the all-new engine.

The pictures in the gallery show the new engine in a yellow Gen 5 Prius Prime.


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Gen 4 is now by far the longest-running Prius generation with its eight and last model year reportedly confirmed as 2023. Prius generations ran six model years in the past. Gen 5 Prius will debut as a model year 2024.

This could put the next-generation Prius Prime in the model year 2025.

All-new Toyota Prius to debut in 2023 with coupe-Like design—autoevolution

I found this interesting, although depressing.

This year probably won't be the year you buy an electric car

It’s happening! Toyota is expanding it’s Plug-in options in a major way by making a RAV4 Plug-in PHEV available for sale in 2020. No word of any kind on range or pricing yet, but Toyota was clear that the RAV4 Plug-in will be the most powerful RAV4 in the lineup.

This is a very exciting announcement as Toyota has seemed hesitant on their public commitment to battery-powered vehicles in the recent past.



Here’s Toyota’s full press release on it:

2021 RAV4 Plug-in Powers Up for 2019

Los Angeles Auto Show Toyota Teases Most Powerful RAV4 Yet

PLANO, Texas (October 10, 2019) – Toyota teased today what will become the most powerful RAV4 yet – the 2021 RAV4 plug-in. Bringing with it a new color, Supersonic Red, the teaser image of the RAV4 plug-in highlights the new PHV’s surprising performance capabilities. Unlike any other, the new RAV4 Plug-in will be celebrated by its spirited acceleration, nimble handling and impeccable style.

Toyota will debut the...

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