Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries. They had some inverter issues in the 3rd Generation Prius in which the hybrid technology changed, but Toyota issued a recall for that. If your Prius’ battery goes before it’s 10 years old, check with a Toyota dealership first before changing the battery.

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2004 Prius Cheap 2009 409

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race.“I Then we disbanded.

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EV1 San Jose California Motorcycles 52

Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. Third party converters have spent time and resources tweaking their plug-in hybrids to meet ARB testing written with gasoline-only hybrids in mind.

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Plug-in Plug Prius Highlander 100

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 30, 2022

Liter gasoline engine and a 94kW electric motor. One is for driving power, while the other is to start the engine, charge the battery and provides the regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. Road Test: 2020 Toyota Tacoma.

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Ford Hybrid MPG Fuel Economy 87

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

My friend (same one who made the ice cream truck sound effect comment to me) asked me if this was some kind of conspiracy from gasoline advocates to try and further delay mass acceptance of EVs. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments.

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Hybrid i-MiEV 2009 New York 30

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Still, the instant torque of the electric motor is a rush you get to experience all the time in city driving; each time you pull away from a red light and stop sign youre wondering why gasoline engines ever became popular. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Follow us on Twitter!

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