[Pc_Support] Toyota Prius ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 07:18 -0500, Tim McDonough wrote:
> Perhaps you've checked on this since you are considering the vehicle: 
> How long do they rate the life of the battery systems and what's the 
> estimated cost to replace them when the time does come?

Hmmm, haven't checked that.
But the Hybrid PowerTrain is covered for 8 years, 100,000 miles --
batteries included.

I have looked past _all_ hybrids to this point, but this is the first
one that isn't a "typical hybrid."  It was designed specifically for its
purpose.

> I have not seen these cars up close at a dealer but there was one nearby 
> in traffic a few weeks ago. Nice looking vehicle and it seemed to be 
> handling frequent accelerations very nicely.

It has nearly 300 ft-lbs. of torque from launch.  That carries it well
into 40mph.  Beyond 40mph, the 1.5L engine is doing most of it, and
acceleration is affected.

The biggest issue most people have is the CVT.  They are going 50mph
before the know it.


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Bryan J. Smith                                  b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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