Posted by Steve Ackman on May 22, 2009, 3:22 am
Eeyore, rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com wrote:
> A large part of the problem is that the USA is probably about the last
developed > country to introduce 'clean' or 'city' low sulphur diesel
fuel.
You might want to read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-low_sulfur_diesel
> It is available now but the dirty stuff won't be phased out for
> some years yet.
I suppose technically true, but *try* to find any
of that "dirty stuff" for on-road use anywhere in the
lower 48.
Posted by residualselfimage1999 on May 14, 2009, 10:10 am
> misterf...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > wrote:
> >> "misterf...@yahoo.com" wrote:
> >>> Where can Ibuyan electric car with a REMOVABLE battery pack and a
> >>> set of pv panels, charge controller, etc. for my home's roof (about
> >>> 1000 watts)- to charge the battery pack? Does anyone sell such a
> >>> package or put together one?:
> >> No. Nor likely to EVER. 1000 watts won't get you very far btw unless
> >> you mean an electric bicycle.
> >> Graham
> > The Prius battery charger is 10amps. amps times volts= watts. 10
> > amps times 120v= 1200 watts. I thought the Prius gets at least 30miles
> > on an 8 hour charge. You can get 8 hours of full sunlight on a good
> > day! 1200watts of pv's ought to do the job in a day.
> Does Prius even have a plug-in hybrid?-
Late in 2010 Toyota plans to have Plug-in Prius available for
fleet purchase for large corporate/government buyers. From
the little I've heard about it - it will be a 2010 Prius with
new software designed to handle a Lithium Ion battery pack .
Posted by residualselfimage1999 on May 16, 2009, 6:29 pm
On May 14, 6:10am, residualselfimage1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > misterf...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > wrote:
> > >> "misterf...@yahoo.com" wrote:
> > >>> Where can Ibuyan electric car with a REMOVABLE battery pack and a
> > >>> set of pv panels, charge controller, etc. for my home's roof (about
> > >>> 1000 watts)- to charge the battery pack? Does anyone sell such a
> > >>> package or put together one?:
> > >> No. Nor likely to EVER. 1000 watts won't get you very far btw unless
> > >> you mean an electric bicycle.
> > >> Graham
> > > The Prius battery charger is 10amps. amps times volts= watts. 10
> > > amps times 120v= 1200 watts. I thought the Prius gets at least 30miles
> > > on an 8 hour charge. You can get 8 hours of full sunlight on a good
> > > day! 1200watts of pv's ought to do the job in a day.
> > Does Prius even have a plug-in hybrid?-
> Late in 2010 Toyota plans to have Plug-in Prius available for
> fleet purchase for large corporate/government buyers. From
> the little I've heard about it - it will be a 2010 Prius with
> new software designed to handle a Lithium Ion battery pack .-
Toyota is now testing several 2010 Prius III with
a PHEV option in France. It can reportedly go up to
12 miles on EV mode alone (source: Cleanmpg ).
Posted by Eeyore on May 16, 2009, 7:09 pm
residualselfimage1999@gmail.com wrote:
> Toyota is now testing several 2010 Prius III with
> a PHEV option in France. It can reportedly go up to
> 12 miles on EV mode alone (source: Cleanmpg ).
Wow ! That's SO useful.
Graham
Posted by residualselfimage1999 on May 17, 2009, 1:00 pm
wrote:
> residualselfimage1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Toyota is now testing several 2010 Prius III with
> > a PHEV option in France. It can reportedly go up to
> > 12 miles on EV mode alone (source: Cleanmpg ).
> Wow ! That's SO useful.
> Graham
I know - it's a baby step. The Toyota PHEV prototype replaces
the NiMH unit with a more powerful LiIon unit and reworks
the onboard computer software. However, to make further
increase in the EV range, the Prius will have to lose a
signficant amount of weight and get an even more
powerful battery pack if the EV range is to be extended
by any significant amount than about 15 miles.
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