Toyota Prius Hybrid Car with Faulty Brakes

The Toyota’s most promotion Hybrid car; the Prius is now facing a bunch of complaints on its Antilock Braking Logic. But the fact to be noticed is that fascinatingly, the complaints wander around the 2010 model only.

The gripe about Prius is that when the brake is helpful in approximate roads like bumpy or icy roads, here occurs a jerking and an unexpected acceleration is done just for less than a second. Spokesperson from Toyota have already admitted this and are blaming on the software that is life responsible for the gripe.

Really the jerking happens in view of the fact that of the lack in slowing down very than of the real acceleration. Some others complain about the inconsistency of the brakes when in need to apply at a snail's pace and steady on approximate or polished roads all owing to ABS is activated for the footing of the tire. Normally the ABS act and react as the hegemony logic deals on the tire slippage.

As the 2010 Prius only is below the knife, Toyota will not retract the exact models as they did for their additional models before, any the baffle mat capture or the sticky pedal may be recalled.

As NHSTA has stanch to start Preliminary Evaluation all ears on owner complaints of the Prius braking logic, Toyota will cooperate with them and will indeed keep well-informed about the progress in their activities hostile to the complaints.

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Prius Plugin Hybrid Car

Chris and Andrew Ewert bespoke a Toyota Prius, enabling the car to get 100 mpg. Combining potential with the car’s original nickle hydride battery, they installed a lithium ion battery which can be rejuvenated by plugging it into a habitual wall socket.

Details on running constant IMA on a Honda Insight?

Em Diggity questioned:

I found the following on Wikipedia discussion about being paid a larger battery for a Honda Insight and then life able to run the gripping motor constantly, charitable you highway mileage over 100mpg.

Honda hybrids like the Insight are Analogous Hybrids which at first glance would not seem to benefit much from a plug-in hybrid conversion as they do not have an EV-mode like the Toyota Prius. But by using a better battery the 10 kW (13 hp) IMA may maybe be run in a continuous help mode to succeed gas consumption and push the mileage well into the one-hundreds on the freeway. The Insight is a very set alight and polished vehicle which makes it very striking for conversion.

Does anyone know anything about this? How much would a conversion such as this cost?

Why Japanese are sooo superb in what they do?

dokomo questioned:

From the wind-cheating, drop-like affect of the Aptera to the hard-core sports car normal of the Tesla to the 4-seat convenience of Mitsubishi’s i MiEV, a new batch of cutting-edge, battery-powered gripping vehicles is — or soon will be — here. They may come in all shapes and sizes, but they all yield low emissions at a diffident source (just how low depends on how that electricity is generated). But let’s not forget about two additional very fuel-efficient thrust technologies, represented here by the newest gas/gripping hybrid (Toyota Prius) and a car that is fueled by sterile-burning natural gas (Honda Civic GX CNG).

I don’t know which car to buy?

CriMsoNMiSSinG questioned:

I found a 2004 Toyota Prius for $12,700, with 50k miles on it. It gets about 51 highway mpg and 59 city mpg.
I’m looking to buy a car right now. My best selection right now (in view of the fact that I want to buy American and my dad likes Toyota in view of the fact that he’s exhausted of fixing American cars that break down all the time) is the Pontiac Vibe. A 2007 model gets about 29 city mpg and 37 highway mpg. And is inane for between $11k and $14k with the same mileage.

I heard that the terrible business about the Prius is that you need a new battery in 10 being. And the new battery is $10,000.

I place of protection’t even obsessed the Prius, yet, but have been obsessed with it in view of the fact that the huge racket recently, with gas prices went up past $4/gallon. MPG is ALWAYS a huge come forth with me. Even if gas were 20 cents a gallon, I would subdue want the best gas mileage. But I don’t just so have the cash.

How will the 2004 Prius hold up before 2014 comes and I need a new battery? I was preparation on being paid a car now and then with I buy a household (4-5 being) I will get a excellent Family tree tree car a year or two with the household.

So your attitude: Must I look at the 2004 Prius? Or the Pontiac Vibe?

Some social rank on me: I’m 19 right now. With my fiscal proclamation (groceries, misc, housing, healthcare, etc.) I have about $800 each month. But I don’t want to blow it all on a car. I am looking to buy a car below $13,000. I was in tension below $10k, but it doesn’t look liable. I have a ‘97 Careless now and like it to fatality. Which, it is reasonably accurate to it’s saddened departure I have test obsessed the Honda Civic Hybrid and didn’t really like it that much. But the dealer who horde with us and sat in the rear me and kept success around me to show me equipment in my confidential interval wasn’t just so making it simple for me to feel comfortable. I test horde the Toyota Corolla and it was clad. I recently test horde the Pontiac Vibe and loved it. No idiotic dealer in here to scare me, any
Forgot to bring up that I have also test obsessed the Cobalt.
It really gets of poorer quality gas mileage than the Pontiac Vibe, Intersect. And it is extremely squished, while the Vibe has lots of room. MPG is my priority, and the Cobalt just does not get as much as it claims :/
(btw- city mileage earnings the most to me. Cobalt’s city mileage is like 25, at most. The Vibe’s is 27, at smallest amount)
Thankfulness, even if.

Why do people seem to like hybrids so much?

drewdude320i questioned:

I don’t get it. Bot only are they physically repellent, but they’re terrible for the background. For model, building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental hurt than a Hummer that is on the road for three era longer than a Prius. The Prius is to some extent obsessed by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a sow in Sudbury, Ontario. This sow has caused so much environmental hurt to the surrounding background that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the sow to test moon rovers. The area around the sow is devoid of any life for miles.

The sow is the source of all the nickel found in a Prius’ battery and Toyota buys 1,000 tons annually. This factory is each preservationist’s nightmare.

And on top of that…45 mpg isn’t splendid. Well, i mean Americans see it as fantastic in view of the fact that they’re used to suburbans and crap. But a VW Golf Diesel does upwards of 65 mpg basically. And it’s cheaper to buy and keep up, and lasts longer. So…Why??
I wasn’t specifically discussion about the US – but VW offers a few diesel cars over here, as well as jeep, mercedes, and I reflect Ford.
Of course taxi’s will have high miles, they are constantly driving. But they will have to have battery maintenance eventually – it’s pure fact that batteries lose their carrying room over time.
The sow where the nickel is harvested doesn’t grow to have found uncommon ways to return it, so how can you say the problem is gone?
It subdue sounds to me like hybrids are just an pricey hassle, and that environmentalists buy them without knowing how much pollution goes into the equipment used in that car.

What is the meaning of “what it says” and “as with”?

Kim questioned:

Hi, guys.
I’m an international apprentice who’s studying English.
Now, I encountered with the phrases, “what it says” and “as with” in the news condition which is shown below. I really don’t know how to be with you. Delight help me.

Toyota is introduction what it says is the planet’s first plug-in hybrid car. The Japanese carmaker says the new Prius will have an total battery which can be rejuvenated using home gripping sockets. As with the current Prius model, the battery is also rejuvenated by converting energy from braking and when the wheels spin. Now, the Prius will be road-veteran in Japan and then before long in the U.S. and Europe.

How does Prius or another byhird cars work?

steve00878 questioned:

Outline for a fleeting time how they work and focus on a fastidious figure you find fresh. Are you impressed with the batteries, or perhaps the regenerative brakes?

And if here is anything in here you just don’t get, question – or tell it in your paper.

Then, take a spot. While hybrids do get better mileage, they aren’t automatically the best – the Smart Car, for model, gets better mileage. And a lot of the equipment in a hybrid is very “dirty,” in a manufacturing implication. It’s honest to say building a Prius makes more pollution than building a ordinary car. So the question is, does hybrid equipment really start a benefit, or are “we” fooling ourselves?

The Prius or another byhrid?

steve00878 questioned:

Investigate the Prius or another hybrid. Outline for a fleeting time how they work and focus on a fastidious figure you find fresh. Are you impressed with the batteries, or perhaps the regenerative brakes?

And if here is anything in here you just don’t get, question – or tell it in your paper.

Then, take a spot. While hybrids do get better mileage, they aren’t automatically the best – the Smart Car, for model, gets better mileage. And a lot of the equipment in a hybrid is very “dirty,” in a manufacturing implication. It’s honest to say building a Prius makes more pollution than building a ordinary car. So the question is, does hybrid equipment really start a benefit, or are “we” fooling ourselves?

Car question?Keyless entry?

min77ion questioned:

I’m export a new car (Toyota Prius Hybrid 2008) and this business has keyless access,,and push pin start,,,NO KEYS at all….

Does the keycard itself have a battery????can it baggy its payment????

Will I be blocked without life able to get into my car???

Did you know that Prius does more environmental damage than Hummers?

dlil questioned:

“Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental hurt than a Hummer that is on the road for three era longer than a Prius. As already prominent, the Prius is to some extent obsessed by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a sow in Sudbury, Ontario. This sow has caused so much environmental hurt to the surrounding background that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the sow to test moon rovers. The area around the sow is devoid of any life for miles…
All of this would be terrible ample in and of itself; but, the journey to make a hybrid doesn’t end here. The nickel bent by this disastrous sow is shipped via massive container ship to the chief nickel processing plant in Europe. From here, the nickel hops over to China to yield ‘nickel foam.’ From here, it goes to Japan. Finally, the completed batteries are shipped to the United States, finalizing the around-the-planet trip required to yield a release Prius battery.”

Inconvenient Truth!

http://forums.motortrend.com/70/6259344/the-general-forum/prius-outdoes-hummer-in-environmental-hurt-so-go/pointer.html

Why do they not build a car like this?

RobRob questioned:

Take the body/skeleton from the Prius or something similarly sized and polished.

Take an engine such as the 1.6 90bhp diesel one from the gala econetic or 110bhp one from the mini cooper d. Or for a gas the 67bhp 1.0 from the toyota aygo.

Add in similar econetic/efficient dynamics changes.

Stick in as generous a room battery as is possible at the same time as maintenance the consequence and cost down, and a more powerful gripping motor (maybe around 65bhp equivalent).

Make it a plug-in hybrid too.

And hey presto, you’ve got a hybrid thats much better than a prius without using anything thats not already on the market. Something that may maybe maybe do 50-miles at motorway speed (70mph) below gripping potential lonely, collective potential of up to 175bhp, and way more mpg than a prius with its dated gas engine. Even for a few thousand pounds more than a Prius is now, that would sell well.

Do most people who try to be “green” only do it up to the point until it’s an inconvenience or too costly?

Magnus questioned:

I have no problem with public doing that. That’s your extent. That’s why a free market is splendid. I for For myself only do a few equipment, not in view of the fact that I judge in the yield, but in view of the fact that it saves cash. But do most “green” public preach that it’s what we must do to save the planet only do it to a top? If they were really believers, wouldn’t they hold off on that new 52″ plasma tv as it uses more energy than a ordinary projection or lcd tv? Shouldn’t they get rid of that gripping can starter or battery-operated toothbrush? Shouldn’t they bed in energy efficient windows and doors? And when they do, how do they dispose of the ancient one’s without polluting the background more? And shouldn’t they not handbook a car at all in view of the fact that even a hybrid subdue pollutes? Why not hold off export that Prius and invest in a car with solar panels? If they are so concerned, why not lead by model as a substitution for of telltale me what I need to do while they do the bare minimum and parade around as if they’re so Upper-class?
Nickel, while I don’t agree with you, I be thankful for your partaking. I like that a name from Europe may maybe place their attitude. I reflect the EU high and mighty that the run of the mill inhabitant doesn’t know isn’t a honest thought. Here are more than ample sources to find out a valid argument for any side of this argument. It’s just a matter of deciding which makes more implication when collective. I’ve heard just about each argument, and I judge that while the earth is warming, it is not caused by humans. As for relying on politicians to make all the decisions, that’s perilous, which is why here are some unfair laws a propos the background in Europe. Politicians are in the game of politics, so they shouldn’t be trusted to always do what they “judge” is right. As for my children, I judge their existence will be just as excellent as mine is, in view of the fact that I don’t judge the planet is in dire straits like many would have you judge.

How do I disconnect the running lights on my 2007 Highlander Hybrid?

cagal questioned:

I am a limb of an astronomy club in Southern California. It is a requirement to turn off all illumination on a vehicle when leaving a star have fun as some members stay all night and the astute illumination from my Highlander ruin their night vision for 20 to 30 summary. I have looked at the fuse box and cannot find the assess fuse to take out for these occasions. I have a name that can add a batter for me if I find the assess fuse or circuit. The dealer said it is hostile to the law for him to tell me how to disconnect them. My 2007 Prius does not have running illumination. Why does the Highlander? Delight help.

Toyota Prius or Honda Insight?

Russell B questioned:

My wife has a 45 mile go back and into the planet to her new job, so we were looking to save cash by being paid a hybrid. I’m compelling into account being paid any a Prius or an Insight, but I sought after to hear some opinions. Which do you reflect is a better hybrid vehicle and why?

Could Chevy catch or surpass Toyota as the greenest auto manufacturer?

Dana1981, Master of Knowledge questioned:

Chevy remains on schedule to yield the Volt by the end of 2010. This car will be able to go 40 miles decently using an gripping engine, with which top it will act like a gas/gripping hybrid. Effectively as long as you don’t travel more than 40 miles in a day, the Volt will be an gripping car.

GM is requiring a 10 year time for the Volt’s lithium-ion battery, and expects to have next-age assemble lithium-ion battery packs ready for the vehicles by October this year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070809/sc_nm/gm_volt_dc

The Toyota Prius is plainly the greenest car unfilled right now

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/sc_nm/cars_pollution_dc

even if the Honda Civic hybrid is accurate in the rear. While Toyota is effective on a plug-in Prius model, they place of protection’t yet well yet to be to the lithium-ion battery the boards and thus have fallen in the rear Chevy in the plug-in market.

Toyota surpassed American companies in hybrid equipment a decade ago – is GM finally about to reverse this?

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