Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
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Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
From the Toyota hybrid programme director himself:
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1743417,00.html
About time too.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1743417,00.html
About time too.
#2
Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
Sounds like a confirmation of lithium ion batteries to me. That's about the only way they will get that much capacity in a package of reasonable size.
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Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
It would also seem to indicate that they belive the cycle limitation of the Lithiums has been beaten (so you don't have to buy a new one every 5 years).
Great news if they come thru on it, truly great. Hopefully that'll include at home charging for that 9 miles...
Scott
Great news if they come thru on it, truly great. Hopefully that'll include at home charging for that 9 miles...
Scott
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Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
Originally Posted by brick
Sounds like a confirmation of lithium ion batteries to me. That's about the only way they will get that much capacity in a package of reasonable size.
Whaddya think?
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Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
Originally Posted by Sledge
Since half my commute is 9 miles, this is great. Maybe Toyota would be nice and provide an 18 mile battery option
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Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
Originally Posted by AshenGrey
Actually, your commute is *perfect* for the next HSD. You would EV to work and drive on gasoline on the way home (and recharge the batteries at the same time.) Thus, you'd get about 90-100 MPG without having to spend $10k on a PHEV module.
A couple of months ago, I was looking at dual-fuel for my Prius using it for base power for the house. I calculate the $/kW for electricity and natural gas only to discover natural gas is much more expensive than electrical kW. Of course I live in the TVA region but still, I'm replacing the gas pack AC with a heat pump this year.
As for our NHW11 Prius, I will have to upgrade to house power UPS output, ~12 kW, for emergency. But fortunately, I think it can be achieved including sine-wave output. The only problem is I don't think I'll be able to get 3-phase, 220. I can do it as two, 110 VAC but the phase angles will be wrong to do 220 VAC. (rats!)
. . . But if I had an NHW20, it could work.
Bob 'Sparky' Wilson
Last edited by bwilson4web; 03-31-2006 at 12:50 PM.
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Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
Good article - promising!!
From the article:
I hate to sound pessimistic, but given the fickle nature of our (US) population, anybody out there think that he really has anything to worry about?
From the article:
"In fuel-cells the US is ahead of us and the US and Germans could jointly develop hybrids better than ours. That's a sense of crisis I always have."
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Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
Originally Posted by philmcneal
maybe this time the plug is included!
I expect the 9 mile AER option is just the beginning of Toyota's assault on the PHEV market, prob 20 miles soon after that, then 30, then 50... then, er, what's the name of that smelly stuff that goes in the fuel tank again? Was it, gazooleen or something??