I was noticing more and more of the pre-03 prius's popping up, I call them "pope noses" (old VW phrase) as they have the bump between the grills that looks like a nose.

Is that where they got the body style for the echo??

My question is did they change the 1997 prius body style in 00'?
I have yet to find a picture on the 97' model and/or the specs on the vehicle..

I had a chance to talk to a 02 prius owner while getting our oil changes at the dealer.. He was telling me he has over 150,000 miles on his and has had no serious repairs done except for routine maint. I told him that was very impressive ( his too looked like it had just pulled off the show room floor)..

And this is the toyota battery

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
The body styles are same, but 1997 Prius has black rubber on bumpers.

Ken@Japan

 

I believe this is the 1995 Prius. Not sure where I came upon it. Maybe an Auto show archive?


Whoops, no jpegs allowed? Huh, didn't know that. anyone know how to post a picture?

 

impressive, I love first gen prius success stories !

 

Post pictures in the "Share" section then once posted there you can copy the code below the picture so that the picture shows up in your post.

 

Here goes 1995 Prius Prototype...
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/k_forum/tenji/02-e.html

Enjoy,
Ken@Japan

Edit to add: BTW, the link has total 21 pages about Toyota technologies for environment
including many types of hybrids.

 

It's cool that they were experimenting with using capacitors in the '95 prototype, I wonder if they might eventually go back to using them if they improve?

 

'04 Seaside Pearl #7. Added mudflaps,

Did you add the mudflaps?

I was going to install a set this weekend.....

 

Careful you might prematurely rust your car due to the extra holes and rubbing.

 

why capacitors? they don't store nearly as much energy as batteries....

i=C (dv/dt)

one amp out of one Farad drops the voltage one volt per second.

pull one amp out of a hybrid battery and how long does it take to drop one volt?