Anybody tried the hybrid yet

[E5TMA]

Originally Posted by robdrinkwater

We tried a hybrid 2.4 Estima a few months back, found it to be sluggish & boring, so we ended up going completely the other way & buying the 3 litre V6 instead.
Lousy on fuel around town, only averaging 18-20 Mpg, but on a run at a steady 70 MPH (honest officer, that's all we were doing) she's turning on over 32Mpg, better thatn we got out of our old diesel Townace. So we're really pleased with this one & it'll burn most other stuff off the oine as well. greta fun seeing other driver's faces as you leave them behind off the line in your MPV.
Regards, Rob.

[hsamotors]

Hello to everyone in this forum. i am a new member of your community. ihave loads of informations about hybrids including prius.please contact me if you have any question or needs help.thank you toeveryone.
hsa

[ThruSST]

Ever so slightly off topic but slightly relevant....
I work for a company that builds busses (real big ones not 7 & 8 seaters)
Anyway, just last week we got our first double decker running with a hybrid powertrain system. It goes like a car when unladen and even when loaded to 18 Tonnes it's still a flyer. The acceleration is absolutely astounding. I'm not sure how the Toyota system works but on this bus it has 600Nm of torque available from standstill. There was a throttle fault on it and I was sitting in the driver seat with my foot hard on the brake and it spun the left hand wheels against the brakes and left a rubber streak on the floor 2 metres long. Filled the workshop completely with smoke!

[Robin]

Originally Posted by hsamotors

Hello to everyone in this forum. i am a new member of your community. ihave loads of informations about hybrids including prius.please contact me if you have any question or needs help.thank you toeveryone.
hsa

How much do a new set of batteries cost?

[ClintJ]

Originally Posted by Robin

How much do a new set of batteries cost?

Ive read that the prius batteries are around $3~4000USD. They are around 280V and 6Ampere hrs.. Not very big capacity wise compared to some chinese made lithium iron phosphate batteries I was looking at.
It was a 84V system with 90ampere hrs and would cost $5500USD including the battery charger and elctronics to protect the cells.

Ive only read good things about toyota's cells used in the prius's. Most thought that the cells would only be good for 8 years or so. The first model prius is going on past 10years now and still Ive not read much on battery failures as in loss of capacity.
Ive read about failed links in the cells which can be replaced or repaired but no failures of the nature where I need a whole new set of cells.

Its seems toyota done a better job getting there NiMh cells right than the heads on our 3CTE engines in our vans