To :Mike "Don Quixote" Maline, We have now had our Escape Hybrid for exactly two months now, so now let me share or recent experiences with another purchase...
Mike -- Thanks for the update and keep them coming. I have a FHE on order and I too hope to have a hitch installed. By the way, any thoughts on why the...
I don't think we have yet tried to figure out that one but my best guess would be the drag on EV and transmission..and perhaps overheating shutdown on 4WD. I...
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Troy Heagy
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Dec 2, 2004 12:06 pm
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... Yeah. I think the car companies "cheat" when they take the city test. They fully charge the battery to 100%, and slowly drain it to empty during the...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 2, 2004 1:09 pm
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So the Prius people are only getting 38 MPG.. Not the 60 MPG in the buzz ... From: Troy Heagy [mailto:electrictroy@...] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004...
Ok, pool o' hybrid knowledge...I have a question. Can you do a remote start on the Escape Hybrid? I am not sure if you can, and if you could would it give...
I do not think this is yet a dealer option in the US. I thought it was in Canada, as is the engine block warmer but apparently not on the Hybrid. See below: ...
... That would take such a massive reworking of the way things work as to be impractical. What I've read elsewhere is simply that the EPA test, being designed...
... Why? The Honda IMA has no objections to a fully-charged battery. And the Toyota system merely uses continuous EV-only mode until it reaches the "optimum"...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 2, 2004 6:20 pm
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... Hybrid systems seem more sensitive to external factors -- especially the drag caused by speed and the drag caused by bucking a head- or side-wind. Then you...
... I was discussing the City test. Troy ===== http://www.thelibertycommittee.org U.S. House of Representatives - The Liberty Caucus "to restore individual...
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Dec 2, 2004 7:11 pm
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... Troy, The city MPG test is also done indoors at a constant temperature, on a dynamometer, with no drag. peace, Linda...
Yes - the Hybrid can support the installation of a Ford remote starter. However, based on the Hybrid technology, once the vehicle is turned on and the vehicle...
... Generally speaking, drag is not relevant in city driving. It's the constant stops-n-starts that are the real drain. If you're "cheating" with a 100% full...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 2, 2004 7:33 pm
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... I dunno about 60, but I got 46 driving from Portland to SF and back doing 80 on I-5; 60mpg at 55 probably wouldn't be far off, considering the difference...
www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorials/1100027274 I didn't even bother to read it. When I saw, "these batteries will present an environmental hazard when the...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 2, 2004 10:12 pm
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... Because for one, I highly doubt they're draining the batter in the first place, so it would do no good. In order for that to have any benefit, you'd have...
I never worried about this in my Prius. By the time I bought mine there was enough collective experience to determine that the battery vents were adequately...
... Unless the EPA test is run over a very short course, the initial SOC is going to make very little difference to overall MPG. The high voltage batteries...
Green & Mean Forget about those puny gas sippers. The hybrid in your future is all about hot-rod horsepower. How carmakers are re-engineering the clean ...
... (1) I'm sure both Toyota/Honda would take advantage of the loophole, and charge the battery to 100%. I would. (2) The Prius is *already* programmed to...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 3, 2004 2:04 pm
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Subject: TheTruthAboutCars.com web form request ... ===== http://www.thelibertycommittee.org U.S. House of Representatives - The Liberty Caucus "to restore...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 3, 2004 2:07 pm
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... No not "big" but enough difference to boost City MPG above Highway MPG. And then owners wonder why their city driving does not exceed their highway...
... MPG ... their ... fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml ===== http://www.thelibertycommittee.org U.S. House of Representatives - The Liberty Caucus ...
Troy Heagy
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Dec 3, 2004 3:07 pm
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... See the second link I posted in message 518. peace Linda...
Troy, Just to be clear, hybrid vehicles do not charge batteries to 100% of the batteries' capacity. The vehicles limit both the top-end charge and bottom-end...
Linda- Just to be clear.. On the Prius groups, what is everyone's average MPG in their Prius? Everyone on the street thinks it is 60 MPG but you say it is ...
... Yeah I know, and I didn't say they do. But an electrical engineer (like me) could open up the case and do a top-off charge just prior to EPA tests. Troy ...
