http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-331 Dr.Dawn Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:13:48 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-331 Resentful? You bet I'm resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let's require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can't we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there's a rational reason it's not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long? Resentful? You bet I’m resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let’s require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can’t we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there’s a rational reason it’s not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long?

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21934 Dr.Dawn Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:13:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21934 Resentful? You bet I'm resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let's require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can't we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there's a rational reason it's not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long? Resentful? You bet I’m resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let’s require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can’t we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there’s a rational reason it’s not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long?

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21935 Dr.Dawn Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:13:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21935 Resentful? You bet I'm resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let's require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can't we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there's a rational reason it's not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long? Resentful? You bet I’m resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let’s require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can’t we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there’s a rational reason it’s not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long?

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21937 Dr.Dawn Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:13:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21937 Resentful? You bet I'm resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let's require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can't we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there's a rational reason it's not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long? Resentful? You bet I’m resentful about the castration of the battery only mode in my 2005 Prius and subsequent models. Let’s require Americans to burn more oil than Europeans. After all, we can afford it, can’t we? As far as my little non-techie brain understands it, the plug and play option has been available from the beginning. Please someone tell me there’s a rational reason it’s not standard issue. Since 1978 I have always chosen the highest mileage vehicle available to me. Why is this taking so long?

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-330 mogreen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:46:10 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-330 The switchable models should be available in the US. It's ridiculous to pay $24,000 for an after-market upgrade which could be offered as a stock option for a few thousand. After-market upgrades void the warranty. Why wouldn't Toyota take the initiative to build the extra cost of anticipated warranty repairs into the sticker price? Gas is $4 per gallon with no sign of decline. If the car had the option to run in electric only mode, consumers could buy solar panels to mount on the roof of their garage. Toyota could even offer that as an accessory purchase. Harbor Freight sells a 45w solar panel kit to charge 12vDC batteries for under $200US. Just plug the car in when it's not being driven and let the sun do the rest. The switchable models should be available in the US. It’s ridiculous to pay $24,000 for an after-market upgrade which could be offered as a stock option for a few thousand. After-market upgrades void the warranty. Why wouldn’t Toyota take the initiative to build the extra cost of anticipated warranty repairs into the sticker price? Gas is $4 per gallon with no sign of decline. If the car had the option to run in electric only mode, consumers could buy solar panels to mount on the roof of their garage. Toyota could even offer that as an accessory purchase. Harbor Freight sells a 45w solar panel kit to charge 12vDC batteries for under $200US. Just plug the car in when it’s not being driven and let the sun do the rest.

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21933 mogreen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:46:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21933 The switchable models should be available in the US. It's ridiculous to pay $24,000 for an after-market upgrade which could be offered as a stock option for a few thousand. After-market upgrades void the warranty. Why wouldn't Toyota take the initiative to build the extra cost of anticipated warranty repairs into the sticker price? Gas is $4 per gallon with no sign of decline. If the car had the option to run in electric only mode, consumers could buy solar panels to mount on the roof of their garage. Toyota could even offer that as an accessory purchase. Harbor Freight sells a 45w solar panel kit to charge 12vDC batteries for under $200US. Just plug the car in when it's not being driven and let the sun do the rest. The switchable models should be available in the US. It’s ridiculous to pay $24,000 for an after-market upgrade which could be offered as a stock option for a few thousand. After-market upgrades void the warranty. Why wouldn’t Toyota take the initiative to build the extra cost of anticipated warranty repairs into the sticker price? Gas is $4 per gallon with no sign of decline. If the car had the option to run in electric only mode, consumers could buy solar panels to mount on the roof of their garage. Toyota could even offer that as an accessory purchase. Harbor Freight sells a 45w solar panel kit to charge 12vDC batteries for under $200US. Just plug the car in when it’s not being driven and let the sun do the rest.

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-329 Get 120 MPG Out of Your Prius (Plug It In) : Gas 2.0 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:58:43 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-329 [...] Posts: Hybrid Hacks and Toyota Yawns? A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid Will Plug-In Hybrids Become the [...] [...] Posts: Hybrid Hacks and Toyota Yawns? A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid Will Plug-In Hybrids Become the [...]

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-328 Michelle Bennett Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:12:47 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-328 As far as I can tell, the major hybrid-converting players are in California and Canada. Boo hoo for us east coast folk. Of course, there could be smaller operations scattered around the country that didn't get lots of press... As far as I can tell, the major hybrid-converting players are in California and Canada. Boo hoo for us east coast folk. Of course, there could be smaller operations scattered around the country that didn’t get lots of press…

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-327 Mathew Hudson Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:06:51 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-327 What about "spoilers"? About six months ago there was an article about an engineer fitting his VW diesel bug with a spoiler to make a big differance in his mileage. What about “spoilers”? About six months ago there was an article about an engineer fitting his VW diesel bug with a spoiler to make a big differance in his mileage.

]]> http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21931 Mathew Hudson Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:06:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/2008/01/27/hybrid-hacks-and-toyota-yawns/#comment-21931 What about "spoilers"? About six months ago there was an article about an engineer fitting his VW diesel bug with a spoiler to make a big differance in his mileage. What about “spoilers”? About six months ago there was an article about an engineer fitting his VW diesel bug with a spoiler to make a big differance in his mileage.

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