Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
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Anyone catch the news on Al Gore's son getting clocked at 105 mph on I-5 by an Orange County sheriff's deputy?
Perhaps most surprising (other than I-5 in OC is usually a traffic jam), it was in a Toyota Prius! The follow-up story:
Who says the Prius can't get out of its own way?
Al Gore III's alleged 100-mph jaunt alters perceptions of 'wimpy' hybrid cars.
By Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, July 6, 2007
http:// www.latime s.com/news /local/la- me-prius6j ul06,1,473 9292.story
Toyota says that the Prius is speed-limited to 103 mph to avoid depleting the battery. "It can go 103 mph indefinitely" on gasoline. Also, the Prius has a low 0.26 coefficient of drag, low "rolling resistance" tires and weighs only 2,932 pounds.
Not really new stuff, but now street-credible. Maybe clever marketing by Toyota? And good 'green' advertising, getting more people to consider high fuel-efficiency vehicles?
Perhaps most surprising (other than I-5 in OC is usually a traffic jam), it was in a Toyota Prius! The follow-up story:
Who says the Prius can't get out of its own way?
Al Gore III's alleged 100-mph jaunt alters perceptions of 'wimpy' hybrid cars.
By Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, July 6, 2007
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Toyota says that the Prius is speed-limited to 103 mph to avoid depleting the battery. "It can go 103 mph indefinitely" on gasoline. Also, the Prius has a low 0.26 coefficient of drag, low "rolling resistance" tires and weighs only 2,932 pounds.
Not really new stuff, but now street-credible. Maybe clever marketing by Toyota? And good 'green' advertising, getting more people to consider high fuel-efficiency vehicles?





RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
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RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
Its 0–60 mph time is 12.7 seconds.
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Also, "40-70 mph performance, more important than stoplight drags, takes a mere 8.93 seconds." [seems rather slow to me]
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But dcasto, your Toyata can't recover kinetic energy via regenerative braking when the flashing red lights & siren come on behind you!
RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
Time before I was driving alone and it took 10.1 gallons, of course I did hit 103 at times and did 65-75 MPH going up as well as down. Love VVTL-i.
RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
RE: Toyota Prius can do continuous 103 mph -- Gore proved!
Toyota's Supra HV-R hybrid racer that won the Tokachi 24-Hour Race in mid-July, with enhanced regenerative braking, is probably more relevant to street hybrids (although it used capacitors rather than batteries). http
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The next hybrid vehicle advance was supposedly a big weight savings by use of lithium ion batteries, but safety concerns have delayed this, at least in Toyota's next generation Prius. http:
Any comments on the winner of the Honda Insight Marathon (last fall in Tonkawa, Oklahoma) on getting 2,254 miles on a single 13.7-gallon tank of gas (165 MPG)?
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