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I don't usually take much notice of car ads on TV. But this one had me leaping out of my chair. Toyota, said the closing caption, is working towards making a car that will "clean the air" as it drives. What could this mean? I knew they made the ...Read more
Greenwash: Driven mad by Toyota's carbon claims - Guardian Unlimited
When we bought our Toyota Prius in August we purchase the base model without any options. Although, that’s what we wanted, it’s not like we had much of a choice in the matter Prius’ are still very scarce in the northeastern part of the U.S. and ...Read more
Using an iPod in a Prius - ZDNet Blogs
The new fleet includes the Prius and the Camry Hybrid. The Prius is claimed to be the most fuel efficient car sold in the US. Bill Plamondon, chairman and CEO of EV Transportation, said: "As part of our restructuring, we are defleeting our older cars ...Read more
EV Transportation takes delivery of new Toyota hybrid vehicle fleet - Automotive Business Review
GOLDEN - During this past summer of soaring gas prices we heard stories of how demand for hybrid vehicles increased sharply. Fuel efficiency seemed to be on the minds of consumers. As Detroit's "Big Three" work to keep themselves above financially ...Read more
As auto industry struggles, testing continues on plug-in hybrid - KUSA-TV
Last month, DailyTech brought you the first pictures of Toyota's third generation Prius . The pictures were first leaked onto the web by members of an online Prius fan club, but Toyota later confirmed that the pictures circulating around the web were ...Read more
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There are two commonly available electric vehicle designs for automobiles: Battery Electric Vehicles or BEVs, which convert chemical energy to electrical energy, which is then regulated and fed to the drive motors. Chemical energy is the most common independent energy source. Chemical energy is converted to electrical energy, only to convert it back, but flywheels need to spin very fast to store enough energy to be stored in chemical form.
Despite the higher efficiency, electro-chemical vehicles have many technical issues which prevent them from replacing the more cumbersome heat engines. Heat engines have been easier to scale up, with the largest electrical generators always being driven by heat engines. Fuel cells are fragile, sensitive to contamination, and require external reactants such as hydrogen. Batteries require highly refined and unstable chemicals that could be harmful to the environment and must be recycled to minimize their impact and maximize their sustainability through material reuse. Both have lower energy and power density than heat engines. For especially large electric vehicles, namely submarines and aircraft carriers; or more esoteric sources such as flywheels, wind and solar.
The reasons electric motors are used to drive vehicles are their fine control, high efficiency and simple mechanical construction. Electric motors often achieve 90% conversion efficiency over the full range of speeds and power output and can be precisely controlled. Electric motors can provide torque whilst not moving, unlike internal combustion engines, electric automobiles held many vehicle land speed and distance records in the early 1900s. They were produced by Anthony Electric, Baker Electric, Detroit Electric, and others and at one point in history out-sold gasoline-powered vehicles.