Comments on: Toyota Prius Turbo?

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:56:40 +0000

Lol anonymous. I am curious how you thought that a turbocharger wouldn’t work when on batteries due to no exhaust – but somehow a supercharger would be viable despite that compressed air is of no benefit to an electric engine.

In any case the petrol engine kicks in the moment you floor it – so a turbocharger is a perfectly sensible improvement.

But they won’t be doing 0-100 in 5 seconds, or even close to. Not while the prius’s keep to the atkinson cycle – the turbocharger will help, but it’ll be very lucky if it gets to 100 in 8 seconds..

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:45:12 +0000

Where are these ridiculous articles sourced? A turbo charge Prius? DO you idiots have any idea how a car actualy works? A turbocharger is driven by the exhaust, and guess what, there isn’t any exhaust when the car is running on its batteries. A supercharger would be a more viable option, but then I would bet the moron who wrote this fiction doesn’t understand the difference.

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:22:03 +0000

Here is the quote:

“Spinella (President of CNW who conducted study) admitted that, If you can drive the Prius 200,000 miles, and do the same levels of costs and repairs, the cost per mile obviously comes down dramatically”
- http://www.hybridcars.com/envi.....costs.html

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:16:42 +0000

No you are wrong, go find the article at this site about the study suggesting a Pruis was worse then a Hummer, the comments clear will provide you with some insight. They manipulated the stats through the period of time of the study, shorter interval so Prius at 100,000miles compared to 300,000miles for Hummer so the Pruis didnt have the time it needed for its fuel efficiency and emmissions to, on a per mile average over its life, have an impact. Something like a Hummer, from day one will have a huge impact in production then continue having a huge impact through fuel and emmissions, a Prius does have a huge impact in production due to mining but then due to better efficiency and low emmissions, its negative impact on environment increases at a slower rate to something like a Hummer. So, the length of time is clearly a key issue here, oringally I thought it may be reasonable as Pruis’ may only last 100,000miles, but from further reading there are examples which go on well past that. Simply, that study was poor… I even read somehwere that one of the creaters said it had major downfalls due to the length chosen. It was more for a dramatic effect rather then something that can be relied upon with a great deal of confidence.

By: Hark

Hark — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:24:06 +0000

It all seems like Toyota has built a car that is better for the environment, but did you know that in it life span, from production, usage, and disposal, the Prius causes more harm to the environment than a H2 Hummer; that’s right, a H2 HUMMER. This is because making the high capacity batteries uses harmful chemicals and processes, not to mention the pollution caused when you have to dispose of the batteries. Yes, the Prius is a fuel efficient car, but by no means is it an environmentally friendly car.