Comments on: Toyota Prius Air-conditioning System

By: mousee

mousee — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:43:03 +0000

Hi NacaYoda, I agree on your thoughts of having solar on every car under non-covered parking. And it’s good to see Toyota having a crack at it.

But hooking up small solars at diff time and generating diff amount of electricity is not really something you want. That’ll result in more damage in equipment than the cost of generating electricity using solar in a proper solar site. There’s a lot of things that’s going on in between the wires than you would bother to understand and it takes A LOT of precision control to supply you with power that is useable and non-destructive and not annoying you all the time. Seriously…A LOT of precision equipment and work.

As for mini floating turbines, I would guess the cost could not justify a once in a decade event to make it worthwhile generating power. FYI, wind turbines stop when the wind is too strong, or too weak. You can’t just make a weaker electricity when the wind is weak and make more power when the wind is stronger. All this rotating machinery operates in a very narrow happy range that makes the world lights up. And you will not believe how much trouble are wind generators creating in terms of maintenance. You don’t want to be the one paying for the repair.

It’s good to dream, but do understand we’re human and we still have a long way to go to solve that technical constraint before making your dreams come true.

By: Reza bagheri

Reza bagheri — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:37:25 +0000

Hi Please tell me more about this type of air conditioning system in prius.

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:37:57 +0000

Ockerman Says:
April 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

“What a groundbreaking idea Toyota has invented (Not). My HZ ute has a similar system that helps to keep it cool when parked, and it is a very simple one. We call it a window, and found that if you leave it open a little then hot air magically escapes when parked.”

The problem is Ockerman that leaving your windows down in a “public” car park, even a little bit, is technically illegal if you are’t near/in your car. Not to mention the insurance implications if anything was stolen…

By: Abscess

Abscess — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:10:01 +0000

I dont hate Toyotas I love them,they grow on you.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:09:00 +0000

Good point Cg, but don’t let the facts get in the way of a Toyota bashing.

I had the global opening of the windows via remote on my old car. Its a good idea in theory, but I wouldn’t want to leave all the windows open on my car unless I could see it, so its a bit ineffective really. As for the drop from 80 to 48 degrees in one minute being no big deal, which car would you rather get into?

By: cg

cg — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:42:28 +0000

correct me if im wrong but did these older cars have electric a/c compressors or engine driven?
because i fail to see how it would be done in the past without the engine running unless they were electric?

By: absi

absi — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:47:28 +0000

its sad to see that this website in particular is full of Toyota haters.

By: RoFlmaTiC

RoFlmaTiC — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:40:42 +0000

The Mazda could run the A/C remotely could it Steven A? Reading comprehension skills not up to scratch?

By: Steven A

Steven A — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:33:18 +0000

Yet another gimmick from Toyota of an old idea.

I recall the old ( early/mid 1990′s ) Mazda 929 limo sedan had a similar system but was given the flick due to not delivering on its promise to actually work.

Toyota never gives up with their regurgitated crap!.

By: nobody

nobody — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:04:15 +0000

How bout using half or (whatever % set by the driver) of the solar energy collected to recharge the battery as well. Or will this be in Lexus’ version of the Prius instead?