If I show people the M3P acceleration I tell them to brace their heads against the headrest and grab the seat or whatever.
Good point. I remember the setting but think I left it on. Will have to test. Thanks for the tip.
I haven't seen that setting, but I will say the wandering does come up in heavy wind trying to compensate for the wind. It happens driving normally in any car, but it's different when you're compensating yourself as a driver.
Good tests, then real use, should make the tests almost seem like sand -bagging. Silly analogy, but rigorous testing should be the norm. Anyway, good easy reading article.
The comments in the article regarding discharge depth mirror the comments I saw made by Jeff Dan of Dalhousie University in a recent Youtube video. To wit, 80 -> 50 -> 80 is better than 80 -> 20 -> 80 because it reduces the expansion and contraction of the cell internals.
Was just looking at this.
Private car service. Plus the owner lives in the Goldilocks range of California (Santa Cruz).
I like the idea of hybrids but I find myself questioning potential battery issues. How does the warranty work on batteries? Does the battery have to completely fail to be covered because as we know, they can continue to hold "some" charge for a long time. Let's say in 8 or 9 years capacity is 50% or lower would is that low enough to trigger warranty coverage? Are there magic numbers that have to be met to instigate warranty replacement/coverage? A regular hybrid has pretty limited range as it is. I think I'd be pretty upset if they told me that I would have to accept even less range waiting for an arbitrary threshold to be met for warranty coverage.
You're confusing hybrids with EVs. A hybrid has NO range restriction other than running out of gas.
My SIL has a Rav4. I encouraged her to look at a hybrid because I was familiar with her driving habits. She can drive to her daughters house about two miles away at residential speeds mostly on battery power. She does this every school day to pick up her grandkids at the school bus stop. She's absolutely giddy about her fuel savings. The battery power is also a major factor in getting the vehicle moving which further accounts for its efficiency. Losing the ability to do either pretty much defeats the purpose of a hybrid. If at some point the battery cannot retain an adequate charge doesn't that compromise a hybrid vehicle?
Hybrids will switch between (full) EV and gas mode as they need to. Yes, with some models you can keep it in EV mode quite a bit but it will switch to gas and recharge no matter what the driver does. Have her force EV mode (with the button) and see how far she can make it. It won't be far, in fact, I'll bet she can't make that 2-mile drive without a warning about the battery popping up. I tried this overseas with a Toyota Corolla hybrid and it was less than a mile before it warned about it.
I've always been curious about that. Thanks!
