This bill would be a gift from the automotive gods. In my opinion certain car manufactuars are becoming a bit shifty. Ive recentlly researched both the Toyota and Honda hybrids, and there are several drastic differences between the two models. The most striking difference is the nature of the fuel economy, the prius is most efficent in city driving, but the insite/civic works best for highway driving, just like a CONVENTIONAL vehicle.
Other differences are the voltage; Prius=238 Insite=12 (just like a CONVENTIONAL vehicle). I have been a loyal Honda owner since I was 16 years old, and I have often comminted on Honda being the best auto maker ever, so of course I tested there vehicle first. It wasn't easy but I finally found that they use a continuous mesh starter motor, this seemed like an attempt to produce a fake hybrid. A starter motor adds a negligable amount of power to a gasoline engine. (Try running your car off of the starter, I did)
You might think they use a better motor but recall voltage(V) is equal to resistance(R) multiplyed by current (I), and power(P) is equal to V * I, so solving power in terms of voltage one obtains: P = V^2 / R, so to increase the power into an electric motor one must transform the voltage.
I do have more detailed calculations for power output as well as preliminary experamentally results on variations in electromagnets, but to avoid being even more long winded, I will conclude by saying it would have saved me alot of time if the Honda dealer would have been legally obligated to answer one damned question about the vehicle he was attempting to sell me. The Toyota dealer was very helpful, although the Prius is infinitely more complex, I would like to know more about the circuitry, but at least I know it is a real hybrid, with a real electric motor.
Screw Honda,
Other differences are the voltage; Prius=238 Insite=12 (just like a CONVENTIONAL vehicle). I have been a loyal Honda owner since I was 16 years old, and I have often comminted on Honda being the best auto maker ever, so of course I tested there vehicle first. It wasn't easy but I finally found that they use a continuous mesh starter motor, this seemed like an attempt to produce a fake hybrid. A starter motor adds a negligable amount of power to a gasoline engine. (Try running your car off of the starter, I did)
You might think they use a better motor but recall voltage(V) is equal to resistance(R) multiplyed by current (I), and power(P) is equal to V * I, so solving power in terms of voltage one obtains: P = V^2 / R, so to increase the power into an electric motor one must transform the voltage.
I do have more detailed calculations for power output as well as preliminary experamentally results on variations in electromagnets, but to avoid being even more long winded, I will conclude by saying it would have saved me alot of time if the Honda dealer would have been legally obligated to answer one damned question about the vehicle he was attempting to sell me. The Toyota dealer was very helpful, although the Prius is infinitely more complex, I would like to know more about the circuitry, but at least I know it is a real hybrid, with a real electric motor.
Screw Honda,