New 125 Miles per Gallon Toyota Prius
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With advanced Lithium iron phosphate batteries, Toyota Prius logs 125 miles per gallon.
The Pennsylvania based Lithium Technology Corporation recently demonstrated a new type of "plug-in" Toyota Prius hybrid car.
This Toyota Prius hybrid car will have an advanced Lithium iron phosphate battery that will allow the car to travel up to a distance of 125 miles per gallon of fuel. If confirmed, this will be the most efficient mass produced car in the world.
Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) said that this new lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) technology will be available and incorporated in hybrid cars next year 2008-2009. Another unique feature available in this hybrid car is it has a “plug in” feature where the cars can be charged from any electrical outlets. There are no “plug-in” capable cars available in the market; they all require special conversion kit to recharge at homes.
The current Toyota Prius cars claim 65 miles per gallon of fuel in ideal conditions, then this new LTC battery powered car will have fuel efficiency twice than that. When they say here is 125 miles per gallon, it is the car that travels on a full charge plus the car travels on a gallon of fuel.
Although the new long range "plug-in" Toyota Prius might prove to be even more popular than its current version (which since the launch of its second version in 2004 has sold over 200,000 units worldwide), it is still very far from breaking the world record for the longest drive per gallon of fuel. This record was recently broken by a prototype car built by a team from St. Joseph La Joliverie University in France, which set an astonishing record of 7,148 miles per gallon of fuel (3,039 km per liter).
Till that car is commercialized, the new Toyota Prius will serve us. You can find more information on the new Lithium iron Phosphate battery technology on the LTC website. If Solar power can be used to power these batteries, then the power costs wouldn't be a problem.
Ref: Tfot.
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Here is a comparison between Toyota Prius and a normal car of the same value, it says Toyota Prius saves about $8,800 over 5 years. I think if they harness energy to store on the batteries from Solar or Windpower it will save considerably. It has a good future, but the current manufacturers don't want to spend too much time and make it look worse. Hope there is an independent manufacturer makes them better. If they do that it will be awesome.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a very cool car, actually I like the way it looks. Getting popular here in Europe too.
Yes, I think it will be fine, if we use good materials and recyclable then it will be fine. Glad it is popular in Europe. Here they still drive SUVs and bigger cars. Also, I don't understand why they have to make the car look ugly, it has nothing to do with. This is another way by the company to deter customers.
Can't wait for those batteries to come out. There is acutally a company that installs solar panels on the roofs of the Toyota Prius increasing their effiency by 37%. Its only 3000 bucks. If the plug was eliminated altogether there would be no strain on the electric grid or pollution from the plants. Great hub.
Thanks Bueller, that solar roof sounds like a novel idea. Hope they do it more in the future. The solar panels are getting more and more advanced, we can easily install in the roof and get the excess heat.
At the rate that PG&E charges me to use electricity, I wonder if the cost of paying at the pump won't be minimal compared to what I'll have to pay them.
Nmbourne, with solar and wind, I am sure the prices will come down. It is better than giving away money to the Gulf, at least the money will stay in the country and help the economy.
cgull8m: The LTC link is down, getting:
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This link accesses some company info:
Thanks Jake Auto for the heads up, I will amend the article.
BTW Colorado's “Incentives for Efficient Motor Vehicles,” will provide tax credits of up to $6,000 for the "purchase of, or conversion to, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle" on top of the 10% federal text credit provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
spacebull says:
3 years ago
I've heard, for the last Prius, that when you count in the ecological cost of making it etc. that it's just as bad for the environment as the next car. By ecological cost I mean the energy used to make it, dangerous emissions that result in the process etc.