Prius

Could turn out an expensive d-i-y job then? ;-(

I don't suppose that was difficult ;-)

Not 'special Toshiba' batteries though? ;-)

Does diesel give of similar fumes as petrol (benzine isn't it) at the pump though (joking aside and out of interest)?

All the best ..

T i m

Oops, you have probably just summoned the Troll...

Ah, rubber suit.... that is probably why he likes them!

There is a nice big pack of info on the Toyota site detailing all the precautions that first response emergency personnel should take. Basically the main hazard is electric shock as they run at several hundred volts. Obviously a shorted battery can explode, same as a normal battery.

mrcheerful

"mrcheerful >> Makes me glad I drive a nice safe petrol car.

How much???????

mike

The battery pack is IIRC circa 200 and a bit volts that is put through an inverter thing to give nearly 500 volts for the motor. A very interesting car that is great to drive, and very economical on fuel, but too expensive overall to be any real saving over its life. the battery pack is about 2000 pounds worth, but does have an eight year guarantee.

mrcheerful

Obviously a proper Health and Safety Risk Assessment has been carried out and the precautions are being followed. Better than risk an injury and then claiming for compensation.

John

Sounds perfectly normal. if it looked easy, the mechanics would do the next one themselves.

Friend of a friend was talking about them in a pub (so take with a pinch of salt, etc)... IIRC, something like 270V. Apparently, 140V is used by other dual fuel vehicles.

Theres an inverter that turns that into 3 phase AC for the drive motors and also runs backwards under braking to turn the AC into DC charging voltage.

It's high, but not ridiculous.

It's the 20,000psi in a diesel injection system that scares me more...

You'd prefer a higher current instead?

Isn't that 228 1.2V cells in series and 273.6V?

Though, as rumour has it, not as economical or as much fun to drive as a Golf 1.9TDI.

:-P

It's packaged as 38 7.2V packs no doubt made of 6 1.2V tagged cells each.

And you know damn well it's only a *nominal* 1.2V per cell, so it's probably ranging from 1V/cell when discharged but off load (228V) to a max of

In a crash situation, which is where we came from,presumably it would not be charging, hence the upper limit would be more likely to be 1.4V/cell, i.e.

But anything from 228V right up to 406V in realistic situations should be treated with the same level of safety measures, so it's a bit immaterial...

Can you give a URL etc that states this warranty for the UK?

It's reasonably economical as a town car in heavy traffic, but poor on the open road.

It is in the brochure: all synergy drive components have an eight years warranty:

mrcheerful

Some saying 5 years.

Unless you want to drive in the London Congestion Charge zone. But I guess that if loads of people bought Priuses the discount would disappear.