Hybrid News

Can you list some of your favorite standard features on your MMH /FEH?

besides the hybrid system…of course.

After 6 months, I got my Hybrid Altima with tech in Jade. All options.

I drove it back the 60 miles to my home on two lane highways. Average speed was between 50-58. Computer said I avg.38.2 miles per gallon. Outside Temp was 37 degrees most of the way.I am very happy with that. From some of the professional reviews and even some of the customers, I was concerned what the transition was going to be between EV and ICE mode and back again. I have to say that it was really hardly noticable. It felt more like a gear shift on a manual but even less about 25% of that. Most of the time, I didn’t notice and now I don’t think it will enter my mind other than when looking at the display.

I tired to get the energy flow meter to shut down all flows for a test glide but couldn’t do it once. I wonder if that feature was software out on the NAH.

This is the most fun I have had with a car in a long time. it’s like the first trip to DisneyWorld. Well maybe not that exciting but pretty close.

http://publications.mediapost.com/in…&art_aid=71859

I’m over a decade late in entering the car market to buy my first vehicle, so when I did so, the internet played a major role in finding praise and criticisms for the vehicles I had in scope.

The younger generation is exploiting the technology even more. It is no longer sufficient to write your slanted opinion pieces through traditionally well-known publications and assume that people are paying attention anymore.

Read below, then go here to call you congressman:

http://capwiz.com/re-action/callaler…534241&type=CO

Solar Showdown In Congress

With Congress back in session, renewable energy proponents are girding for a battle over legislation that could make or break the nascent solar power industry.

At stake in the energy bill now before Congress is the survival of a 30 percent investment tax credit that makes large-scale solar power plants a viable option for utilities under pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions by obtaining more of their electricity from renewable sources. On the home front, a similar tax credit for residential solar installations is up for grabs as Congress tries to reconcile House and Senate versions of the energy legislation.

“There are at least eight or nine well-funded companies that are actually making great progress in developing large-scale solar,” says Joshua Bar-Lev, vice president for regulatory affairs for Oakland, Calif.,-based solar power plant developer BrightSource Energy. “I don’t know if any of them are going to be able to finance projects and get the permits they need without these tax credits.”

The solar companies and their allies in the utility industry and on Wall Street had been pressing for an eight-year extension of the investment tax credit. They also want to abolish a prohibition on utilities from taking advantage of the incentive if they invest directly in solar power plants. But since word hit the street that Congressional leaders were considering stripping out the incentives to speed passage of the complex legislation — catchall bills that will affect the fate of nearly every energy-related industry, from Big Oil to biofuels — solar proponents have been converging on the Capitol in an 11th-hour lobbying frenzy.

“Things are very uncertain at the moment,” says Chris O’Brien, an executive at solar panel maker Sharp who serves as chairman of the Solar Energy Industry Association, a trade group. “In recent years, we’ve seen a very sharp increase in corporate investment, project investment and financing for solar technology companies and solar projects. There’s great concern that the U.S. market continue to grow.”

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http://greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn…n-in-congress/

Wife had her key so did not bother to go back in house for it. Stayed in car as she went to the Post office. About 30 seconds after she left, the car shut down. Not remembering my goof on taking my key, hit the power up button. Display reminded me, no key present in the car. Had the car 6 months and still learning features.

Thanks tjq

I have a hitch from when I used to own a Prius. It fit my ‘04 and assume it will fit any Gen 2 Prius, not sure. I used it for a hitch-mount bike rack for two summers then got rid of the car in late ‘05. The hitch is still in my basement.

I’m in Denver, Congress Park area. Unfortunately, I’m not interested in shipping it. I don’t have the original packing materials and don’t want to mess with it.

I don’t need it, and it’s just sitting there. Now, I just can’t stand when wealthy people try to get stuff for free. It’s tacky, IMO. So, for the sake of good Karma if nothing else, I’d like to see at least a token offer of some kind. But I am also easily distracted by sad stories, interesting arguments and shiny objects and am perfectly willing to give it away to a guy or girl that needs it. PM me if interested. Thanks to all.