I love techie stuff as much as anyone, but don't you wonder what is going to happen in 6-10 years with some of these hybrids? When the battery packs are shot and the controls are flaking out, and the car is not worth taking to the dealership/stealership for repair work at $100+ per hour. Few shadetree mechanics are going to be able to debug them or be able to afford to replace the parts. Most of the shadetree mechanics I have known are not at all comfortable around high voltage DC. I have similar, but lesser problems now with my Ford 2003 6.0 liter diesel truck right now and it is fairly low tech in comparison. Some of the engine sensors are > $300 each. A good price for rebuilt injectors is $200 each - or $1600 for a set. Major repair estimates from the dealership might was well be rounded out to the nearest $1K.
I sometimes wonder if some of these hybrids aren't way over engineered..... Dave Jon Elson wrote: > Stuart Stevenson wrote: > >> Andy, >> This link doesn't say anything about starting by injection. I am sure it >> is BMW that has the starting capability. >> > The Honda Civic hybrid has some really interesting stuff going on. They can > lock all the valves closed, cylinder by cylinder to control displacement. > When it "auto stops" at a traffic light it closes all the valves so the > engine > doesn't shudder when it stops. You can't even hear it, but it takes at > least 5 seconds > to stop turning. I think they do the same on startup from the > on-flywheel motor/gen. > Whenever you take your foot off the gas it closes all the valves to > minimize the > engine drag. They also do stuff with variable valve timing so as to > minimize use > of the throttle plate. > > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
