My EV trike (tadpole config) is pretty sensitive to toe in. It is
indeed squirrely-er when it is most efficient. You want toe in so that
when one wheel hits a bump the other wheel tends to center the vehicle
not send it wide. You can really feel it of it is neutral or toe out.
I think you always
Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
I have done the toe-adjustment on my "Classic" (2002) Prius many years
ago (2004)
And indeed noticed that although the mileage was slightly better, it
also became more "squirrely" to drive at speed.
I wonder if it would be worthwhile to provide "automatic" toe-in
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> Ideally, the car should be loaded as it will be most often driven.
> Years ago when I had my electric
Ideally, the car should be loaded as it will be most often driven.
Years ago when I had my electric Wabbit aligned for minimum rolling
resistance, I actually sat in the driver's seat while the car was on the
alignment machine. They then set the wheels for as close to straight
ahead as possible
at I lost.
> Anyone know the proper alignment on a I-MiEV?
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> I wonder if that would help on my I-MiEV ? I thought I had lost quite a bit
> of range but I put 40 psi in the tires and
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I wonder if that would help on my I-MiEV ? I thought I had lost quite a bit of
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Cor.
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On 04/28/2017 02:22 AM, Hoegberg via
On 04/28/2017 02:22 AM, Hoegberg via EV wrote:
I have done this on my Volvo V70 also some years ago, it
did help a lot, but the car with more neutral toe adjustment -
needs a bit more active driver on the steering wheel,
As you probably noticed, a car with slight toe out or zero toe in will
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> After doing the toe-OUT on my Leaf I had parked it for a while
(I am selling it, a
After doing the toe-OUT on my Leaf I had parked it for a while
(I am selling it, as I am always driving my electric truck)
But today I decided to take it to work for the day so it is not
Sitting for too long.
Wow! The miles/kWh varied a bit, traffic was mixed, some local and
Some freeway, but it st
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