VIDEO: New Toyota Prius ad channels Vishnu to explain hybrid tech
Posted Oct 27th 2009 8:08AM by Jeremy Korzeniewski
Australian Toyota Prius advertisement - Click above to watch the video after the break
What do you want from me, I've only got two hands?! Wouldn't we all be a bit more productive if we were blessed with another set of upper appendages, complete with opposable thumbs? Toyota apparently thinks so, and the Japanese automotive giant is using the point to prove that two drivetrains are better than one.
Of course, the two drivetrains in question belong to the new 2010 Toyota Prius, which mates an electric motor capable of powering the car on its lonesome and a small, efficient gas-burning 1.8-liter four cylinder internal combustion engine in one happy marriage to produce the perfect hybrid. Or something like that.
Click past the break to watch the advertisement for the new 2010 Prius in Australia. Oh, and Vishnu? Click here for an explanation of the title reference if it slipped you by. Thanks for the tip, Mark C!
[Source: YouTube]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark Kiernan 8:32AM (10/27/2009)
Stop the the messing around Toyota and stick a damn pug in the Prius. ;-)
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dwarg 1:08PM (10/27/2009)
A pug in a Prius would be soooo cute!!!!!
Although the humane society would probably get their panties in a bunch over dog giveaway with every car.... Canines for Clunkers anyone?
Thank you... Thank you...
I'll be here all night folks, remember to tip your wait staff.
Boyprodigy1 11:14AM (10/27/2009)
Toyota is wrong. One drivetrain is better, and its the electric one. When you make a hybrid you are averaging the benefits and downfalls.
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skierpage 9:22PM (10/27/2009)
Wait, Hybrid Synergy Drive involves *two* motor-generators, the guy should have six hands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive
For some pure BEV is better. But if you're going to power a car with a combination of ICE and electric, HSD is delivering better results than other technologies like mild hybrid and integrated motor assist, because only Toyota reaches 50 mpg. The way it uses the second motor-generator to effect a continuously variable transmission without pulleys and V-belts is ingenious.
Dan Frederiksen 8:52PM (10/29/2009)
spending our efforts on misleading advertisement insted of doing what we should and make ultra light plugin hybrids.
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