The Power of Hybrid Synergy Drive to Climb Hill

This video demostrates superiority of eCVT in Prius. Propeling 3,150 lbs mass uphill at about 1,500 RPM. The gas engine only makes 82 lbs-ft (about half of Camry). The electric motor synergize the gas engine's weakness with its 295 lbs-ft torque.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• prius
• hsd
• uphill
• hybrid
• synergy
• drive
• climb
• hill

[np1070]

Very interesting. I am curious about the Palm Pilot displaying RPM and apparently something else. Can someone post information on that? Thanks! Dennis

[usbseawolf2000]

I am using Dyno-Scan from auterraweb with Palm M130. The other number that you see is the engine coolant temp in deg F. There are more than 20 other values that I can monitor real-time but none of them are hybrid specific. There is List screen with smaller numbers but it can display 8 values at once. You can check my other videos in google video with that List screen if you are curious.

[edcastrovalley]

Thanks for the demonstration. I'm going pay attention climbing my next hill. Ed