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Toyota's Irv Miller jumps into Series-Parallel debate again! Now with new definitions!

Over at the Toyota Open Road Blog, Communications VP Irv Miller has chimed in again on the whole parallel vs series hybrid debate, this time with some fresh definitions. The previous postings have generated quite a bit of commentary both for and against Toyota's position. Miller first refutes some previous claims about a ten-mile range for Volt prototypes. Some commenters had attributed this to Toyota when in fact it originated with a Bloomberg story last summer. He also discusses the issue of using nickel metal hydride batteries in a vehicle ... Read more →

Hack A Day brings us a hybrid powered robot Jeremy Korzeniewski

How cool is this! Here we have a hybridized robot, which uses a small four-stroke engine made by Subaru/Robin powering an automobile alternator which in-turn offers up the power for the robot. A ...

Toyota's Irv Miller jumps into Series-Parallel debate again! Now with new definitions! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hack A Day brings us a hybrid powered robot 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

How cool is this! Here we have a hybridized robot, which uses a small four-stroke engine made by Subaru/Robin powering an automobile alternator which in-turn offers up the power for the robot. A small 12-volt battery pack smooths out the voltage to the motors. The alternator reportedly puts out at ...

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