whoster

I feel like if anything should happen to your company vehicles and your staff don't have enough time to "react" and slow down the car--then the incident won't be that big. The Prius does not accelerate that quickly, and needs time to get up to speed. Even if they were already doing 65mph, to get up to speeds deemed dangerous (which is basically where the Prius runs out of steam anyway)--it would take quite a number of seconds before the issue became "serious."

flipside909

On a hybrid with CVT, that's nearly impossible to guage what RPM the engine is running. If you are in DRIVE mode and you floor it, the engine rpm will climb to the limit set by the ECU.

Yes I have tested this on the RX450h. If you haven't see my results check post#30.




Not at all, the trans and main ECM of the car is smart enough to cut off power safely without problems. The test already has been done yesterday. Check this video clip.

19psi

that's exactly what i was going to say. anybody who claims that they couldn't react quickly enough when their prius "sped out of control" needs to work on their emergency response reactions or quit driving altogether. those cars are so slow, they'd have plenty of time to realize what's happening, and then move their right arm a few inches to push the shifter. if anyone can't do that in a few seconds, they need to be removed from public roads altogether because the rest of us aren't safe with them out there in the event any other type of emergency happens which doesn't give them as much time to react.

19psi

so someone is saying that the engine is preventing the transmission from being shifted to neutral at high engine speeds?
that's impossible; the transmission shifter is completely independent of any outside control aside from the person moving the shifter. the shifter cable doesn't care how fast teh engine is spinning, it will do whatever the driver makes it do. if you put it in N, it will shift the trans out of gear.