From Morning News
Q: How does the electric motor in the Toyota Prius work? Do you have to plug it in at night or make sure to drive it only on sunny days?
A: No. The electric motor in the Prius is entirely self-sustaining. It runs on Toyota’s patented Smug Superiority Aura Drive, which gathers energy from the Prius driver himself as he silently pities the other drivers on the road for piloting vehicles that get less than 50 miles to the gallon.
You gotta love that “Smug Superiority Aura Drive”. Another great site! Where do you come up with all these? And did you read, driving one might even get you a ticket to the afterlife!
Cool! On a somewhat-related news, did you hear that the Prius has been caught with a programming bug that can cause it to shut down occasionally on highways? I’m sure you did, but it was announced the week you were at the Sesshin, so you never blogged it…
Only on highways? It knows it’s driving on a highway?
See, I think that was it, but I don’t remember the exact article. I remember the gist, though. Prius, computer bug, shuts down :P I’m sure it’s not too common though or we’d be hearing much more about it.
Is it wide-spread or maybe limited to those people who did a mod to get full-electric driving?
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/auto_technology/1215782.html?page=7&c=y
I found this great article in ‘Popular Mechanics’ while sitting in a waiting room. I prefer it to 90% of the magazines you find.
They say good things about the Prius. No wonder.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050516-4908.html?55246
It sounds like all the owners have been notified. Only 3 cars had been affected (No fun) but it takes only a short time to get the problem solved. I hope you have one of the good ones, Ottmar.