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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. There are also videos on Youtube where people change the pack the DIY way or the individual modules, but be aware to only buy individual modules from a trusted source.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

The answer lies in an algorithm from statistics and control called a Kalman filter. At this point it was 2008, and AMPbot was scheduled for release in early 2009, but that was not to be. Compensating for this drift is the hard part: how can you measure a sensor when zero is constantly moving?