Gslr722 (July 19, 2008 at 11:04 pm)

Yeah but first, its an uglycar, second only fags drive them.

cplai (July 8, 2008 at 7:42 am)

You don't have to take those comments too seriously. All Luddites are scared of new thing. Even the Prius is 11 years old, it won't change some people's attitude. Give them a few decades, when there is no more gasoline cars, these people will live with electricity at peace.

leon323 (July 8, 2008 at 7:07 am)

do you work for toyota ? because you are trying hard to sell the youtube viewers on this car when we (automotive technicians, studying engineers, and others) know that this car is not the solution to save energy because the batteries pollut more than HC,NOx,& Co, allso they FUCKING KILL PEOPLE ! and the prius is just a steping stone for the next solution of energy.

geoak (July 7, 2008 at 2:47 pm)

You said "forget the prius. that car can KILL you !". So what do you mean that if the company which produces power to send it to your home outlet hires a graduate and this guy dies during work you must forget the electricity and stop using the power outlet at home?

statultra (June 20, 2008 at 12:58 pm)

if someone is stupid enough to cut into the orange wires they will get killed, everything is clearly marked, i am a "backyard" tech and i have experience with two crashed toyota priuses and a honda accord hybrid, so far i have not gotten shocked or killed, and i have taken apart the high voltage battery, either your backyard techs you are describing are idiots or just blind

leon323 (June 20, 2008 at 4:09 am)

safe is not the word i would use on this car. economical cars, best bang for your money YES but not safe for the backyard technician or automotive school graduate who TOYOTA hires. also not safe for instalers who do car systems.

statultra (June 18, 2008 at 2:49 pm)

Toyota has hybrid technicians, the car isnt going to kill you if u change oil, people dont go cutting wires and stuff on these vehicles, the wires are orange, and as long as u dont mess with them your good. When the car is off there is no power to the front of the vehicle, and if theres any work on high voltage system the dealer has specific warnings to disconnect the service plug. Dont come up in here bringing false statistics about 10 people per month, the prius is very safe.

leon323 (June 13, 2008 at 5:01 am)

yes i know about the battery and the power it has, but unfortunately not all technicians or customers know about this. So when the backyard technician or automotive school graduate who TOYOTA hires get the opportunity the work on the prius they are working on it without knowing what this car can do to them.

cplai (June 12, 2008 at 5:49 am)

The Prius uses a 200V battery that drives a 500V electrical system after stepping up. The outlet at your home is only at 110V, do you play with your electric outlet without taking precaution? So if anyone think they can play with a 500V system without training deserves a Darwin award. Besides all the high voltage parts on the Prius are in bright orange color. Nothing can help stupidity. No warning can help when people choose not to look or listen.

leon323 (June 12, 2008 at 5:35 am)

I say its lack of training by Toyota by not training there technicians befor letting them work on the car and allso is shying away from letting there CUSTOMERS know about the harm that this car can do to them.