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Oak Ridge National Laboratory has published many technical articles relating to the Prius

Evaluation of 2004 Toyota Prius
Hybrid Electric Drive System

 

Related articles:
Video: Tear down that Prius!
Tried-and-true design concepts drive Prius
Inside the Toyota Prius: Part 1 - The airbag control module
Inside the Toyota Prius: Part 2 - The dashboard display system
Inside the Toyota Prius: Part 3 - Skid-control module plays it safe
Inside the Prius: Part 4 - Controllers keep dual motors humming
Inside the Toyota Prius: Part 5 - Inverter/converter is Prius' power broker
Inside the Toyota Prius: Part 6 - Navigation unit bridges automotive, CE
On-Demand Webinar: The Toyota Prius exposed
Blog: Hybrids on the road

 

2004/2005 MFD Fix

Symptoms: Delayed response, no beeps when pressing the buttons and "Check the connection of the air conditioner" when you press CLIMATE.

 

A guide to Hybrid Synergy Drive

Download (1.9MB)

Using your Motorola RAZR cellphone with Prius' Bluetooth system

Download (602KB)

Toyota Hybrid System II

Download (1.54MB)

Prius Emergency Response Guide

[very informative]

Download (2.23MB)

Report on Toyota/Prius motor design and manufacturing assessment

[Interesting details on the electric motors and drivetrain]

Download (2.67MB)

Prius Green Report

A report detailing the steps taken by Toyota to make the Prius greener than any other car.

[Written in English, but require Japanese Language Pack from Adobe] Language Pack

Download (1.16MB)

Toyota’s Plug-in Hybrid Prius

Shows the development and versions of HSD as it developed. Very interesting

Download (4.25MB)

Hacking The Prius

Nuts and Volts magazine August 2008

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Evaluation of 2004 Toyota Prius
Hybrid Electric Drive System

Download (4.28MB)