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Honda Insight vs Toyota Prius

by Tom Raftery on July 22, 2009 · 4 comments

in transportation

So I gave back the loaner Insight to Honda yesterday. Honestly, I was sorry to see it go.
Here are my impressions of the Insight divided into my likes and dislikes and most are direct comparisons with my current car, a Toyota Prius. Realise I am no motoring expert and these are extremely subjective opinions!
Likes:

The Insight [...]

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Toyota Prius and Honda Insight – Spot the difference?

by Tom Raftery on July 14, 2009 · 7 comments

in transportation

I went to Jerez today to collect the a Honda Insight which Honda offered to me to try out. They are letting me have it for a week.
Jerez is about 100km away. I drove there in our Prius and drove back in the Insight. A couple of differences struck me straightaway –

First off, the [...]

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A giant distributed battery for the country?

by Tom Raftery on July 22, 2008 · 4 comments

in demand response, smart grid, vehicle to grid

Photo Credit geognerd
Having just taken delivery today of my Toyota Prius and having just read the Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) fabulous report on Vehicle to Grid possibilities, I decided it was time to address a post to this topic.
First off, what is vehicle to grid? Vehicle to Grid (or V2G) is the idea that plug-in [...]

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