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Toyota >> Prius In 1994, Toyota executive Takeshi Uchiyamada was given the task of creating a new car which would be both fuel efficient and environmentally friendly.[3][dead link] After reviewing over 100 hybrid designs, the engineering team settled on a hybrid engine design based on a 1974 TRW patent, but many technical and engineering problems had to be solved within the three years that the team was given to bring the car to the Japanese market, a goal they barely achieved as the first Prius went on sale in December 1997. A main problem was the longevity of the battery, which needed to last between 7 and 10 years. The solution the engineers came up with was to keep the battery pack between 60% and 40% charged, proving to be the "sweet spot" for extending the battery life to roughly that of the other car components Follow-Up Test: 2002Totota Prius Full Test: 2004 Toyota Prius     Prius Moderators: None Users browsing this forum: None    Shrewdlease.com Forum Index -> Toyota -> Prius Mark all topics read  Topics   Replies   Author   Views   Last Post  There are no posts in this forum. Click on the Post New Topic link on this page to post one. 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