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Toyota’s drivetrains are quite literally 10 years behind Tesla’s. Regarding preconditioning, Tesla’s heat pump with its octovalve can move energy between batter
by iknowstuff 2y ago
Toyota’s drivetrains are quite literally 10 years behind Tesla’s. Regarding preconditioning, Tesla’s heat pump with its octovalve can move energy between battery/motors/cabin/the outside, depending on what needs cooling/heating and what has an excess.
From the user’s standpoint, your car be scheduled or can monitor your calendar to always be preconditioned before you enter :)
- glitchc 2y agoThis claim sounds bogus. A hybrid drivetrain is significantly more complex than a BEV drivetrain. Tesla certainly has the edge on batteries, but a battery is not a drivetrain.
- iknowstuff 2y agoComplexity itself doesn't make it better, if anything it makes it worse. They’re also worse because they’re slower, heavier, less efficient, more prone to failure, and take up more space. Don’t get me started on the toyota mirai fiasco.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoMy not-very-new 2018 Toyota Prius Prime also has a heat pump (for the same reason EVs do - though it's a PHEV - if it's running on battery it doesn't have any waste heat to dump inside the car for heating the humans).
- iknowstuff 2y agoSure, but it just moves heat between the outside air and the cabin. Does not move heat between vehicle components as needed the way Tesla’s octovalve does.