#14 Nickel vs. Lithium - Go Hypermiling!
Oct 3, 2009 at 5:15 | Kacey Green 
Go Hypermiling Podcast
Type: Audio
Hosts: Kacey Green, Manuel Santos and Wayne Gerdes
Recorded: September 20, 2009
Music: Spoon - Revenge!
Runtime: 29 min : 19 sec
Moderating: Kacey Green
Technique: Threading the Needle
Main Topics: Toyota decides to continue with Nickel after Plug-in Prius Test, In a heavy downpour, a young driver loses control and her life and Ford improves the European Focus Econetic even further.
Sponsors: CleanMPG, Hybrid Canada, & Midlands Hybrid | Enginer PHEV Systems, Sound Proof Foam, Midlands Honda
First up, Wayne describes the technique of Threading the Needle or maintaining momentum though a left turn even with traffic.
Next up, Manuel tells us that “Toyota has decided to continue with Nickel after Li-Ion equipped Plug-in Prius was tested.”
Kacey then describes “In a heavy downpour, a young driver loses control and her life.”
Finally Wayne describes how ”Ford has improved the European Focus ECOnetic even further.”
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Reader Comments (2)
Have enjoyed the rich content and good discussion on these podcasts. Keep up the good work. However, there appears to be a consistent quality difference from podcast to podcast between Manuel's audio quality and that of Wayne and Kasey.
In Wayne's case, I think it's the quality of the phone connection and Wayne's traditional 80 mph delivery! Hard to catch all of what he's saying without playing it back. Kasey is hard to hear because he speaks quickly and does not project his voice as much as Wayne or Manuel. He seems to slur over the words, kind of running them all together and not clearly pronouncing each word individually is the best way I could describe it. Frustrating for me as a listener because Kasey and the other hosts all have great comments that I'd like to hear. Try listening to a playback of Podcast #14 and you'll hear a clear difference between Manuel, who's always easy to understand because he speaks loudly (better connection?) and clearly, and the other two hosts. Please take this as constructive feedback as I've really enjoyed and benefitted from the Hypermiling podcasts. This is information you can't get anywhere else.
I find exciting to hear audio post.I thanks you for giving lesson for the momentum maintaining for the left turn.