A Wheel Thing Review On the CruiZeFm podcast this week, David Conole plugs us into the Camry Hybrid.
Watt.. is the word  this week.

2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid

It’s rare to read anything about Toyota being at the forefront of innovation, but it is true when it comes to Hybrid technology. Best known for the Prius (the butt of eco jokes in the United States), we also have the Toyota Camry Hybrid. A combination of 2.5L petrol four and battery electricity give the physically big car some serious get up and go and with some frugal fuel consumption. A Wheel Thing spends a week with this Aussie built example of techno engineering.

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Toyota quotes a maximum power output from the combined units of 151kW. The petrol engine delivers that on its own with 118kW from the battery engine. The system is linked to the brakes which generate energy to top off the battery when under deceleration or simply coasting along. On start up there’s a faint hum, the dash lights up and the car awaits your command.
It’s a somewhat baffling sensation to get under way with no other noise than that of the tyres on road, however Toyota allow the petrol engine to kick in, in my opinion, way too early, to supplement the ability of the electric energy.

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