Phone holder review: Anker

Stability: the airvent rubber grappling hook does not guarantee a stable position: while it won't detach itself, it may vibrate and change position while driving.

Supported Orientations: portrait and landscape: you have to rotate a gear to free the support, rotate and tighten it again.

Grip: strong spring, it can push side buttons

Portability: easy to remove, but every different car may require a different orientation of the support.

Tested cars: Yaris MY12 (OK), Auris MY17 (not OK). Support should be mounted on the first fin from the bottom, or else its own weight will cause the fin to bend downward. Airvents on the Auris have only one central fin, so secure grip is not possible.

Warning: we are not affiliated in any way with the manufacturer o reseller of the product. This is just a review based on personal experience.

Phone holder review: Tsumbay

Stability: firm and stable

Supported Orientations: landscape only

Grip: soft grip but strong pressure, so side buttons may be pushed accidentally.

Portability: the holder can be inserted and removed quickly from different cars.

Tested cars: Yaris MY12 (not OK), Auris MY17 (OK). Yaris dashboard is too thick and the holder can't be properly installed. Auris dashboard is within holder limits by a few millimeters.
Phone is close the steering wheel, thus making tapping easy, but putting the screen on a different eye focus plane that the other dashboard instruments. This can put a strain on the eyes while focusing on different car panels.

Warning: we are not affiliated in any way with the manufacturer o reseller of the product. This is just a review based on personal experience.

Fan Assistant

Introducing the new Fan Assistant

The Fan icon is now a 3-state toggle; every tap will rotate between:
OFF - fan controlled by the car
MANUAL - forced ventilation
AUTO - Hybrid Assistant will turn on or off according to temperature

The Fan Assistant can help you keep your HV battery in an optimal temperature range.
If the battery is too hot, the fan will spin to cool it down.
If the battery is cold, and the cabin temperature is hotter, the fan will spin to heat up the battery.
This feature is primarily meant to be used in really cold climate areas, where a pre-ignition heater is installed in the car.

Warning: the fan control feature is not approved or validated by Toyota. Hybrid Assistant and its development team can't be held responsible for any inconvenience that may related to its usage or misusage. Use it only with high quality OBD adapters and at your own risk.

High Precision Fuel Chart

The High Precision Fuel Chart has undergone a major restyling.

The new High Precision Fuel Chart combines fuel efficiency with burning efficiency, giving an unprecedented insight view of engine workings.

As always, the left vertical bar depicts L/100km instant value, but it's color is drawn using the BSFC color scale.
You can now see how efficiently you are burning the fuel needed to achieve a specific mileage.
The best desirable condition is a short cyan bar.

Brake Specific Fuel Consumption

"Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotational, or shaft, power. It is typically used for comparing the efficiency of internal combustion engines with a shaft output.

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Commonly BSFC is expressed in units of grams per kilowatt-hour (g/(kW·h))."- Wikipedia

Hybrid Assistant shows BSFC in the Engine Power Meter using a color scale reflecting efficiency:

Cyan - Best efficiency range (220 g/kWh)

Yellow - High efficiency range (230 g/kWh)

Orange - Medium efficiency range (240 g/kWh)

Red - Low efficiency range (> 240 g/kWh)

Actual thresholds vary with engine type, according to official Toyota documents

Example chart from a Toyota Yaris

Engine Temperature Management

During the winter season, a classic trick is covering up the radiator grid, but this can be risky if you don't properly monitor the engine temperature.

You can use Hybrid Assistant, while driving, to check that the engine temperature stays within operating limits.
While this is usually not an issue in a urban environment, driving on the highway is not always considered safe.
Using Hybrid Reporter, you can check the engine behavior: here is a test of 20 kms at 130 km/h indicated speed.
The engine coolant temperature settles on a safe value of 90°C.
We can see that the electric engine temperature was raising, but its operating temperature is way higher that the petrol one, beeing able to work until about 160°C.
A higher trip may show if the trend will slow down and settle on a stable temperature.

Aggregated Trip Reports

It's now possible to aggregate trips is a single report in Hybrid Reporter.
Trips must be contiguous.
If you want to aggregate 3 trips, select the first trip in the trips list and press Generate Report

Then select "3" as number of aggregated trips

Not all charts are available in aggregation mode, but those based on aggregate data will have a greater precision