Li mod for Pri

DaveinOlyWA · 03-17-2009, 01:54 PM

on Yahoo Zenn group there is a guy who did an LI upgrade done by a guy named Richard Hatfield in Woodside, ca.

poster claims that Richard has gone several golf carts, etc but also says he has done a Pri....

has a website. tried it but under construction,

Under Construction

also has email with his first name at the web addy. anyone have any details about this?? i guess he is using Thundersky batts, but the Zenn guy got an 84 volts system complete with new charger and BMS for $5000

pretty good price there

**edit** website is alliancerenewableenergy dot com

daniel · 03-17-2009, 07:17 PM

Is he claiming to do anything different than Hymotion? Hymotion has a track record. Some guy who's done one Prius hardly has a tack record.

DaveinOlyWA · 03-17-2009, 07:36 PM

nope, he is not claiming anything. i get the impression, he is doing this out of his garage and looking to do something more. the guy who had his Zenn upgraded, met him at an EV show. the Pri he worked on was his own. so dont have any real details as of yet.

so dont know if his Pri is all EV, plug in, range, longevity, nothing. all i know is he upgraded a lead acid to Li for what i would have to consider as a dirt cheap price.

he has only had the mod for a few weeks but claims to be able to go 35-40 mph on a full charge (although he doesnt go below 33% SOC) at 35 mph with hills which is better than what i can do and with 84 volts, it has to have more power for hills as well.

03-17-2009, 01:54 PM	#1
DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 12,378 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 24 Thanked 121 Times in 103 Posts Friends: 10	Li mod for Pri on Yahoo Zenn group there is a guy who did an LI upgrade done by a guy named Richard Hatfield in Woodside, ca. poster claims that Richard has gone several golf carts, etc but also says he has done a Pri.... has a website. tried it but under construction, Under Construction also has email with his first name at the web addy. anyone have any details about this?? i guess he is using Thundersky batts, but the Zenn guy got an 84 volts system complete with new charger and BMS for $5000 pretty good price there edit website is alliancerenewableenergy dot com __________________ My Blue 2010 : Last tank 541.9 @ 49.48 pump (56.7 MFD) 5.54 CPM, 21 MPH, Lifetime:5442.2 miles 56.5 MPG pump. (62.22 MFD) 4.72 CPM. Summer MPG 57.4 Winter: 49.5 My 2006 SPM: Last tank 376.6 miles @38.21 pump (40.8 MFD) 7.17 cpm winter mpg 49.64 summer mpg 53.41 lifetime: 42,563.5 miles 51.5 mpg pump (52.7 mpg MFD) 5.51 cpm My 2007 Zenn total "fuel cost" $166.58 on "about" 9599.7 miles. 1.74 cents per mile (granted i plug in for free at work!!) My Plate: DUALPWR (Dual Power)

03-17-2009, 07:17 PM	#2
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 11,278 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 59 Thanked 201 Times in 127 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Li mod for Pri Is he claiming to do anything different than Hymotion? Hymotion has a track record. Some guy who's done one Prius hardly has a tack record.

03-17-2009, 07:36 PM	#3
DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 12,378 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 24 Thanked 121 Times in 103 Posts Friends: 10	Re: Li mod for Pri nope, he is not claiming anything. i get the impression, he is doing this out of his garage and looking to do something more. the guy who had his Zenn upgraded, met him at an EV show. the Pri he worked on was his own. so dont have any real details as of yet. so dont know if his Pri is all EV, plug in, range, longevity, nothing. all i know is he upgraded a lead acid to Li for what i would have to consider as a dirt cheap price. he has only had the mod for a few weeks but claims to be able to go 35-40 mph on a full charge (although he doesnt go below 33% SOC) at 35 mph with hills which is better than what i can do and with 84 volts, it has to have more power for hills as well.