Another Hymotion PHEV in consumer's hands

[boxer93]

I just picked up my car with the kit installed. Return trip was ~53 highway miles. Mostly RT 495 North from RT 9 to RT 93 then RT93 North to Salem NH. Seemed like lots of hills, trucks and 65-70MPH to be kept from being road kill. The pack lasted about 40 minutes. The tech also put 10 miles on the car. He did have to disconnect my newly connected EV switch I'll be checking with Erin about getting it operational.
While on the pack I was at 75MPG. It would go to 99.9 whenever it flattened out. I could also feel the backend weight of the pack. I'll have to evaluate it over time. Since I have a base it maybe worthwile to upgrade the springs.
Now I'll fill up the Gas tank tonight and see how we do. It may be a while until I have more data. My commute in ~11 Mi each way mostly 30-35MPH with a 4 mile section at 50MPH and 4 traffic lights. I need to find out how Jay did that great GPS graph of his route. It's hard to tell how my hills relate to his.
Now to finish working so I can go home and PLUG IT IN
Chris

PS. I also overheard of a customer getting an install at Westboro. I want to check with Erin to see if I can mention them.

[efusco]

Congrats, look forward to your everyday use reports and such too.

[TheForce]

Congratulations! Sounds like you have a good commute like me. I cant wait for your results.

I wonder why they disconnected your EV button? Matt did not touch mine as far as I know. It still works and I did not have to reconnect anything. One of these days when I get time I'm going to have to take apart the dash and trace the Hymotion wires to see where they go.

[Zythryn]

Congratulations!!
I have a very important question for you or anyone that has theirs.
How in the H@%# did you pass the time the day they were working on it!
I am bouncing off the walls. Mine should be done today, then they keep it overnight to fully charge it and I should be able to pick it up in the morning.
I don't have a standard commute, but I will post some numbers as well when I can

[Godiva]

When a Hymotion was installed on the local SDG&E fleet car they installed an EV switch.

[hobbit]

Jay, go see my comments in your very own thread over on cleanmpg...
Since the Hymotion system includes its own EV-mode lead, an
existing customer EV switch can create confusion. What they
don't apparently realize is that if someone's already got an
EV switch, they probably know how to play it much better than
the Hymotion pack does and should thus defer to the manual one
in those cases. Having the PHEV pack kick it every time you
turn the system on regardless of what you wanted is silly.
.
Boxer, where was your system installed?
.
_H*

[ibcs]

Wonderful,

I'm thrilled your conversion is completed. Please post any results as you get them and thank you for making me one more closer for my installation.

---Kent

[miscrms]

jealous

[boxer93]

Jay, I'd be curious to see if your tech didn't connect the hymotion lead or tapped into yours. I agree with Hobbit that if they disconnected mine that there had to be a use for it. On my ride in this morning I was expecting the engine to start normally after ~10 seconds. It didn't, I was able to drive on EV only till I hit my 35+MPH section of travel. I feel it's selection of EV for my ride was good.

Zythryn, I believe that I will be one of the lucky ones and not have to endure the same wait as others. I dropped off the car and got a ride to work. Next day got a ride to pick it up and drive it back.

Hobbit, Westboro Toyota. I saw that last year you were involved with AltWheels. If you need a PHEV to show let me know. I believe Westboro Toyota was a sponsor as well.

One more interesting note from my morning commute. When I arrived at work the MFD showed 63.6 MPG. I figured that it would be 99.9. (The consumption graph showed first 5min at 50 and second 2 at max) I wonder if it was showing the real MPG without the hundrends columns. I'm still waiting on my SCII so I have nothing to see the real MPG. BTW how bad is the MPG bug in the SCII.
Chris

[Gilbert]

Sorry for my ignorance on the matter, but what exactly is a "Hymotion PHEV" what does it do?