Hymotion L5's in Canada

[nugget]

Retro--I too had no response a couple of years ago in e-mailing and faxing the Hymotion people. Perhaps they were too busy wooing A123?
I must say though that I have all the confidence in A123. I attended the Power Up Summit Plug In Hybrid Event in Wenatchee, WA last May, where key people were there to answer questions. It gave me enough confidence to get on the waiting list in June. Since then, I have found the communications with the customer service rep to be great. ANd, from what I have been gleaning from this and other sites, A123/Hymotion has stood behind the product, tweeked it when required, replaced some batteries, been responsive to after sales service, etc.
Peak Oil Garage---Erin at A123 said that Vancouver might be a possibility, but too early to say. She did not say it would be an expansion by Green Car Co. I'm glad to hear that you can expand the expertise built in Seattle-area.
I don't know...maybe I should 'pull the plug' and give up my spot on the waitlist for a Seattle install and wait for Vancouver when it opens.

Nugget in Naramata (Okanagan), BC.
Hey Retro, we're just about neighbours.
for more info, google "prius naramata"

[PeakOilGarage]

Nugget, the technicians in Bellevue Washington are very experienced (100+ installs) at this point.
If I had to pick someone to do the install of a Hymotion battery, I would let them do it instead of waiting for some new technicians in Vancouver BC to learn the process.

Since the waiting list is mostly caught up, any new location will only be doing a few per month. These guys in Bellevue Washington were doing 2 per day for the past few months.

[nugget]

Great points Peak Oil. I'm hoping Santa brings my wife's blessing to the L5 conversion. The pressurte is on now because Erin at A123 says it ready to go ahead soon.
I've been garaging the car during this recent cold snap, and this morning drove out with the car's back hatch open (open in order to take the recycling and garbage can down the long rural driveway).
Heard the crack and stopped. I wrecked the fin attached to the rear window that has the third brake light on it. Its still on, but I'll need to replace it one day. So, that'll probably be $600 bucks at the body shop. Hey, it could have been worse, I could have taken out the whole hatch.
Oh well, she --my wife--was good about it...she's had a few blonde moments too!

[philmcneal]

do you guys offer the upgraded shocks to offset the 180 lb weight as well?

[glaf8421]

Luciousgarage in San Fransico can supply the upgraded springs. I ordered them and had them installed here in Miami. Works great. The car sits normal and also the handling is improved (more stable).

Grant

[PeakOilGarage]

Originally Posted by philmcneal

do you guys offer the upgraded shocks to offset the 180 lb weight as well?

Yes. Call Susan or Dan at The Green Car Company

[REV]

The good news is that you can now get your Hymotion Plug in installed in Vancouver. The bad news is that it will be impacted with the 5% GST. We are hoping to avoid the 7% duties but are waiting for a ruling. Our installed price is $14495. can.

[Fibb222]

Originally Posted by REV

The good news is that you can now get your Hymotion Plug in installed in Vancouver. The bad news is that it will be impacted with the 5% GST. We are hoping to avoid the 7% duties but are waiting for a ruling. Our installed price is $14495. can.

Thanks for posting that.

$14495 includes the GST/PST? and there might be 7% duty on top of that?

I'm going to write the premiere and tell him we need a government rebate on this conversion.

EDIT: Oh I see you are the installer. Cool.

[REV]

The Ontario Government just announced they are going to come up with a bag on incentives to encourage EV conversion and acceptance. It would be a big help to all of us if the BC Government would follow suit!

[Fibb222]

Originally Posted by REV

The Ontario Government just announced they are going to come up with a bag on incentives to encourage EV conversion and acceptance. It would be a big help to all of us if the BC Government would follow suit!

They should considering how they already have a carbon tax and plan for serious emissions reductions.

What about the taxes? in or out of 14495?