Hybrid battery cooling mod

Always parking in the shade and only driving during the coolest parts of the day will make a huge difference in not just your comfort but the longevity of your vehicle. Worst thing you can do is be a 40-hour a week worker zombie who lets their car bake in a parking all day 5 days a week and then drives home in that overheated car for an hour or more in bumper to bumper gridlock traffic. Doing that for decades will not only shorten your own lifespan, but the lifespan of your vehicle too.

Also a Sodium-Ion battery pack will always have way more amps available on really hot days to power your AC system. Whereas your OEM battery pack on a super hot day will show less amps available and computers will send less power to the AC, so you and your battery pack run hotter.

 

What about a lithium pack, the one from innrg solutions? I know lithiums dont like high heat either.

 

wow..........

 

I chuckled a bit at that, but hey everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

 

It's more than just opinions, it's actually proven and accepted knowledge by more than just me. Which part of my statement do you think is wrong?

 

I dont think what youre saying is wrong, but if I have to do all that to own a prius or any EV, I might as well put it in a climate controlled glass case and not even use it.

 

I should of clarified that its a lifestyle choice... If you live somewhere where you can easily handle ever hotter and hotter temperatures and have enough flexibility in your schedule to avoid the worst of it. Both your own life and your car's life will last longer...

 

yep... overcharging and heating issues common with Prius can very quickly destroy high density lithium, which can't handle it. What's more, once high density NMC/Lithium starts burning it creates its own oxygen so instead of a failure with low density cells that make smoke and melt stuff you get a fire that's super hard to put out that might destroy your car entirely... Here's the SaltyHybrid.com version of what I just said: Dangerous NCM Lithium Battery Alert for Toyota Prius Owners - NexPower Energy