Kit cost to convert 3rd Gen to plug-in with solar

Just curious, but given the obscene amount of work needed to convert a regular Prius to a plug-in, why not just sell your car and buy a similarly equipped used plug-in? I doubt the difference in cost between your selling price and the cost of a used plug-in is much more than the conversion cost. Why struggle?

 

I agree. The most cost effective way to have a plugin Prius is to trade your current Prius for a plugin.

Perhaps you might buy an aftermarket plugin retrofit kit because for some reason there are no plugin Prius available in your country

As for the solar roof, I am pretty certain no one will ever retrofit the solar roof on to a Prius that doesn't have one. It would be so expensive to do this well that there would be no sense in it.

I don't mean to be a wet blanket. Sorry.
If it's something that you'd like to do as a hobby project, then go for it.

Take a look at some of the other threads on the topic:
Conversion to plug-in: NOT WORTH IT? | PriusChat
Best Plug-in Conversion System - Please Weigh In | PriusChat
Plugin Conversion Options? | PriusChat
Enginer plug in? | PriusChat
Kind of an interesting plug-in conversion approach | PriusChat
plug in kits (fading away?) | PriusChat

... and the list could go on.

 

You're 6 years too late to the party. Take it from someone who had the conversion done, it's not worth the cost. Granted, the kit I used was junk. However, at the time it was the only reasonably priced kit on the market.

If you're dead set on getting a conversion done, the only company I know of that's still in business is pluginsupply.com Their kit cost more than the price difference of selling your Prius and buying a Prius plugin. The guy that help built the PIS ECU used to be a forum member. I think the PIS owner didn't pay him for his work. I don't think he works for PIS anymore.