Project Lithium Prototype Doubles EV Range of Plugin Prius

I would like to get one for my PIP but it wouldn't be cost efficient for me at this time. I see that wasn't a factor for you though. Respect. I'll wait until mine falls on into that 6-7 mi. range. Now that it's warmer here in SoCal, I've been getting 8.5-9 mi. range.

Would love to hear what your experience with the pack is so far.

 

I completely understand where you are coming from regarding your PiPs current EV range and your interest in finding a solution to it that doesn't break the bank. I've been there and continue to look for solutions to my pack needs as well. Obviously, to me anyways, lithium is a much different animal than NiMH in almost every respect of it's integration into a car. With PiP and to a slightly lesser extents non-plugin Prius the driving history plays a pretty big part in any Prii range. Just stating a range number without including at least some driving history can be extremely misleading for the reader. If you drive your PiP at 25 to 30 mph all the time, you might, even now be able to slowly bring your GOM ( Guess O Meter ),s EV range to increase at least a little. On the other hand if you've got lots of accents to climb and you climb them in EV mode or you max out PiP s EV speed at 64 mph often enough anyone expecting a 10 year old pack to deliver under those conditions is just way off track, imo., There are driver / driving hacks and workarounds to a lot of issues PiP owners have, but most of them were posted here at priuschat going on 10 years ago or more.

Looking for a used PiP pack is one way to get you started on your journey to understanding the lithium pack in you PiP, even if you never use it in your car. Even those are not cheap and you'll never know what you've got unttil you get your hands dirty and crack a couple of books on the subject.