500 MPG

Hey, welcome to PriusChat!

There are couple of companies that convert the Prius into a Plug-in Hybrid. But they charge A LOT for the conversion.

http://www.calcars.org/priusplus.html

http://www.hymotion.com/products.htm

 

If your chosen username implies anything about your affiliation and
occupation, you should already know that that "500 mpg" [which is
more like 140 by their claims] is not free, but comes from the WALL.
In other words, gallons burned elsewhere that NONE of these companies'
marketing efforts take into account.
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If they couched it in terms of "miles per kWH", you'd see a lot more
real-world figures. Of course kWH from the wall are generally still
cheaper than the ones from the pump, so the consumer still benefits
if you discount the price of the mod, but not at the claimed levels.
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_H*

 

welcome to the boards!

you probably already know this but after you trade 'green' for the prii you can still rent some muscle when you need it from Hertz for instance and have your cake and eat it too.

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The name of the program was "Addicted to oil†and yes there was a quote, something to the nature of '500 miles per gallon.' However, it was referring to an "Energy CS" conversion, now known as "Edrive" that gets 125 mpg, and there are some things you need to be aware of about those claims.

1 The conversion only gets 125 mpg when you use the car for 30-50 miles per day because after that it goes back to standard driving mode of about 40 to 50 mpg. So if you drove 200 miles every day you would only get 30 to 50 miles at 125 mpg and after that the next 150 to 170 miles would be at the 45 to 50 mpg. This would be much less than 125mpg.

2 To get that 125 mpg for the first 30 to 50 miles everyday you must plug in the new battery pack to charge it every night. When you figure it out electricity is much less cost per mile then gas. However if you charge from a power company you might be causing more air emissions to be produce to power you car then the regular Prius ever does. That being said I want to do this but I will plug into a battery pack in my garage charged by solar panels on my roof. Not perfect but still an improvement.

3 the "500 mpg" quote in the move revolved around the new fuel E85 - a mixed fuel - 85% Ethanol (gas blend). What the person on the show was trying to state was that if you used E85, 85% of a gallon was made in the U.S. and only 15% was made from oil. So if you had a plug in Prius you could drive 500 miles on a gallon of gas {and 7 gallons of ethanol, and 10 overnight charges} His math was way off because you could go a lot further then that on that much fuel and charging.

Anyway, the Prius is a great vehicle that can be retrofitted in many different ways. So many ways to retrofit that in fact many people are doing it. Soon I am sure someone will make a Hydrogen plug in conversion too. It is like having a computer. I have one, you have one, and they were basically the same when we purchased them, but now yours is for spreadsheets and mine is for gaming.

Welcome to the future.