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Plugin but without adding batteries??

Discussion in 'Prius PHEV Plug-In Modifications' started by kiwibruce, Feb 8, 2009.

  1. plug-it-in

    plug-it-in Active Member

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    A plug-in charger for the stock battery would work for me too - up to say $200 Canadian. I live in a hilly area. I get out of my garage and the ICE comes on in about 7 seconds and I use 8,000 l/100 km (just a joke). I have a little hill to climb then long downhill to the store or to the Hwy. Each is about 2 km from my home. At the point when the ICE would come on - it would not only warn the pollution thingies but it would also 'seriously' drive the car - and re-charge the battery.

    The bottom line is that the usefulness of a charger depends on where you live and where you typically drive - it is called "user profile" in marketing.

    I figure, because of the hills I get 4.9 to 5.3 (winter) l/100km without any 'hyper-mileing'. If you live on 'flat lands' you will get better mileage (kilometrage?)

    Laszlo
     
  2. grizzly1

    grizzly1 New Member

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    Hey Nikki,
    How many OEM packs can you use with the original pack???and how many packs can you put in before you need a seperate charger?? any data on how many MPG increase per extra pack ??
    Thanks
    Harry
     
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    Sorry to bring a dead thread back, but i was interested in this as well. Has there been any developments recently?
     
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    cwerdna Senior Member

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