Project Lithium Prototype Doubles EV Range of Plugin Prius

Hey everyone, especially @bisco ---> looks like Dr. Prius has finally got around to building LifePo4 modules for Plugin Prius. It's still in prototype stage and lots of torture testing still needs to be done, but perhaps by Q3 2023 you'll be able to buy one? I mean who doesn't want to double their EV range as well boost re-charging speed?

If you have any question about the details of the prototype development process I help test, sell and install these packs for regular Prius and will do my best to answer as best I can. I'll also make sure any questions I can't answer get past on to Dr. Prius so he can answer them.

In the 1st video he does his first all EV mode range test and in the 2nd video he shows his prototype module design and installation process:

As always, if you use my affiliate link to buy a Project Lithium pack for your hybrid vehicle I can offer you unlimited tech support and a discount on the the installation if you aren't too far away from me: https://projectlithium.com/?ref=9qLPw

 

The first Prius plugins rolled out in 2012 in the US... They changed it a alot by the time your 2017 Plugin came out.

 

Yes, but in 15 or 20 years when your Prius Plugin battery starts showing signs of old age, it will be a more affordable and better performing option that what Toyota will offer you.

 

Yeah, this whole deal is more about your long-term plan for plugin Prius after near a couple decades and battery performance is bad and it will be a more affordable and better performing than OEM option. They also messaged me to say that these batteries are "not LiFePO4 but the NMC lithium." Currently the testing is being done by an uber driver who's getting 22 miles of EV on the freeway, among other things. As in there's lots of variables on how these batteries are designed to work with the existing systems and it's not just a bunch of replacement batteries slapped together, but something with far more complicated design/circuitry.

For me personally, it means that when the first of the 2012 plugin prius start to have battery problems I'm going to have saved up and will by one with a bad pack and replace them with a Project Lithium pack and large amounts of money will be saved to get closer to EV. Of course the 2012 Plugin-in Prius are some of the most reliable Prius ever so I'm not going to be holding my breath...

 

Does that mean Wisconsin has a collector car exemption for cars older than 20 years? Out here in Washington state your vehicle has to be 30 years old to get that. So in 7 more years I'll probably have a hyper modified 2000 Honda Insight with exempt plates. Those cars have an all aluminum frame and only weigh 1800 pounds.

 

The second video shows the install and the module prototypes... Way more interesting!