REVIEW: Hymotion Battery Plug-In Prius

Thanks for the reply. I have the OE EV switch, but was waiting to install it until I got the Hymotion pack in place. I think I am an October install.

As for your 60 mile freeway numbers, that is much more consistent with what the Google.org site is showing. It really comes down to distance and speed of commute. My commute to work is 27 miles each way with a few good hills (several hundred feet). I average about 49 MPG, but am slowly climbing. I do drive 65 - 70 MPH on the freeway. Per the Hymotion website, they estimate I would get something like 95 MPG if I can't plug in at work, and 110 if I could. This seems optimistic.

 

I don't think I'd be in any hurry to try this. If you run out of gas, then run your Hymotion and OEM pack down, you may be getting towed to the dealer so they can hook up their special Prius Charger for People Who Ignore the Flashing Low Fuel Warning Pip and Don't Refill IMMEDIATELY, all while the dealership owner makes another yacht payment and the techs have a good laugh at your expense. But hey, if you like living life on the edge, go for it! Maybe the Hymotion charger would get you off the hook and save the day. Who knows?

You could always do like George at Hybrid Fest - look for the friendly neighborhood light pole that just happens to have an outlet at the base. You're in country where block heaters are not especially uncommon so there should be some public electric outlets scattered about if you poke around for them.

 

Anyone know about how much electricity it takes to charge over night? What's it comparable to? a TV? a 100w light? ??
I need to know for an argument I am having with someone saying the power grid cant handle plug-ins
Sorry for the de-rail.

 

5 KwH - it's about 43 cents on my power bill in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

 

some places struggle to meet peak demand from extreme weather conditions so coupled with several thousand plug ins charging at once, it can be an issue, but so would anyone's home A/C since the A/C would be drawing more current.

to put it in perspective, it all really depends how much you drive, but even if running 30 miles a day on EV, you are still spending in the range of 12-20 DOLLARS A MONTH for electricity

so take that figure and compare it to your current electric bill and tell us, how much of an impact would it be?

i have an EV, driven it 4500 miles over nearly 9 months and it will still be a few more weeks before i hit $100 in total electricity costs for the LT of my EV. sooo, how much is that really?

 

Philips 42" Plasma consumes 400W. Watching 12.5 hours would equal to a full recharge of this PHEV pack.

 

Well done, Force. You are having so much fun with your conversion that you have already had your moneys worth.

 

Jay,
I just got my scangauge and I'm going through setup. Can you tell me what these 'displays' are. I assume they are xgauge. I had my son read the stock SGII during a short trip and 3500MPG was very consistent in EV mode. Also it almost appeared that the MPG read higher at a higher speed. i.e. at 30MPH it was ~2700MPG while 40MPH was ~3700 MPG. May just be me
Thanks
Chris.

 

Thanks. The trip MPG I figured out I wasn't sure what your abbreviations were. The EV one looked custom. I haven't been on cleanmpg. I'll have to go spend some time over there.
Thanks
Chris

 

So Force, in a nutshell did you go from ~50-60 mpg before, to over 100 mpg on average after the conversion?

 

In response to running your prius out of fuel, I wouldn't do it. All efi fuel pumps needs fuel to lubricate and cool. so if it was dry and ever tried to pump, damage or failure would occur.

 

hope to see the day that you go back to your gas stations and do you first fill-up and see some real live mpg''s

but looking ar you current estimate mpg thats going yo take a long wait haha