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Right Lane Cruiser
03-17-2009, 08:05 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg Installation of the unit took less than four hours. (http://www.arkansasleader.com/2009/03/top-story-plug-in-prius-uses-less-gas.html)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Hymotion_PHEV_Pack.jpgJeffrey Smith - The Arkansas Leader (http://www.arkansasleader.com) - Mar. 16, 2009

This continues to be a very popular upgrade. Where are the factory built versions?? --Ed.

First Electric Cooperative is on the cutting edge of electric automotive technology and higher fuel efficiency.

On Wednesday, the company’s 2009 Toyota Prius Hybrid was modified into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at First Electric’s fleet garage on 1000 South J.P. Wright Loop Road in Jacksonville.

Glenn Edmonds and Jason Wil-liams, Advanced Vehicle Research Center representatives from Raleigh, N.C., retrofitted the Prius with a Hymotion A123 PHEV conversion package, which doubles the Prius’ energy efficiency.

The cost of the conversion package was $10,000.

The conversion package increases the car’s fuel mileage with the addition of a... http://www.arkansasleader.com/2009/03/top-story-plug-in-prius-uses-less-gas.html

hobbit
03-18-2009, 08:35 AM
It does not fricking double the Prius energy efficiency, for
the Nth time! WHY is the press so consistently missing those
extra kilowatt-hours...
.
_H*

xcel
03-18-2009, 10:06 AM
Hi Al:

___Most of the press does not even know how these things work let alone what is needed to make them work properly :rolleyes:

___Good Luck

___Wayne



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