nekote wrote:
Fib222, I hope it works out well and you can give us a report!Fibb222 wrote:
greg woulf wrote:
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The Prius is a good car, but it's not as good. It cost more initially and the price came down, and I expect the Volt will too.
You can get it converted for $11k which puts it just barely below a Volt, but without a warranty and with a setup that wasn't designed into the car. Even then the performance isn't up to the spec the Volt shows.It can be done for only $3K now. Check this out....http://enginer.us/
I'm going to get it done myself.
One thing, though.
Be very careful with your money.
Make sure those guys / that site are really for real.
(My first impression - Site did not inspire confidence, in me)FWIW, for a capacity increment of 2 kWh, $1,000.
$500 / kWh, for rated capacity.
Of course, only 50% or so is actually useable.
So, really $1,000 / kWh.A123's L5 ($11K "5" kWh range extender only utilizes 60% (3 kWh))):
No problem on the legitimacy of the company. I've conversed on PriusChat with many current owners of the Enginer.us kit. It mostly works as advertised and when there are problems with hardware, the company is there to replace it.
Search for enginer on PC to see the various threads.
This one is particularly interesting:
