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Pluggable Prius Uses Even Less Gas
Additional Battery Pack for PHEV 
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) aka Prius+ are beginning to take shape. You can read about this movement on the CalCars site.
Here's the deal in this first proposed mod:
1) add more powerful batteries to a base Prius
2) achieve more miles (and higher speeds) running in pure electric mode
3) get better mileage from 2 above as well as battery-assisted gas mode
4) plug in car at night to keep batteries fuller longer
It's far from perfect in this 1.0 kit version, but it opens the door for a 2.0 that's better and uses even less gas. Yes, the electricity from the plug has to be generated somewhere from something. The CalCar folks are trying to lure a car company to make a stock PHEV for purchase. AEman advises the folks at hybridCARS.com to keep their eyes/ears open on this early trend.
posted by Andy Bochman at 8:48 AM
 
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