At
http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus we’ve posted a lengthy summary of
what’s happening with CalCars’ Prius do-it-yourself (DIY) PHEV conversion
plans. We will keep this page up-to-date, and it will be the location of the
plans as they are completed. Of special note to you DIYers is the section where
we outline the possibilities for fabrications and/or kits made by third parties
for simplifying and accelerating your conversions.
Also, we are once again soliciting information: we want to know your intentions
around doing the conversion. The answers to the questions below will be very
useful to us and especially to possible kit sellers. It may also help interest
a person or organization in consolidating parts orders, fabricating parts,
and/or selling kits. In fact, if you have any interest in doing any of the
above, please let us know so we can coordinate with you.
Please review
http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus and reply to me personally
at
tdriscoll@... (use the Forward button, not the Reply button which
would send your reply to everyone). Be sure to give detailed answers to the
following questions (found, with explanations, near the bottom of
http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus):
1. How definite are you about doing a conversion with our open source plans?
2. What is your timeframe?
3. What fabricated components or assemblies are you interested in buying (see
lists and price estimates at
http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus)?
4. Are you interested in becoming a consolidator, fabricator, and/or kit
supplier?
We want to do all we can to get as many PHEVs as possible completed ASAP, and
are very busy with our own projects to improve the design and instructions. We
apologize for the time it is taking to get these plans out to you, but are
currently doing this work as volunteers. Of course, as always, contributions to
Calcars will help with this project.
Thank you!
Tom Driscoll
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