Sebastopol, CA (March 1, 2006)- Following President Bush's recent
endorsement of advanced hybrids, and coinciding with Earth Day
weekend, The California Cars Initiative (CalCars.org) will publicly
convert a Toyota Prius hybrid into a "plug-in" hybrid during the
inaugural Make magazine Maker Faire, April 22-23.

Over two days, CalCars engineers, along with a cadre of volunteers,
will build and install a battery pack and make hardware and software
adjustments to the stock Toyota Prius. The finished "PRIUS+" will
drive back to Seattle, Washington after the Faire with a 10-mile
low-speed all-electric range in addition to its regular hybrid extended range.

Evolving Event details:
http://www.calcars.org/makerfaire.html

Tecnical discussions and preparations:
http://www.eaa-phev.org/maillist/eaa-phev.html?show=
(not at the CalCars Plug-In Hybrid Conversion Group at Yahoo)
Information is organized in wiki-format and style

General comments and suggestions:
http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/power/prius-makeover-at-maker-faire


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Felix Kramer fkramer@...
Founder California Cars Initiative
http://www.calcars.org
http://www.calcars.org/news-index.html
http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/power
http://www.eaa-phev.org
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