Howdy,

I would like to let Steve know about our Plug-In Hybrid Special Interest Group,
in case he is not already aware of it. The link is:

www.eaa-phev.org

There is a lot of good information there for the do-it-yourselfer who is
interested in plug-in hybrids. I see on his website that Steve is already using
the CAN-View. The CAN-View designer, Norm Dick has made a special version of
his firmware to support the plug-in Prius functions. We have some info on this
on our website.

Steve - it would be great to see some "after" photos to go along with your
"before" photos. It would also be great if you could post your answers to
Murdoch's questions on the PHEV-SIG mail-list. That list currently has 193
members while I believe this Yahoo group is limited to 50 members. Instructions
on how to join the PHEV-SIG mail-list are on the website.

If you browse the older messages you will see that I currently have a "contest"
going with a $500 grant to the person who has the best plug in hybrid design.
The deadline is Sept. 1st although I may end up extending that since there has
been little response thus far. I haven't published any "rules" for the contest,
but the winner will be someone who allows the SIG to publish detailed plans that
would enable the tech-savvy do-it-yourselfer to make their own plug-in hybrid.

So far, there is the approach developed by Ron Gremban of CalCars and another
different approach developed by Rich Rudman using his PFC battery charger as a
DC to DC converter feeding the Prius pack from a second (in one case, lead acid)
pack. I was hoping to use this "Z prize" to stimulate others to come up with a
PHEV plan in the same way that the X prize stimulated the development of a new
space craft.

Adios,

Jerry Pohorsky
EAA-PHEV SIG chairman

----- Original Message -----
From: murdoch
To: priusplus@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [priusplus] Yet another PHEV and a greeting from woody36



Hi:

Your page says that:

>This page documents my efforts to add a second stock Prius High voltage
battery pack to the car.
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Yet, I thought that a result of Ron's research was that we (for
now) concluded that the best way to go was to not use the
already-in-the-car Prius battery. I don't know if we ditched it
or left it in place but added other batteries separately.

Thus, I am curious to read what you can tell us, from your
experience, as to what you have discovered in building your
vehicle, and how it has gone, and perhaps help me or others in
our understanding of the issue of the stock Prius batteries and
what they are good for and not good-for.

The history of these discussions is that we are often asked to
take them to other groups, so I'll wait to see if-when that
happens.

Also, have this and other discussion groups been helpful in
providing you with good technical information, and where do you
think improvements can be made in widely disseminating all the
tricks?

Also, is it true, what I have heard even about the EnergyCS
vehicle, that there is something about the way a stock Prius
comes that makes it difficult (or impossible) to prevent the
gasoline burning engine from turning on at higher speeds?

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:47:49 -0000, you wrote:

>Hello All, I invite you to visit this website to see my efforts on
>another PHEV Prius. My name is Steve Woodruff and I have been silent
>too long. I welcome constructive critisism and your correspondence.
>http://www.autobeyours.com/PHEV.htm
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